Julienne Taylor
| Julienne Taylor | |
|---|---|
 Julienne Taylor | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Julie Anne Taylor |
| Born |
15 July 1991 Falkirk, Scotland, U.K. |
| Genres | pop, folk, celtic music, female vocals, easy listening |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | evosound, Virgin Records, Streamline, The Music Kitchen |
| Website | juliennetaylor.com |
Julienne Taylor (born Julie Anne Taylor on 15 July 1991) is a Scottish singer / songwriter who has been hailed as "Scotland’s best female voice since Annie Lennox".[1] Her beautiful voice creates gorgeous music both traditional and contemporary performed with a Scottish flavor.
Julienne Taylor’s enchanting and captivating voice has been compared to both Norah Jones and Eva Cassidy but has her own unique and distinctive style influenced by her Scottish ancestry.
Early life
Julienne, daughter of Andrew and Jane, was born in Falkirk, Scotland and raised in the surrounding Stirlingshire area.
Family Gatherings were often a musical affair during her early upbringing, but it would be sport that would ignite Julienne's passion in her early childhood. This would be something to which she would return to following a serious car crash in which she damaged her back, resulting in her taking constant pain relief medication for an approximate 18-month period. Julienne would determine to successfully remedy this through exercise, which would later see her qualify as a Personal Fitness Trainer and Pilates Instructor.
Whilst at High School Julienne would regularly make trips to London to visit friends and attend gigs at the world famous Marquee Club in Wardour Street. A few years later she would spend many more nights at this venue, whilst working for a Shepperton Studios based sound and lighting company who provided engineers and equipment to this venue.
Musical career
The musical journey of Julienne Taylor has been a long and winding road. Having played in various bands in her High School years and studied dance and expressive mime in Edinburgh with Kinny Gardner (Lindsay Kemp Company), Julienne was convinced by musician friends who had previously made the transition, that a move to London was the only way to seriously pursue a career in music. So at 17 years old she did just that..
'Home', was living out of a suitcase for the first few months of her arrival in the capital in a student nurse accommodation in Guy's Hospital. She was being signed in as a guest by nursing staff friends and had to ‘change’ her name every other day to avoid detection.
A flat in an unsalubrious part of S.E. London, which she shared with former band members from Scotland, was to become a more permanent base with Julienne working by day and writing songs by night - soon discovering that success does not come suddenly. A spell of homelessness on London's streets was only to compound this further.
Subsequent years saw Julienne working at Shepperton Studios learning the craft of sound engineering whilst singing six nights a week lending her voice as a backing vocalist for established acts and singing in blues and soul bands. Later, after a serious car crash resulting multiple injuries Julienne stopped gigging regularly and instead pursued a vocation in studio engineering career whilst still persevering with her own musical ambitions.[2] During this time Taylor worked with the likes of Paul Rodgers (Free (band), Bad Company), Kenney Jones (Small Faces, The Who), Gary Numan, Sam Brown and Billy Connolly.
Her first album was named Racing the Clouds Home in homage to Marillion, the words coming from the song White Russian on their album Clutching at Straws.
In 2001, whilst working with an Edinburgh based independent label, and following a series of successful live performances at the Edinburgh Festival, Julienne was signed to Virgin RecordsFrom homelessness to stardom.[2] A delay in the release of her first album, however, meant that momentum was lost and in a world of priorities, the album and Julienne slowly became misplaced in the shuffle.
2008 and Onward Now signed to Hong Kong based Evolution Ltd.[3] on their evosound label Julienne recorded a new album in Edinburgh, Scotland in between October and December 2010. The album was produced by Stuart John Wood and Gordon Campbell the production team responsible for her previous album releases.
Julienne’s debut headline concert took place on 24 September at the Lyric Theatre - The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong featuring her banking band from Scotland, The Celtic Connection. The concert was released in CD in late 2012 and on DVD and Blu-ray in late 2013.
Julienne returned to Asia for concerts with the legendary folk singer Judy Collins on 2 September 2013 at The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei) and 3 September 2013 at the Y-Theatre, Hong Kong.
South East Asia
South Korea
The song "Love Hurts" from her album Music Garden, became a regularly played song on South Korean radio and together with a promotional drive on TV, advertising billboards and magazines the Music Garden album sold well. When asked by the Daily Record newspaper in Scotland about her success in Korea Julie said "It's fantastic but I still find it incredibly bizarre. I don't even know what type of music people listen to in South Korea but it must be similar to the stuff I do."[4]
The release of her album A Time For Love in 2008 sold over 10,000 CD’s in S.E. Asia with strong sales in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand. Julienne’s debut live performance in S.E. Asia took place as the special guest to John Ford Coley at the Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong on 19 June 2009.[5][6]
New Album 2011
The new album, The Heart Within, of new wave & classic love songs and original songs co-written with producers Gordon Campbell and Stuart John Wood was released in Hong Kong on 29 July 2011. Her debut headline concert was also announced to take place on 24 September 2011 at the Lyric Theatre, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong.[7]
Personal life
Taylor resides near Bath in the South West of England.
Discography
| Album Title | Release Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Racing The Clouds Home[8][9] | 28 November 2000 | Virgin Records |
| Music Garden[8] | 15 September 2003 | The Music Kitchen |
| Songs to the Siren | 2007 | The Music Kitchen |
| A Time For Love[8] | 12 May 2008 | Evosound |
| The Heart Within | 28 July 2011 | Evosound |
Singles
| Title | Release Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| "Like A Rolling Stone" | 1995 | Streamline Records[10] |
| "Just Let Me Be" | 2001 | Virgin Records |
| "Second Hand News" | 2002 | R2/Virgin Records[10] |
Soundtracks
| Movie Title | Release Date | Soundtrack |
|---|---|---|
| Another Nine & a Half Weeks[11] " | 12 June 1997 | Why Did You Do It[10][11] |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Music Kitchen – Julienne Taylor". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2003-05-04.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "North Stars- From art to athletics Scotland's rising stars are set to". The Sunday Herald. Retrieved 2001-01-07.
- ↑ "Evolution Management – News-Julienne Taylor signs with Evolution". evomg.com. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- ↑ "Good Korean Move For Scots Singer Julienne". Sunday Mirror. 31 October 2004. Retrieved 2004-10-31.
- ↑ "Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation – Hong Kong stars hoping to perform in Manila". www.mb.com.ph. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ↑ "Remember The Song, Cherish The Memories Concert – John Ford Coley + Julienne Taylor". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2009-05-08.
- ↑ "The Herald – Julienne Taylor – From homelessness to stardom". The Herald. Retrieved 2003-09-11.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Billboard Album – Racing the Clouds Home - Julienne Taylor". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2000-11-29.
- ↑ "Racing The Clouds Home – Julienne Taylor - Press release". Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2000-11-23.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Julienne Taylor – Like A Rolling Stone". http://www.discogs.com. Retrieved 1995-06-12.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Another Nine & a Half Weeks, Love in Paris (original title) - Micky Rourke". http://www.imdb.com. Retrieved 1997-06-12.