Taylor Ashton

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courtesy Loudmouth Artist Management

Taylor Ashton in an outdoor bathtub.

Taylor Ashton

media release: "Country Radio" is the work of Canadian born indie-folk artist Taylor Ashton working with pop producer Benjamin Lazar Davis, both of whom plead "not guilty" in the earnest pleasure they take from listening to a well crafted pop country song.  While these two artists have long been influenced by modern Country's bold hooks and its devotion to tried-and-true shortcuts to emotional catharsis, this marks a new willingness to enter the arena.  

From Taylor: "...This is the first time I’ve really tried fully inhabiting [pop country's] stylistic world in a more exposed way. Ben and I both share an admiration for the boldness of the genre, how it knows exactly what it is, and isn’t shy about using a huge hook to talk about big feelings.  I think the song is still very me, and the production is definitely very Ben, but I think if some pop radio DJs wanted to help us send this to number one I believe it could lovingly hold its own among the most sepia-toned backroad tailgate anthems out there.  And if lightning strikes and this song buys me a house, I promise to host tons of sweet dinner parties and let every touring musician crash in the guest room."

Taylor Ashton is a Canadian singer and songwriter living in Brooklyn. He spent the first half of his twenties on the road across Canada as frontman of the band Fish & Bird before moving to New York to work on a new set of songs and a new chapter of life. His music takes influence from the cosmic emotionality of Joni Mitchell, the sage vulnerability of Bill Withers, the humour and heartbreak of Randy Newman, and old-time and Celtic folk music. Alternately accompanying himself on clawhammer banjo and electric guitar, Taylor croons poignantly clever lyrical insights while effortlessly gliding between a Bill Callahan-esque baritone to a Thom Yorke-like falsetto.

His full-length debut album "The Romantic" was released in early 2020, followed by a companion EP "Romanticize" featuring remixes, reimaginings, and new songs. His songwriting appears on albums by Watkins Family Hour, the Brother Brothers, Benjamin Lazar Davis and others, and he has released singles with Aoife O'Donovan, The Fretless, and Aerialists, as well as a moody acoustic duo record in 2018 with songwriter & guitarist Courtney Hartman. Much is in store for 2022, including at least one new album and more fruitful collaborations.