Nathan Foley (singer)

Nathan Foley
Foley in 2015
Background information
Birth name Nathan Foley
Born (1979-09-27) 27 September 1979
Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s) Singer, Musician, Dancer, Actor, Photographer
Instruments Vocals, Guitar, and Piano
Years active 1990–present
Labels Sony, Natrix Records

Nathan Foley (born 27 September 1979) is an Australian musician, singer, performer and an original member of Australian children's entertainment group Hi-5. He left Hi-5 in December 2008 after ten years with the group.

Life and career

Nathan started singing professionally at 10 years old with bands singing jazz, soul, rnb, pop and rock. During his school years, Foley performed in the Schools Spectacular for seven years and graduated from the Talent Development Project in 1997. In 1998, Nathan joined an original member of the children’s musical group Hi-5, and subsequently performed with the group for the next 10 years.

As a solo artist, Nathan has produced and written an album Discovery and two singles Live Your Life and Say You Will. He recently remastered an album recorded when he was 10 years old called Good Times and also recorded a live album Nathan Foley Live At The Starlight.

In 2009, Foley completed a season of Jerry Springer The Opera at the Sydney Opera House and played Kenickie in the Olivia Newton-John Foundation musical Grease on the Beach. He also performed as a soloist in 2009 at The V8 Supercars and World Masters Games, and sung the Australian Anthem at the Darling Harbour Australia Day Celebrations in 2010 in front of quarter of a million.

Nathan performed in the musical Mamma Mia!, touring Australia in 2010 and toured in 2011 with a new show, Acoustic Rhythms. He is also Co-Presenter of a show called Gathering on Foxtel’s Indigenous Network NITV. Also in 2011, he worked as a traffic reporter at the Australian Traffic network delivering traffic reports for Mix 106.5, 101.7 WSFM, 2GO, Sea FM, Triple M, 2GW and 2UE.[1]

Foley was a contestant on the Network Ten show I Will Survive. During the True Colors episode of this series, performed in Hermannsburg, NT, Foley revealed that he is descended from the aboriginal Yuin people on his mothers side while his father is of Irish and Swedish descent.

In 2016 Nathan won Princess cruises Entertainer of the year for his big band solo shows being the first Australian to Win this title out of thousands. Nathan has released 8 Solo albums some which are available on ITunes and is currently travelling the world performing at major corporate functions, and a guest entertainer on Cruise liners and television.

Discography

Foley's original music ranges from Rock, Soul, R&B and Jazz and Children's Music.

See Hi-5 for Foley's releases with the group.
  • Good Times - 1990 (Jazz covers)
  • Discovery - 2003 - Studio album
  • Live at the Starlight - 2005 - Live album
  • "Acoustic Rhythms" - 2011 - Live album
  • " Now And Forever" - 2014 - Studio Album
  • " Mama - 2016 - Studio Album.
  • " Christmas Time With You - 2016 - Studio Album
  • " At This Moment - 2018 - Studio Album

Awards

Nathan Foley has won a total of nine awards, four as a solo performer and eight with Hi-5.

References

  1. ↑ NATHAN FOLEY & A DAY AT THE TRAFFIC NETWORK
  2. ↑ ACE Awards - Best New Talent 1998. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
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