Julian Taylor - "The Ballad of a Young Troubadour"
The latest single from Julian Taylor's upcoming album, "The Ballad of a Young Troubadour," doesn't sound like modern folk. Sure, the song is fairly mainstream as far as folk goes these days, but it has a distinct 1960's vibe to it. Taylor keeps the verses in a ramblin' style that fits the title of the song, but he has a certain weariness to his voice that just doesn't feel current. It reminds me of some of the elders of folk rock, like Van Morrison or Donovan. Julian Taylor explains the song: “' Ballad of a Young Troubadour ,' taken from my forthcoming album out June 18th , The Ridge , harkens back to my early days as a travelling musician. When I was in high school, I really began to work heavily on my songwriting and my acoustic guitar playing. It was like a religion to me and it still is. I loved the ideology that Bob Dylan, Ritchie Havens, Jack Kerouac and musicians like them had forged and was determined to follow their path. So,...