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LISTEN: Julian Taylor, "Wide Awake"Artist: Julian Taylor Hometown: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Song: "Wide Awake" Album: Beyond the Reservoir Release Date: October 14, 2022 Label: Howling Turtle, Inc. In Their Words: "I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. I deal with feelings of regret. I know that what I think about has a…
LISTEN: Julian Taylor, "Seeds"Artist: Julian Taylor Hometown: Toronto, Ontario Song: "Seeds" Release Date: June 24, 2022 Editor's Note: "Seeds" was inspired by a text that Taylor received from his cousin the morning after it was announced that 215 uncovered remains of buried Indigenous children had been discovered at a former residential school in…
Deep Roots, Many Voices: A Discussion With Charly Lowry & Pura Fé"Deep Roots, Many Voices" is a project by the Blue Ridge Music Center exploring diversity and inclusion in roots-based music. In these videos, we pair two musicians in each episode to talk about issues related to race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation; how these issues have been part of their personal…
Texas Songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson Believes Indigenous Music Is Folk MusicThe self-titled country album by East Texan singer-songwriter Vincent Neil Emerson (Choctaw-Apache) oozes of the iconic “Wild West” with honky-tonk sensibilities and bluegrass touches that combine so many favorite textures and styles of country and Americana’s primordial ooze. His personality and identity are forward in every aspect of the project,…
Indigenous VoicesMar 12, 2021
Artist: Samantha Crain Hometown: Shawnee, Oklahoma Single: "Bloomsday" Album: I Guess We Live Here Now EP Release Date: April 9, 2021 Label: Real Kind/Communion In Their Words: "'Bloomsday' is the kind of song I never thought I'd be able to write. There is a certain peacefulness and stillness that I'd never thought I'd be able…
Indigenous VoicesNov 25, 2020
Singing on the Land is a virtual music project that celebrates stories and historic sites across North Carolina through the voices of North Carolina musicians. In this installment, Arnold Richardson plays a hand-carved red cedar American Indian flute alongside Netye Lynch on a hand drum. The performance is filmed at Magazine Spring in Historic Halifax.…
Indigenous VoicesNov 16, 2020
Singing on the Land is a virtual music project that celebrates stories and historic sites across North Carolina through the voices of North Carolina musicians. In this installment, blues singer and guitarist Lakota John performs "Together at Home" at Town Creek Indian Mound. Don't miss an interview with Lakota John after the performance, as he…
Indigenous VoicesNov 9, 2020
BGS is proud to announce Shout & Shine Episode 3! Indigenous, Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor is our guest for this livestream iteration of Shout & Shine, which comprises short-form, intimate video performances by underrepresented and marginalized artists in Americana, folk, and bluegrass. Please support Julian Taylor directly, via PayPal: https://paypal.me/juliandeantaylor and visit Taylor's website for more…
Indigenous VoicesNov 6, 2020
Canadian singer-songwriter Julian Taylor didn’t set out to make a country record with The Ridge, but the album oozes with authentic tinges of the vibrant, pan-Canadian roots music scene. Based for most of his career in Toronto, it’s not surprising that the album (produced by Saam Hashemi) feels crisp, modern, and listenable, but its inextricable…
