Award-winning, Toronto-based, Americana/folk singer-songwriter Julian Taylor, who is returning to the UK next month, has released a brand-new single, ‘Ain’t Life Strange‘ (July 10).
A track that Julian shares, “explores the idea of going back in time or at least wanting to go back in time to fix things before they become too broken.”
‘Ain’t Life Strange’ is the third single from Taylor’s forthcoming album, Pathways, which will be released September 27, 2024 on the Howling Turtle, Inc. label. The album follows on the heels of his most recent solo LPs, 2020’s highly acclaimed, award-winning album, The Ridge (which garnered Taylor’s anointing as Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards) and 2022’s equally lauded album, Beyond the Reservoir (nominated for two Juno Awards and three Canadian Folk Music Awards), as well as his 2023 career retrospective release, Anthology Vol. 1.
Even when he’s recording and touring, Taylor remains busy with his long-running, weekly, three-hour radio show, “Julian Taylor’s Jukebox,” which is distributed by Native Voice One (NV1), the Native public radio distribution service which links over 200 stations across North America to Native radio programming, from reservation and village-based stations to top-market urban radio stations. The radio show is a genre-defying musical journey, focusing on BIPOC and independent artists like Taylor himself. The concept for “Julian Taylor’s Jukebox” came from the Rowe AMI vintage jukebox in Taylor’s home, inviting listeners to hear what he would play for them if they were hanging out with him in his living room.
Taylor plans to tour in support of his new music, with confirmed tour dates in Canada and Europe, and will also hit the UK next month including festival appearances at The Long Road and the British Country Music Festival. With a live show that always wows audiences, Taylor caught the attention of Jeremy Vine of BBC Radio 2 last year at his show in London, who proclaimed that Taylor is “an incredible, profound, thoughtful, musical genius” on the social media platform X. Fans can follow Taylor on social media and his website for announcements of additional tour dates.
Julian Taylor UK Tour Dates:
August 22 – Shoreham-By-Sea, UK | Ropetackle Arts Centre
August 24 – Lutterworth, UK | The Long Road Festival
August 25 – London, UK | Water Rats
August 28 – Liverpool, UK | The Music Room
August 29 – Shrewsbury, UK | Shrewsbury Abbey
August 30 – Blackpool, UK | The British Country Music Festival
August 31 – Gainsborough, UK | Kirton In Lindsey Diamond Jubilee Town Hall
September 1 – Barnoldswick, UK | Barnoldswick Music & Arts Centre