Julienne Taylor
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| 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 and songwriter who has been hailed as "Scotland’s best female voice since Annie Lennox". Her beautiful voice creates gorgeous music both traditional and contemporary performed with a Scottish flavour.
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.
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.
Taylor played in various bands during high school and studied dance and expressive mime in Edinburgh.She moved to London to pursue a career in music and worked at Shepperton Studios as backing vocalist. A serious car crash resulting multiple injuries forced her to pursue a career in studio engineering career.
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 Records. In 2008 she signed to Hong Kong based Evolution Ltd. on their evosound label. She 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.
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