Iain Archer

Person · Male

Iain Archer

From
Bangor, United Kingdom
Since
1971–present
Rating
★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases
13

About

Iain Archer is a Northern Irish writer, producer, singer and songwriter from Bangor. He is a two-time Ivor Novello Award winner, winning the 2004 Album Award – Final Straw by Snow Patrol and Most Performed Work in 2016 for Grammy nominated "Hold Back the River", which he co-wrote with James Bay. Additionally, Archer was a 2013 Ivor Novello Award nominee for Best Song Musically & Lyrically – "Two Fingers" by Jake Bugg.

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Member of

Discography

Albums 6
EPs 1
Singles 5
Other 1

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Instrumental supporting musician

Married

Sibling

Also known as

Iain Denis Archer

Tags

  • rock and indie

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000056986631
IPI
00256247950
IPI
00256248163

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