Hannah Grace
Hannah Vivian-Byrne, known professionally as Hannah Grace is a Welsh singer-songwriter from Bridgend. Grace's career began in 2013 after she joined Gabrielle Aplin on her 2013 English Rain album tour.
History
Byrne was a former student at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and describes her sound as soul and jazz inspired, with her vocal performances are inspired by artists like Aretha Franklin, Stevie Nicks and Eva Cassidy.Grace released her debut EP ‘Meant to Be Kind’ in July 2014 on Never Fade Records. 'Broke', taken from the EP, was chosen as an iTunes 'Single of the Week'.
Grace is signed to Never Fade Records, and has supported artists like Hozier, Seal, Train, Lissie and Hudson Taylor on tours in the UK and Europe.
Grace released her second EP ‘Mustang’ in June 2016. The official video for the title track featured actor Ferdia Walsh-Peelo. After the release of 'Mustang' Hannah Grace caught the attention of Dermot O'Leary who invited the singer to perform on his Radio 2 programme where she performed ‘Mustang’ and a cover of ‘Rather Go Blind’ by Etta James. Hannah Grace has also performed on BBC Radio Wales programmes numerous times.
In March 2017 Lady Gaga tweeted a video of Grace calling her a "superstar". In April 2017 Grace released her cover of the Fatboy Slim song 'Praise You' which was chosen as the soundtrack for Lloyds Bank nationwide TV and radio campaign. Grace's version of the track has been used on numerous TV programmes including The X Factor and has sold in excess of 60,000 copies in the UK. Grace is working on her debut album due for release in 2019.
Discography
| Title | Details |
| Meant To Be Kind |
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| Mustang | |
| Praise You | |
| December |
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