Vance Joy stopped by Sun King Studio 92 on May21st, 2018 for an exclusive and intimate show with WTTS listeners . Enjoy the music and conversation below!
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Tuesday night, February 16th, Vance Joy played for Indianapolis fans and WTTS listeners at the Murat Theatre at Old National Centre. It was a chilly evening, the crowd was diverse, and the theatre was full of movement. While openers Armstrong Leigh and Jamie Lawson got the crowd ready for Vance Joy, he spent a few moments with some lucky WTTS listeners. Winners of “Lyrically Speaking” with Laura Duncan got to take part in a meet and greet backstage, which is just another perk of listening to WTTS.
Armstrong Leigh is a duo based in both Austin and Los Angeles. Jamie Lawson is a British, acoustic singer-songwriter who Ed Sheeran signed as the first artist on his label, Gingerbread Man Records. The audience very much enjoyed both bands, but was very anxious to see Vance Joy. Vance Joy (James Gabriel Keogh) is an Australian singer-songwriter whose 2013 single “Riptide” brought him into public focus. In fact, “Riptide” was WTTS’ song of the year in 2014. His album “Dream Your Life Away” was released in September 2014 and WTTS listeners were so fortunate that he stopped in town on his Fire And The Flood Tour.
The back of the stage held a giant canvas that almost looked like an abstract watercolor painting with all kinds of bright colors. In front of the color stood the letters of Vance Joy in white bulbs. The stage was set for the 6-piece band including drums, keys, bass, trumpet, saxophone/percussion, and Vance Joy himself. Four huge can lights shined toward the crowd with a warm yellow light even in the darkness between songs. It may have been freezing outside, but the theatre was cozy. When the theater lights went down, the crowd began to scream before he was even seen. The band took the stage and played beautiful atmospheric sounds for around a minute before the drums picked up and became more aggressive. Then, Vance Joy entered the stage, tall and statuesque (he’s 6’4”), with the letters of his name shining behind him. Wearing a simple black shirt and jeans, he let the music speak for him.
He opened the show with “Mess Is Mine” to a screaming, diverse crowd of young women, middle-aged couples, and everything in between. After he had played a few songs, something subtly striking happened. He finished a song, the crowd cheered, and the cheers lulled, as expected, before the next song. Then, however, this crowd felt they needed more. Vance Joy did not do anything from stage to warrant the next wave of cheers that came from the crowd; His audience just loves him that much and wanted him to know. Throughout the night, the audience clapped along or even sang along to Vance Joy’s music, but none of it was prompted. These Indianapolis fans knew and loved the music, and everyone in the room could feel it.
Highlights of the night included “From Afar,” “Wasted Time,” “Georgia,” and “Riptide.” When he brought out his ukulele for a few songs (including “Riptide”), he even paused to take a “selfie” of himself with the crowd on an audience member’s phone. The shock of the night was when Vance Joy and the band suddenly broke out into a cover of Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” mashed up with OMI’s “Cheerleader.” It was the perfect mix of songs to get all members of the crowd dancing, young and old. He closed with it and exited the stage. When he re-entered for his encore, he played “My Kind Of Man” and “Fire And The Flood.”
Vance Joy was happy to be in Indianapolis that night. He was delightful during the WTTS meet and greet. He smirked, during some songs, out of pure joy in playing them. He gave an anecdote for every single song before he played it, telling the song’s story of where it came from or what it made him think of. He thanked Indianapolis for having a blue sky that day because he hadn’t seen one in a while. Vance Joy has an exciting future ahead of him, evidenced by the way he left his Indianapolis audience beaming. WTTS will be anxiously awaiting his return, and you won’t want to miss Vance Joy next time he’s around.
“Fire and the Flood”
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The Avett Brothers – 11/4/16
Death Cab For Cutie – 12/1/15
Vance Joy – 9/16/15
Cage The Elephant – 6/8/15
Spoon – 9/12/14
Amos Lee – 11/9/13
The Head And The Heart – 10/24/13
Tristan Prettyman – 4/10/13
Atlas Genius – 2/28/13
Imagine Dragons – 11/27/12
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Here are the artists who’ve stopped by over the years:
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On New Year’s Eve, we looked back at the music of 2018. Throughout the day, WTTS Remembered the legends we lost this year. Then at 5pm, Laura Duncan counted down the Top 20 WTTS Songs of 2018.
Here are the top 20 songs of 2018
1. Foster The People – “Sit Next To Me”
2. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “You Worry Me”
3. Lovelytheband – “Broken”
4. Vance Joy – “Saturday Sun”
5. Alice Merton – “No Roots”
6. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “A Little Honey”
7. Revivalists – “All My Friends”
8. Death Cab For Cutie – “Gold Rush”
9. Imagine Dragons – “Natural”
10. The Record Company – “Life To Fix”
11. John Mayer – “New Light”
12. Florence & The Machine – “Hunger”
13. Mumford & Sons – “Guiding Light”
14. Rayland Baxter – “Casanova”
15. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – “Keep A Little Soul”
16. Decemberists – “Sucker’s Prayer”
17. Portugal The Man – “Tidal Wave”
18. Hozier – “Nina Cried Power”
19. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – “Hey Mama”
20. Leon Bridges – “Bad Bad News”
Here is the list of artists we paid tribute to on WTTS Remembers in 2018
Aretha Franklin Marty Balin (Jefferson Airplane) Dennis Edwards (The Temptations) Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries) Yvonne Staples (The Staple Singers) Ed King (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Scott Hutchison (Frightened Rabbit) Richard Swift
WTTS Remembers production support provided by:
Alex Bailey, Alex Lester, Christine Brackenhoff and Laura Duncan.
