We are very excited to have amazing singer and song writer Taylor Ashton come play for us! Doors will be at 6pm and we will start at 6:30pm in an effort to finish the last few notes of the show before it gets too dark. It will be a sweet evening of music with Ashton accompanied by the talented Sean Trishka. We are so excited for this show! We saw Taylor open for Rachael and Vilray at the Hanger Theatre 3 years ago and he blew us away. Looking forward to seeing you here!
Taylor’s career began in Vancouver as frontman and songwriter for Fish & Bird. The Vancouver Folk Fest called them “Canada’s most unique folk-rock ensemble”, with reviewers taking note of Taylor’s “off-kilter lyrical excursions” (The Georgia Straight) and his “rich, compelling voice” (Exclaim!). From 2006 to 2014 they recorded 4 albums and exhaustively made the rounds of the festival and touring circuit of Canada, the U.S., and the UK.
The 12 new songs on Taylor’s solo debut chronicle leaving a relationship, a band, and Canada. He moved from Toronto to New York City, ready to take a break from the heavy touring schedule of Fish & Bird and to find himself in a new setting. He survived by singing and playing clawhammer banjo in the subway, turning heads with covers that leaned more Motown than hoedown. Over the years he also made a living as an illustrator, an audio book narrator, an occasional sideman for British country soul singer Yola, a songwriting teacher, and was even hired by the New York Times to write a song about the debt-ridden subway system. Fueled by $1 pizza slices and the intoxicating creative energy of his new home town, he wrote over 400 songs. “A lot of them were pretty dumb,” he said. “But some that I thought were dumb turned out to be good.” (See track eight on the album, “Everybody Used To Be A Baby”).
https://www.taylorashton.com/ https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2020/03/taylor-ashton-the-romantic/