Canadian Musician - January/February 2021 | Page 46

JULIAN

TAYLOR

Probes the

Personal to

Reach New

Heights

PHOTO : LISA MACINTOSH
By Michael Raine

“ It ’ s been amazing . I mean , to get a review in American Songwriter to start the release of this record was astonishing to me ,” enthuses Julian Taylor about The Ridge , an album so lyrically and sonically rich that it feels like a balm for these jarring times . The wider music media thinks so , too , as he ’ s been fielding more interview requests than at any point in his career , which stretches back to the late ‘ 90s .

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