WTTS has provided the soundtrack to your summer and over the last few weeks you told us what your favorite song of the summer was. Did you jam out with Lovelytheband on a road trip? Were you blasting Imagine Dragons on your way to an outdoor concert? Was this year’s Rock On The River with Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats the night you will remember most? Perhaps you had Leon Bridges, John Mayer, or Foster The People playing at a pool party.
According to the votes cast and tallied in the VIP Room.Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats had Indiana’s Favorite song of the summer. See the complete results below.
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Nightsweats – You Worry Me 24%
Lovelytheband – Broken 16%
Foster The People – Sit Next To Me 14%
Vance Joy – Saturday Sun 13%
Imagine Dragons – Whatever It Takes 12%
Leon Bridges – Bad Bad News 9%
Florence + The Machine – Hunger 7%
John Mayer – New Light 5%
And Congratulations to Debra D. of Indianapolis who was the lucky VIP that took home a Heineken Summer Prize pack worth $250.
The Song of Summer Survey & Contest has been brought to you by Heineken.
Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This Sunday (8/26)
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Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This Sunday (6/24)
Join Brad Holtz this Sunday from 7 to 11 a.m. and p.m. for WTTS OverEasy, featuring a variety of laid back acoustic tracks and exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. This week…
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Also songs from Ingrid Michaelson, Vance Joy and Death Cab For Cutie recorded live in Sun King Studio 92.
And, during the 9AM hour listen to win tickets to seeMarc Broussard on November 18th at HiFi.
Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This Sunday (6/17)
Join Brad Holtz this Sunday from 7 to 11 a.m. and p.m. for WTTS OverEasy, featuring a variety of laid back acoustic tracks and exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. This week…
We’ll feature a new OverEasy single from John Mayer.
Also songs from Howie Day, Pete Yorn and Vance Joy recorded live in Sun King Studio 92.
And, during the 9AM hour listen to win tickets to seeHerbie Hancock on June 26th at Hilbert Circle Theater.
Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This Sunday (6/3)
Join Brad Holtz this Sunday from 7 to 11 a.m. and p.m. for WTTS OverEasy, featuring a variety of laid back acoustic tracks and exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. This week…
We’ll feature new OverEasy music from Lo Moon’s self titled release out now.
Also songs from The Revivalists, Jade Bird and Vance Joy recorded live in Sun King Studio 92.
And, during the 9AM hour listen to win tickets to the River Roots Music & Arts Festival on June 8th and 9th in Madison.
WTTS is proud to bring back the Sun King Studio 92 Weekend powered by Teachers Credit Union. Starting Friday afternoon, June 8, and all weekend, hear live exclusives from our downtown performance space. At 7pm each night, we’ll broadcast some of our favorite full performances (see the schedule below). And all weekend, we’ll give away tickets to the Sun King 9th Anniversary Party on June 16 (starring Dr. Dog and Sandy Alex G), as well as passes to see The Doobie Brothers in an exclusive Sun King Studio 92 performance on June 24th.
Hear some of our favorite Sun King Studio 92 sets from the past year in full at 7pm:
Friday: Vance Joy and Lo Moon
Saturday: Portugal. The Man and Moon Taxi
Sunday: The Record Company and Anderson East
Check out some past performances recorded live in Sun King Studio 92 below:
Start and end Sundays with WTTS OverEasy. Brad Holtz plays a variety of laid-back World Class Rock, with singer-songwriters, deep album tracks, in-studio recordings, and live exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. Catch OverEasy Sundays from 7 to 11 a.m. (and the replay from 7 to 11 p.m.)
This Sunday (5/13)
Join Brad Holtz this Sunday from 7 to 11 a.m. and p.m. for WTTS OverEasy, featuring a variety of laid back acoustic tracks and exclusives from Sun King Studio 92. This week…
We’ll feature new OverEasy music from Ray LaMontagne’s upcoming release Part Of The Light, out May 18th.
Also songs from LP, X Ambassadors and Vance Joy recorded live in Sun King Studio 92.
And, during the 9AM hour listen to win tickets to Alison Krauss on September 15th at Clowes Hall.
Music on the river is a great way to spend the summer and this summer 92-3 WTTS and Centerpoint Brewing Company want to send you to Forecastle Festival 2018 in Louisville Kentucky, July 13th -15th! Our grand prize winner will receive (2) three day festival passes and complete 3 night hotel accommodations.
Here’s how to win: Starting May 7th, register in person at Centerpoint Brewing Company @ 1125 E. Brookside Avenue, Indianapolis, just East of Mass Ave. The deadline to enter is June 3rd and you must be 21 or older to win. The Forecastle Festival, from 92-3 WTTS & Centerpoint Brewing Company; Precision engineered, craft beer for everyone, and 92-3 WTTS.