Defy The World is now available!!!! To purchase this new 10 song album (for $14.99 plus $2 shipping & handling), please use the Paypal link below!
Or...Below are links to purchase Defy The World (cd or MP3 downloads) on CD Baby
At first blush, Kathleen Taylor’s music suggests the wide-eyed, innocent worldview of a child. But don’t be fooled by all the kittens, crickets, tree frogs and fuzzy caterpillars that populate her full-length debut: she’s an Art Nouveau princess with a pair of brass knuckles. Like Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, the whimsy of Taylor’s Defy the World is laced with a dark sense of mystery and adult wisdom that deepens with each visit down the proverbial rabbit hole.
Born in California, raised in Colorado and Florida and now happily based in Austin, Texas, Taylor wrote and recorded her first CD, Songs for Mothra, in 2007. The collection of acoustic demos was a tribute to her late mother, whose love of songwriters like Townes Van Zandt, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon made an indelible impression on Taylor as a child and still informs her songs to this day. But as revealed on the exquisitely produced and fully-realized Defy the World, Taylor’s music is practically a genre unto itself: playful and literate, simple and ornate, beautiful and ... well, more than a little bizarre. Her lyrics are inspired by the natural wonders of the great outdoors, the fever-dream passion of her favorite Romantic poets and even, she admits, the mystical world of the wee fairy folk. And her musical vision — as vividly captured on the album by producer Michael Hynes — is no less otherworldly. On Defy the World, Taylor’s strong, honest voice and gentle finger-picked guitar and banjo duel (and dance) with tubas, glockenspiel, vibraphone, melodica, pedal steel, musical saw and even chirping crickets. Call it baroque Americana, technicolor folk or even quirk pop; whatever it is, it’s a trippy musical experience you won’t soon forget. Or want to.
As a professional musician and songwriter, Taylor’s journey has only just begun. But thanks to the World Wide Web, her music has already circled the globe, netting widespread underground airplay across America, Europe and down under in New Zealand. More than 5,000 fans have already discovered her songs on MySpace, and with Defy the World now on iTunes, she’s poised to reach even more. Meanwhile, as she prepares to launch her performing and touring career in earnest out of the “live music capital of the world,” Taylor continues to write and explore the bountiful wonderland of her singularly whimsical muse. Whatever mystery it turns up next — and where it takes her — remains to be seen, but this much is a given: It’s bound to be interesting.
Here is a video of "Gainesville Today" (the new version on Defy The World) produced and directed the very very talented Scott Osborn of The Obelisk Group in Austin, Texas!
luna city express (moon harbour I berlin) jürgen von krebs (monkey's club I düsseldorf) roland van den toorn (yellow tail I bonn) david hasert (like I e. love) red jones (like love)
Gästelistenplätze gibt es hier: www.wergehthin.de/Koeln/Subway/electronic-love--1129
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this folk-carol on myspace... Poem 230 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my blog for details): CHRISTMAS SUNG SIMPLY
As gospellers have said, Beneath signalling skies, On land dusty to tread, A trough in a stable Was the strawy first-bed Of a divine baby - The forgiving Godhead.
A season for new hope - There then and here now; The yuletide of goodwill - There then and here now.
In respect of this chance, Beneath bright or dark skies, Faith's the star that we glance Attending Christ's churches And trying to enhance, With singing and ritual, Our God-loving stance.
Hope you have a good holiday!!! What have you been up to lately? I just wanted to catch up and let you know that If you like the music you can get the full-length CD "Change is Good" @ http://www.jacobtylerlucas.com or paste the link below into your browser to download your favorite songs on iTunes!
Ruby Jane and Mark O'Connor: Virtuosos of the American Fiddle: http://www.poptech.org/blog/mark_oconnor_and_ruby_jane_smith_virtuosos_of_american_fiddle
Ruby Jane Article in New York Times!! http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/who-do-these-guys-think-they-are/ AND Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think! Ruby Jane
Hope you have a good weekend!!! What have you been up to lately? I just wanted to catch up and let you know that If you like the music you can get the full-length CD "Change is Good" @ http://www.jacobtylerlucas.com or paste the link below into your browser to download your favorite songs on iTunes!
Hi, Hope you're fine ! Pending the new release "Melotonine" (release date coming soon), i decided to offer you a part of my best recent works in a free EP, "Cupboard Replacement", downloadable in all numeric formats with special graphic art works by Flint on Music AutOmatiK's Website : musicautomatik.com
Hello Kathleen its been a while I hope you are well Parcel of Rogues at the Kicking Devil sounds like my kind of gig. I'll just fire up the jet eheh...have a great time. Regards from the freeeeezing Bavarian alps Laurie
Thanks! I love the Kickin' Devil and will try my best to be there. I can't wait to hear you live! You're so talented and I hope you are having a wonderful day, too.
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