Julian Taylor

Motel Chelsea

Julian Taylor is a talented singer-songwriter, blending soulful melodies and heartfelt lyrics. His unique sound captivates audiences.

Award-winning, 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 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. 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.Taylor’s currently on tour in support of his new music, with confirmed dates in the UK, Canada and the US. With a live show that always wows audiences, Taylor caught the attention of Jeremy Vine of BBC2 last year at his show in London, who proclaimed that Taylor is “an incredible, profound, thoughtful, musical genius” on the social media platform X.

Julian Taylor, auteur-compositeur-interprète primé basé à Toronto, fait partie du tissu et du paysage musical du Canada depuis deux décennies. Taylor a connu une année de percée en 2020, lorsque son deuxième album acoustique solo, The Ridge, a été écouté plus de cinq millions de fois sur Spotify, a reçu les éloges de la presse du monde entier et a été diffusé sur les ondes de l'Amérique à l'Australie en passant par le Royaume-Uni. En plus d'avoir valu à Taylor le titre d'artiste solo de l'année aux Canadian Folk Music Awards, The Ridge a également été mis en nomination pour deux prix JUNO (Album folk contemporain de l'année, Artiste ou groupe autochtone de l'année), la Long List du Prix Polaris, un Summer Solstice Indigenous Award (Album folk contemporain de l'année), un Canadian Music Week INDIES Award (Artiste autochtone de l'année) et une nomination supplémentaire aux Canadian Folk Music Awards dans la catégorie Auteur-compositeur de langue anglaise de l'année. Les nominations et les récompenses se succèdent en 2022, Taylor remportant le prix du meilleur artiste masculin aux International Acoustic Music Awards et obtenant cinq nominations aux Native American Music Awards. En 2023, il est nommé aux Country Music Association of Ontario Awards dans la catégorie Artiste roots de l'année, puis aux JUNO Awards dans la catégorie Artiste autochtone contemporain de l'année.Taylor est actuellement en tournée pour promouvoir sa nouvelle musique, avec des dates confirmées au Royaume-Uni, au Canada et aux États-Unis. Avec un spectacle qui impressionne toujours le public, Taylor a attiré l'attention de Jeremy Vine de BBC2 l'année dernière lors de son spectacle à Londres, qui a proclamé que Taylor est « un génie musical incroyable, profond et réfléchi » sur la plateforme de médias sociaux X.

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