An Evening With Julian Taylor

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We are delighted to welcome Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor to Great Easton for an evening of songs and stories in an intimate venue (a 400 year old barn).

After 25 years in music, building an unimpeachable reputation as a truly independent artist and entrepreneur, Julian now owns his legacy. From the formative rock of Staggered Crossing to the genre fusion of Julian Taylor Band, and now his revered solo work, Julian owns the right to it all and it couldn’t have happened at a better time.

It’s rare in this era to see an artist build slowly and reach a new level of widespread acclaim decades into their career. But Julian’s ethos, work ethic, and artistry has always had a timeless quality to it. And so, he’s built things slowly in a DIY fashion, withstanding highs and lows along the way, ultimately reaching the peak of his powers with his latest solo work.

Toronto-based singer-songwriter Julian Taylor has been part of the musical fabric and landscape in Canada for over two decades. Taylor enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2020, when his second solo acoustic album, The Ridge, earned a million plays on Spotify, praise from press worldwide, and airplay from America to Australia to the U.K. Loaded with soulful Americana and country twang, the album was produced by Taylor himself and Saam Hashemi, and was recorded at The Woodshed in Toronto. 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.

Two more highly-regarded albums have followed: Beneath The Reservoir, in 2022, and Pathways, which came out in September of this year.

Taylor, of combined Mohawk and Caribbean ancestry, is a major label veteran, Toronto music scene staple, and musical chameleon. His versatility as a songwriter is signature; one minute he’s onstage playing with his band spilling out electrified rhythm and blues glory, and the next he’s featured at a folk festival delivering a captivating solo singer-songwriter set. Formerly associated with the band Staggered Crossing, he has continued to record and perform as a solo artist and has released more than a dozen studio albums since 2001.

Taylor is as explosive and captivating a live performer as you’ll ever see. He has toured the Canada and the U.S. countless times, sharing the stage with the likes of Serena Ryder, Blue Rodeo, William Prince, AHI, Rodney Crowell, Keb’ Mo’, and has performed at the Festival d’Été de Quebec, the Mariposa Folk Festival, Ottawa BluesFest, and more. Most recently, he was invited by Allison Russell to join her onstage onstage at the Robbie Robertson tribute concert in LA, which also featured such musical luminaries as Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, Nathaniel Rateliffe and Mavis Staples.

Americana UK said this of his solo show at The Green Note in London in 2023: "What a night. And what a musician – great songs, some lovely finger-picked guitar, a truly warm vocal – with a great balance between what’s sung and what’s said which draws even more from the music with additional context and those insights into the flashes of inspiration behind the lyrics. A great night, in short."

Capacity is strictly limited at this venue, so make sure you reserve your spot.