Last year we went to a concert in aid of a hospice… it was an amazing event with the caliber of actors one will rarely get on one stage at the same time, the fantastic Anne Reid, Paul McGann, James Bolan, Patricia Routledge, Aled Jones, Susan Jameson, Geraldine James, two of the Harker sisters…. and many others….
Amongst this glittering company was a very talented singer songwriter called Jane Taylor.. she was fantastic, she performed three of her own songs and everyone in the audience wanted to buy her CD there and then.
We have been following her with great interest and are delighted that she has this amazing CD out and is touring the UK… her full story is below…
another find from H&H… JANE TAYLOR
BBC Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker and Bob Harris are real fans.
She’s opened for Jools Holland, Paolo Nutini, Paul Buchanan, Seth Lakeman and the legendary Bill Wyman and currently a film is in the making based entirely on her brand new album ‘Compass.
Jane Taylor, the Bristol songstress who famously caused a stir on BBC Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker show after her song ‘fall on me’ hit the airwaves, has just released a brand new album.
Two years ago, Jane’s debut album managed to hit BBC national radio when Johnnie Walker decided to play the opening track from an album he found on his desk called ‘Montpelier’ because he liked the cover (a charcoal sketch of her street, which Jane had doodled herself). The response from the listeners was enormous, highly unusual for an ‘unknown’, so Jane was invited in to perform a live session on the show and there began the journey that took her out of her bedroom and into the world.
What was so inspiring about this particular story was that the album had been made on a shoe-string and in a barn, with all manufacturing costs financed by pre selling the album to her dedicated fan base. She’d just posted it to BBC Radio 2 and crossed her fingers.
So fate played a hand and she was invited to play a live session on the show. From there she went on to support Jools Holland, Bill Wyman, Seth Lakeman, Paul Buchanan, Andy Fairweather Low and Paulo Nutini, secured a distribution deal, had a track played on MTV, was featured in ‘UNCUT’ magazine on a cover CD, and toured the UK and Germany, spreading the word and connecting her music to even more ears.
Two years on, she’s promoting the release of her brand new album, ‘Compass’ (released through Bicycle Records), which was made last year with Mercury nominated producer Colin Elliot (famous for his work on the Richard Hawley albums) in Sheffield’s much loved ‘Yellow Arch’ studios.
The album has already received Radio 2 play on the Bob Harris Show and writer Julian Fisher is creating a screen play/film based on the album, which is intended for production early next year. Jane is touring the album across the UK, and more details on this can be found on her website www.janetaylor.co.uk February
Sun 21st Kitchen Garden Cafe
17 York Rd, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7SA
www.kitchengardencafe.co.uk
April
Fri 30th Carnglaze Caverns
St Neot, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 6HQ
www.carnglaze.com
May
Fri 7th The Stables Theatre
Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU
www.thesables.org
Sat 22nd The Corner House
231 Newmarket Rd, Cambridge, CB5 8JE
Tel 01223 352047
Sun 30th
The Forge, (at the Anvil)
Churchill Way, Basingstoke, Hampshire,RG21 7QR
www.anvilarts.org.uk
June
Thur 10th St Georges SPECIAL GUESTS and Gospel Choir!
Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR
www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk
September
Sat 18th The Lantern Theatre
Kenwood Park Rd, Nether Edge Date, Sheffield
www.lanterntheatre.org.uk
For more information check out www.janetaylor.co.uk or www.myspace.com/janetaylormusic
E mail: jane@janetaylor.co.uk Tel: Bicycle Records 07855 135 233
Posted on February 14th, 2010 at 3:24 pm by 
