DERRINGER DISCOVERIES

ARTIST: Julian Taylor

LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

FEATURED: Episode 52

Artist Bio:

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 album, The Ridge which earned praise from press worldwide, and airplay from America to Australia to the U.K. 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. 

From Derringer Discoveries:

We love Julian's wide range of musical styles: from rock, to pop, to country, and everything in between. It was such a pleasure to hear the stories behind Julian's songs and to hear him tell tales of landing on a major record label in his young adulthood and how the suppor tof his grandfather helped transition him into into a mature artist and a loving father.

We know you'll find music in Julian's catalog to love. His songs have definitely been in regular rotation on our playlists!