The songs of Australian singer-songwriter Vance Joy are upbeat and cheerful. He knows how to express feelings of happiness and longing. His music is quite simply positive, almost healing in its quality. Vance Joy's gift to the world came to light in 2003 when the song Riptide first stormed the Australian charts before embarking on a triumphal march around the globe. What luck – considering James Keogh, as he was then known, was hooked on Australian rules football and on track to becoming a professional sportsman at the time. He has released three albums since then, the most recent In Our Own Sweet Time invites us once more to celebrate life and love.
