The acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter receives his first UK Americana Music Awards nomination for ‘Pathways’ (with Allison Russell)
Toronto singer-songwriter, 4x JUNO nominee, and UK Americana Music Awards nominee Julian Taylor has announced his return to the UK & Ireland in early 2025 following a year of multiple European shows celebrating the release of his “deeply reflective and genre-spanning collection” (Entertainment Focus), Pathways – listen here.
Tickets are now on sale for a series of upcoming live performances, including festival showcases at Your Roots Are Showing (Jan 16, Killarney), UK Americana Music Week (Jan 21, London), and Celtic Connections (Jan 29, Glasgow), as well as multiple headline and support dates. Full details of Taylor’s tour can be found below:
Julian Taylor UK & Ireland Tour 2025
January 16th – Your Roots Are Showing, Killarney, IE
January 17th – Levis’ Corner House, Cork, IE
January 18th – Glen Theatre, Banteer, IE*
January 19th – Colfers Pub, Wexford, IE
January 21st – Americana Music Week, London, UK
January24th – Secret Venue, Leicestershire, UK (address provided upon purchase)
January 25th – Cafe 9, Sheffield, UK
January 26th – The Musician Pub, Leicester, UK
January 27th – Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham, UK
January 29th – Celtic Connections, Glasgow, UK
January 30th – Gullivers NQ, Manchester, UK
February 1st – Theatre Royal, Dumfries, UK
(*Supporting Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen)
Described by The Bluegrass Situation as “filled with curiosity, emotion, and the subtle, intrinsic tones of a modern world unfolding,” Pathways, co-produced by Taylor and Colin Linden (Emmylou Harris, Bruce Cockburn, Blackie and The Rodeo Kings), finds Taylor embracing a “simplify” mantra in his writing while showcasing his range as a writer and performer. This is exemplified on the album’s standout title track featuring Grammy winner Allison Russell, nominated for the UK Americana Music Awards International Song of the Year category.
For Taylor, Pathways speaks to finding “righteousness, acceptance, and enlightenment“—three words that perfectly describe the album. His latest release has seen him ranked alongside fellow Canadian folk music luminaries Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Joni Mitchell (KLOF Magazine).
ABOUT JULIAN TAYLOR:
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 across the world. 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.
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 being placed in such TV shows as “Haven,” “Private Eyes,” “Kim’s Convenience,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” and “Elementary,” his versatility as a songwriter is signature.
Taylor is an explosive and captivating live performer, having toured Canada, the U.S. and Europe numerous times and sharing the stage with the likes of Serena Ryder, Blue Rodeo, William Prince, AHI, Rodney Crowell, Keb’ Mo’. Taylor also performed at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and Vancouver.
