Yannick Bovy

熱門歌曲 歷年精選 簡介

The love for swing and Big Band music is no coincidence: ‘My grandparents loved to listen to adult and MOR-radio where they would constantly play the repertoire of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Lou Rawls’, explains Yannick.



‘That’s how it began to seep into my head. At school, music class was my favourite subject, and my father is a musician as well. Drums, guitar... at home I was exposed to a very wide musical range. Whenever my father rehearsed, I insisted on being there at his side. He also gave me the opportunity to sing with a Big Band. ‘My son can do that too’, he said and when I was offered the chance to perform with a real Big Band, I didn’t hesitate.’



Yannick acquired a lot of valuable performing experience, but at the age of 17, when he took part in the TV talent search X-factor, it seems that he wasn’t quite ready for a major breakthrough. ‘I was still a chubby teenager and I tried to sing a pop rock song. The first round went fine, but by the second round, after an entire day of waiting, I blew it. My nerves were frayed and it just didn’t work anymore.’



But talent always rises to the surface, and in 2007 Yannick was noticed by Regi Penxten, whose dance act Milk Inc has made him the king of dance music in Belgium. Yannick sings the song Better world without you on the gold-selling album REGIstrated.



But after this musical adventure, Yannick is determined not to stray from his musical course: focusing resolutely on Big Band and swing. He spent two years performing regularly throughout Flanders with the Metropole Big Band. ‘The requests for performances at weddings, receptions and in small clubs poured in. It was an excellent way to build my experience’, says Yannick. He is also still the singer of the The North Side Big Band.