Julian Taylor – dual roots and great songs

Julian Taylor is a Canadian singer-songwriter formerly with the band Staggered Crossing. His songs have appeared in television series including Degrassi: The Next Generation.  He now fronts the Julian Taylor Band. Julian dropped by the studio with his daughter Ella. We talked about:

• Skookum Music Festival, Vancouver
• Basic core band members together for 24 years!
• Music first or lyrics first?
• Finding a “treasure chest” of memorabilia in the attic
• New album called Avalanche
• Checking the quality of the melody – whistle
• Sweeter – unusual song structure, lots of Canadian references
• Love Connection – cool structure
• started writing songs at age of 4
• Mohawk/West Indian musical background

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