Taylor James

Taylor James Bio Since moving to Vancouver from her native homeland North Bay, Ontario in 1990, Taylor has achieved widespread recognition. She first began performing in the country music scene, sharing concert stages with Blue Rodeo, Prairie Oyster, Ian Tyson, Ronnie Hawkins, Lisa Brokop and Patricia Conroy while touring extensively throughout Western Canada. She was also invited to participate in a European tour to the Netherlands opening for Dutch recording artist, Rudd Hermans. In 1994, Taylor moved into rock, blues and alternative folk, which lead her to her first live recording, “Voices” with rock bassist Scott Brown (Paul Laine, Trooper). She spent the next 10 years honing her craft and acquiring loyal audiences from her many live performances. She has toured in the US, Germany and Ireland sharing the stage with such diversified acts as, Jeff Healy, Colin James, Jim Byrnes, Jerry Doucette, Paul Hyde (Payolas), Chilliwack, Hubert Sumlin and Ten Years After to name a few. During this period she began to develop confidence and skill in her songwriting efforts. She was awarded the coveted “Independent Artist Recording Loan” from FACTOR after a panel of experts revie... more...