JULIAN TAYLOR RELEASES NEW SINGLE + VIDEO “PATHWAYS”
OUT NOW ON ALL MAJOR PLATFORMS VIA HOWLING TURTLE
Award-winning Americana/folk singer-songwriter Julian Taylor has releasee his new single, “PATHWAYS” on all major platforms. It features the sweet, enchanting harmony vocals of Allison Russell, and it’s the fourth single from Taylor’s forthcoming album, Pathways, to be released on September 27, by Howling Turtle, Inc. The official video by Ryan Nolan is available on YouTube now. For more information please visit any of the links below or Taylor’s website.
“Pathways” was written by Taylor with Toronto songwriters Robert Priest and Rosanne Baker Thornley, created to be a duet with Russell.
“Pathways” just might be the greatest expression yet of Taylor’s purpose, both as a songwriter and a human being. Against a timeless, soulful, sing-song melody that recalls Roy Orbison; subtle but effective horns; and Allison Russel’s sublime harmonies, Taylor perfectly captures the search for meaning and connection in our fleeting lives – between what he previously called “the oceans of time.” It’s no exaggeration to say that “Pathways” is Taylor’s personal equivalent to John Lennon’s “Imagine.”
“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 inner doubts and struggles we all experience,” says Taylor. “’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 younger, like their child. Trying to protect them and guide them through the hard points in life. When we co-wrote the song, each of us felt as if we were speaking to our children.”
MORE ABOUT JULIAN TAYLOR
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 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 12 studio albums since 2001. With his songs have been placed in such TV shows as “Haven,” “Private Eyes,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” and “Elementary.” He has had an album on the long list of the Polaris Prize in Canada and has charted on several Canadian and Indigenous Music Charts. Two songs from The Ridge album, the title track “The Ridge,” and “Human Race,” went to #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown, while the Julian Taylor Band song “Back Again” hit #3 on the same chart.
Taylor is as explosive and captivating a live performer as you’ll ever see. He’s toured 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, Summerfolk, Ottawa BluesFest, Winnipeg Folk Festival, and more. Taylor was extremely honored to perform at not one but two Olympic Games, in Salt Lake City and Vancouver.
Tour Dates
August 22 – Shoreham-by-the-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
September 12 – 13 – Frederickton, New Brunswick, Canada | Harvest Music Festival
October 18 – 19 – West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Kay Meek Arts Centre
October 22 – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | West End Cultural Centre
October 23 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | The Bassment
October 24 – Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada | The Geomatic Attic
October 25 – Calgary, Alberta, Canada | River Park Church
October 27 – Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada | Festival Place
October 28 – Red Deer, Alberta, Canada | Bo’s Bar & Stage
November 2 – Denver, Colorado, USA | Swallow Hill
November 11 – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | Dear Canada – Letters from the Second World War
Artist Links
Background Photo Credit: Robert Georgeff | Single Photo By Ryan Nolan | Cover Art By Patrick Duffy
SPILL FEATURE: PATHWAYS – A CONVERSATION WITH JULIAN TAYLOR
