Clancy is a Canadian singer from Canada associated with electronica, house, British and indie music.

Overview

Clancy is listed as a singer-songwriter from Dublin, Ireland in the supplied material, but the authoritative details identify the act as a Canadian singer. The name also appears in relation to several other artists and groups, including a British DJ and producer, a British pub-rock band, and a London folk-pop group.

Solo work

Clancy releases a debut album titled Road to the Heart, a collection of ballads co-written with Herm, whose own debut album Monsters appears in 2009. Clancy is also described as having worked previously as a singer-songwriting drummer with The National Prayer Breakfast, a garage rock band that releases three albums.

The single Hope in your Heart is described as an upbeat song of hope and optimism, and it includes a B-side cover of Daniel Johnston’s True love will find you in the end, a song also covered by Adrian Crowley and Beck.

Other Clancy acts in the material

British DJ and producer

One Clancy is identified as Rich Clancy, a British DJ, producer and remixer. His debut EP, Panther, is released in 2011, and he remixes artists including Delphic, Annie and Yeasayer.

British pub-rock band

Another Clancy is a British group active in the early 1970s pub-rock scene. It is formed in 1971 by Colin Bass, Ernie Graham and Jonathan Glemser, later becoming part of London’s pub-rock movement. The group briefly signs to Island Records, then to Warner Bros. Records after leaving Island following differences with producer Muff Winwood.

This line-up records two albums: Seriously Speaking and Every Day. The band line-up on both recordings is Colin Bass, Ernie Graham, Gasper Lawal, Dave Vasco, Dave Skinner and Barry Ford. The group splits in 1976.

London folk-pop group

A further Clancy is a West London-based folk-pop group fronted by Sharon Clancy, a singer and actress from Wexford, Ireland. Other members include Katie Stephenson, Nikki Link, Chris Guard, Stuart Walton and Pete Riches. The group is described as writing quirky, melodic pop songs with edgy lyrics, and it begins live touring in London in 2007.