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Julian Taylor is a Toronto-based, award-winning singer-songwriter whose music has become a staple of the Canadian roots and Americana scene. With a career spanning over two decades, Taylor blends storytelling, soul, and reflection into a sound that is uniquely his own—resonant, heartfelt, and deeply human.
His 2020 acoustic breakthrough The Ridge marked a turning point, earning widespread acclaim with more than five million streams on Spotify and airplay across North America, the U.K., and Australia. Self-produced alongside Saam Hashemi and recorded at The Woodshed in Toronto, the album’s blend of soulful Americana and country twang earned him Solo Artist of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, and nominations for two JUNO Awards (Contemporary Folk Album of the Year and Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year), as well as longlist recognition for the Polaris Music Prize.
Since then, Taylor’s accolades have continued to grow. He’s now a five-time JUNO Award nominee, with further honors from the Canadian Folk Music Awards, Canadian Music Week INDIES, the Native American Music Awards, and the International Acoustic Music Awards—where he was named Best Male Artist in 2022. In 2023, he was also nominated for Roots Artist of the Year at the Country Music Association of Ontario Awards.
In 2024, Taylor released Pathways—his most personal and introspective work to date. The album explores themes of healing, accountability, and emotional growth through eight candid tracks that reflect his evolving inner landscape. “When you feel heavy, you’ve got to get things off your chest,” Taylor explains. “Pathways reflects the way I was feeling while I was writing it and making it... I’m trying to work through a lot of the pain I’ve caused myself and others.”
Known for his emotionally powerful live shows, Taylor is currently touring across the U.K., Canada, and the U.S. He recently caught the attention of BBC2’s Jeremy Vine, who described him as “an incredible, profound, thoughtful, musical genius.”
148 tracks
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Never Spoiled by Love
What Would You Have Me Do
It's Not Enough
Roll Away the Tears
Blind
Emily
Aerosal
Better Days
Catching Up On Sleep
Blind (Acoustic)
7 tracks
Will It Go Round In Circles
Superstition
I'm a Man
I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Turn On Your Love Light
What's Going On
You Can't Always Get What You Want
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Your Say
No Guns!
Do You Remember
Heatwave
Why Would You Do That
Hurt Me
Be Good to Your Woman
Carry Me Home
Never Gonna Give You Up
The Other Side
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Just a Little Bit
Bobbi Champagne
Heard Good Things
Say Goodnight
Desert Star (Who Could Ask for Anything More)
One Time
Pick You Up
Take Me (Stay)
Glass House
House is a Garden
Catch & Release (Live)
Everyone
Georgia Moon
Longer Than the Road
Round & Round
Soulful
Time Takes You
Zero to Eleven (Acoustic)
7 tracks
Time
Take What You Need
Back Again
Avalanche
Learn to Love
Gone
Never Get the Lights Go Dim
Back Again (Acoustic)
Be With You (Acoustic)
Friend of the Devil (Acoustic Grateful Dead Cover)
8 tracks
The Ridge
Human Race
It’s Not Enough
Over the Moon
Love Enough
Ballad of a Young Troubadour
Be With You
Ola, Come Dance With Me
10 tracks
Moonlight
Murder 13
It Hurts (Everyone Was There)
Wide Awake
S.E.E.D.S
Stolen Lands
I Am a Tree
Moving
Opening the Sky
100 Proof
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Wide Awake (Live at TD Music Hall)
The Ridge (Live at TD Music Hall)
Seeds (Live at TD Music Hall)
Ballad of a Young Troubadour (Live at TD Music Hall)
Carry Me Home (Live at TD Music Hall)
100 Proof (Live at TD Music Hall)
Sweeter (Live at TD Music Hall)
Desert Star (Live at TD Music Hall)
Back Again (Live at TD Music Hall)
Bobbi Champagne (Live at TD Music Hall)
8 tracks
Weighing Down
Love Letters
Sixth Line Road
Pathways (feat. Allison Russell)
Running Away
See This Thing Through
Ain't Life Strange
Into the Waves
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Long Time Ago
City Song
Georgia Moon
Seeds
Ballad of a Young Troubadour
Back Again
Sweeter
Set Me Free
Just a Little Bit
Bobbi Champagne
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Hunger
Julian Taylor & Jim James - Don't Let 'Em (Get Inside of Your Head)
Dedication
Julian Taylor & Jim James - Tulsa Time
Ain't Life Strange
Julian Taylor & Allison Russell - Pathways
Weighing Down
Wide Awake
100 Proof
Stolen Lands
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