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A bohemian rodeo star who grew up reading E.E. Cummings and listening to Led Zeppelin.
Taylor Mitchell is an 18-year-old singer songwriter whose engaging vocal style and captivating lyrics belie her young age. Praised by such Canadian luminaries as Lynn Miles, Justin Rutledge, and Michael Johnston, Taylor has just finished work on her debut full-length recording - a collection of mostly original songs that showcases a range of styles, from folk to country-rock to pop, and reflects the diversity of her talent.
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, she studied music and dance from an early age, graduating in 2008 from the prestigious Etobicoke School of the Arts with a major in musical theatre.
In 2006, Taylor met Suzie Vinnick, a Maple Blues award-winning artist. The two forged an instant connection, and went on to co-write two songs that will appear on Taylor’s full-length debut, to be released in early 2009.
In 2007, Taylor was invited to participate in the Youth Mentoring Program at the Ontario Council of Folk Festivals (OCFF) Conference. Taylor mentored one-on-one with Juno award- winner Lynn Miles. Miles was so impressed by the young singer-songwriter that the two went on to write another song that will appear on Taylor’s debut recording.
Taylor also collaborates and studies with Michael Johnston, who recorded her first EP in 2007. When Taylor approached Michael about recording an album’s worth of original material, Johnston enthusiastically agreed to produce.
Johnston enlisted an all-star cast of musicians to serve as Taylor’s band in the studio, including John Dinsmore (Kathleen Edwards), Anne Lindsay (Jim Cuddy Band), Jason Mercer (Ani DiFranco, Ron Sexsmith), Justin Rutledge and Noel Webb (Skydiggers). Both Vinnick and Miles also appear on the recording.
In August 2008, Taylor began recording at Dinsmore’s Lincoln County Social Club studio, in the heart of Parkdale, in downtown Toronto. Taylor’s album was recorded over 5 days, in an organic, live-off-the-floor fashion. Engineered and mixed by Chris Stringer (Rush, Jory Nash), the 10 songs include a haunting duet with Miles on “Diamond and Rust” by Joan Baez, and a Crazy-Horse style take on Gordon Lightfoot’s “Love and Maple Syrup”.
Taylor was also a Canadian youth finalist in the 2008 Mountain Stage Newsong contest, and performed two songs at the finals held as part of the Ottawa Folk Festival. Taylor Mitchell plans to tour folk clubs and festivals across Canada in 2009, coinciding with the release of her full-length recording.
"It’s hard to believe that Taylor Mitchell is just 18 years old. Her country-tinged folk pop sounds like it comes from someone of a completely different generation, and her voice has none of the tentative frailty we’d expect from someone her age... She [also] lets loose with a bit of country rock sass..."
-Benjamim Boles, NOW Magazine
"When George Bernard Shaw so famously noted that youth was wasted on the young, he hadn't heard Taylor Mitchell sing...All this and a powerful live show ripe with surprises: she has an already-accomplished stage manner and the ability to rock things into Crazy Horse territory with all the confidence of somebody twice her age."
-Eric Thom, Exclaim!, Critics Pick
"Toronto’s Taylor Mitchell is wise beyond her years. Not even 20, Mitchell possesses the skill and craftsmanship of one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Joni Mitchell. Unrelated by biology, but perhaps in spiritual creative kinship, this burgeoning songstress sings with soul and sass. Her debut album, For Your Consideration, opens with the track Don’t Know How I Got Here. It’s hypnotic and otherworldly, drawing upon the mystical quality of Newfoundland’s Colleen Power’s song Taken Away By the Fairies. Mitchell may live in Ontario’s melting pot, but she certainly has a country girl’s heart. The homage to small town hearts, Clarity, is reminiscent of the ethereal qualities of Catherine MacLellan. For Your Consideration’s strongest tracks include Diamonds and Rust, Secluded Roads and the quintessentially bittersweet Love and Maple Syrup.
-Shannon Webb-Campbell, Penguin Eggs
“Taylor Mitchell is a compelling new artist. Her solid original material and guitar playing along with tasty cover tracks and a top notch production and back up band, make “For Your Consideration” a superb choice!”
-Doug Gibson, CKWR
"Taylor Mitchell is a singer who defies her youthfulness by exhibiting a timeless confidence and professional style on stage that is seldom seen in performers so early... At 18, to have the enough credibility and talent to secure respect from such musical veterans says a lot about her future."
-Steve Tennant, Musical Musings/Perth House Concerts
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After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 162 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): TEES TO TYNE: FIRST IMPRESSIONS - SUMMER 2001
Where traditions are not so rare; Sea, country and works scent the air; A multitude of monuments, Planted tubs and patterned pavements.
The longish pedestrian malls; The remnants of defensive walls; Historic buildings are a gauge Of the respect for heritage.
Wheat, rape and pines in the fields; Estuaries guarded by shields; Long sandy beaches and wide scenes; Romantic-ruin go-betweens.
Rivers in parts licked by trees, Or fringed by boat clubs, wharfs, gantries, And crossed by practical delights - Varied spans, forming pleasing sights.
Fine churches headed at Durham; Football kits ad infinitum; Kept castles - one for study; Masonry behind masonry.
And, with moulding-works out that way, It’s somewhere for a longer stay..?
I'm hitting the road in a couple of weeks to raise money for War Child, Coast-to-coast – 50 cities – ALL PROCEEDS TO WARCHILD. Why? 66% of all war victims are CHILDREN. Shocked like me? War Child helps these children that have been affected by war. Check out the new blog – the whole story is up there. Love to have you be a part of it.
You’ll find a Blog, Tour page and a Bio page. I’ll be blogging daily from the road.
Hey, we've added two new songs off ska-core legends Corporation's upcoming "Return of the Corporation" release, as well as two new tunes from punk rockers Machine Gun Dolly that will be found on their upcoming "Nuclear Generaton" release!
Check 'em out on our page and let us know what you think! thanks,
Hi, if you have time, please feel free to check us out a story I posted of a strange thing that happened at a gig.(In the bio section or my blog) Have a great weekend Cheers:)
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
We're actually at the Gladstone Hotel on June 1st, hosting the open mic there. So if you can make it out, then swell, and if not, you should look into playing Kitchener/Waterloo sometime in the near future.
Hey Taylor, I'm playing a handful of shows in Toronto in the next couple months both with Allison and Barry. You should come out to at least one so we can have a drink and hang out.
Thanks for the add. Your tracks sound awesome. Look forward to hearing you in person sometime. My work schedule won't allow me to come to your cd release today, but hope it goes great for you.
