Julian Taylor is of both West Indian and Native Canadian descent, born and raised in Toronto. He began his music career as a teenager, playing at open stages around town. Alongside drummer Jeremy Elliott, Julian has led a distinctive path within the Canadian music industry. “We’d all been in bands before, so amazingly JTB just kind of happened,” says Jeremy. Picking up some award-winning friends along the way, the Julian Taylor Band has become the (occasionally) eight-piece soul-rock band we’ve come to know.
The band writes and performs unabashedly positive music that makes you feel good. It’s a fusion of soul, rock and R&B – or rather, a form of modern rhythm and blues infused with rock ‘n’ roll.
They’re set to release their sophomore record, the double-album Desert Star, when it’s completed in the summer of 2016. The vision behind Desert Star is to re-invent the way a double album is launched: instead of the full album appearing all-at-once, four five-song EPs will be released every quarter-year until completion.
Online at: http://juliantaylorband.com/
