He has released four critically acclaimed albums and performed with artists such as Glen Hansard, Odetta, Damien Rice, The Pogues’ Ron Kavana, and Roy Book Binder among many others.
[6] The folk legend would later rave about Cross’ performance, stating “I heard a crystal clear voice that took me back to when I was being introduced to mountain music groups and families of Appalachia.
It was a pleasure to hear such beauty coming out of Vincent Cross.”[3] Cross released his sophomore album A Town Called Normal in 2013 which was followed by Old Songs For Modern Folk in 2016.
The songs were inspired by James “The Rooster” Corcoran, a 19th-century Irish-American gang leader in New York City, whom Cross is a direct descendant of.
[10] It was praised by PopMatters, who described it as “a subtle but powerful portrait,”[11] and Brooklyn Vegan who called it “Compelling [and] timeless.”[12] In 2021, Cross was published in Voices: The Journal of New York Folklore for his essay titled "Writing the Songs of our Ancestors: A Folk Songwriting Process.