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No stranger to our shores, Toronto-based singer and songwriter Julian Taylor returns to the UK for a run of shows kicking off in Shoreham-By-Sea on August 22nd. The dates are in support of his upcoming album Pathways, which is set for release on 27th September 2024 via his Howling Turtle, Inc. label, and include shows at The Long Road festival and London’s Water Rats. A full list of dates and a little more about Julian Taylor, including a link to the title track featuring Allison Russell follow:
Award-winning, Toronto-based, singer-songwriter Julian Taylor will be kicking off his UK tour tomorrow (Aug 22) in Shoreham-by-Sea. This 8-date tour consists of two festival appearances and six headline dates across the country. Full dates and information can be found below, and tickets can be purchased here: https://juliantaylormusic.ca/shows.
“UK friends I am looking forward to seeing you. The tour starts this week. Every time I go I feel invigorated and have the most amazing band comprised of Michelle Stodart, Raevennen Husbands and Sian Monaghan”
The tour follows today’s (Aug 21) release of the title track from Taylor’s brand new album Pathways, which is set for release on 27th September 2024 via his Howling Turtle, Inc. label. Written with Robert Priest and Rosanne Baker, listen to the title track, featuring GRAMMY award winner and multiple Americana Award, AMA-UK, Juno, and International Folk Music award nominee Allison Russell here.
“I hope this song brings you hope. The journey of life puts us all on our own respective pathways to find out who we are, and how we can strive to overcome any of the struggles we experience. Pathways is meant to be a letter from a person who’s gone through many experiences, and who’s trying to be there for someone else”
Full UK Tour Dates:
22nd August - Shoreham-by-Sea (Ropetackle Arts Centre)
24th August - Lutterworth (The Long Road Festival)
25th August - London (Water Rats)
28th August - Liverpool (The Music Room)
29th August - Shrewsbury (Shrewsbury Abbey)
30th August - Blackpool (The British Country Music Festival)
31st August - Gainsborough (Kirton in Lindsey Diamond Jubilee Town Hall)
1st September - Barnoldswick (Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre)
Pathways, co-produced by Taylor with Colin Linden (Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings), mixed by Linden, and mastered by Greg Calbi, lays down the long, winding trail that leads its listeners toward finding their own personal zen amidst much internal discord
In Taylor’s view, three words sum Pathways up perfectly. “It’s about righteousness, acceptance, and enlightenment,” Taylor explains. “On this record, I’m sharing in the struggles we all face, and I’m trying to make it better through these songs.”
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
ABOUT JULIAN TAYLOR:
Toronto-based singer-songwriter Julian Taylor has been part of the musical fabric and landscape in Canada for two decades. Taylor enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2020, when his second solo acoustic album, The Ridge, earned more than five million plays on Spotify, praise from press worldwide, and airplay across the world. In addition to winning Taylor Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, The Ridge was also nominated for two Juno Awards (Contemporary Folk Album of The Year, Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year), the Polaris Prize Long List, a Summer Solstice Indigenous Award (Contemporary Folk Album of the Year), a Canadian Music Week INDIES Award (Indigenous Artist of the Year), and an additional Canadian Folk Music Awards nomination in the English Songwriter of the Year category. The nominations and awards kept coming in 2022, with Taylor winning best male artist in the International Acoustic Music Awards and scoring five Native American Music Award nominations. In 2023, Taylor received a nomination in the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards in the Roots Artist of the Year category, and a further nomination for a Juno Award in the Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year category.
Formerly associated with the band Staggered Crossing, he has continued to record and perform as a solo artist and has released 12 studio albums since 2001. With his songs being placed in such TV shows as “Haven,” “Private Eyes,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” and “Elementary,” his versatility as a songwriter is signature.
Taylor is an explosive and captivating live performer, having toured Canada, U.S. and Europe numerous times and sharing the stage with the likes of Serena Ryder, Blue Rodeo, William Prince, AHI, Rodney Crowell, Keb’ Mo’. Taylor also performed at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and Vancouver.
