Jane Taylor

Jane Taylor’s journey really started in 2002 when she decided to give up life in the real world (marketing) and focus her attention on the fact that she’d been writing songs since she was little, and maybe there was something in that.

Walking into a Bristol studio to record her first single she fantastically bumped in to Angelo Bruschini, the guitarist from Massive Attack who was so intrigued by her sound that he offered to play guitar for her. The single was called ‘Blowing This Candle Out‘, and it became the first recorded track of her EP, ‘Barefoot‘, which she went on to release at Ronnie Scotts. She booked her first UK tour and together with local BBC radio interviews and live sessions she began to build up her fanbase across the UK.

In 2003 she won the International competition ‘Reach’ and, supported by her band, toured Ireland with three other bands from the USA and Canada. She then went on to win both the UK and the International Song writing Competition, again with her single 'Blowing This Candle Out', in the singer/songwriter category where no less than 11,000 people entered.

Her song 'Getting To Me' has been included on the soundtrack for Sony Television’s DVD of the hit TV series 'Dawsons Creek'

The fact that she's also managed to perform at Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe two years running, headlined the Wurzburg music festival in Germany, played to sold out venues frequently and consistently in Bristol, not to mention being played on national BBC radio, may not come as a complete surprise when you see her perform live. The fact that she does this independently is, however, something to consider.

After almost two years of performing and touring with her band, (Neil Gay - guitar, Beth Porter - cello, Robin Davies - double base, Ben Hostler - drums and Eleanor Murphy - piano), Jane finally secured backing, through Exec Producer Johnny Stirling, to complete her debut album, ‘Montpelier’ (after an area in Bristol where she wrote most of the songs). The album was recorded in a barn at the beginning of winter out in the countryside near Sarsden, Oxford, and was released on November 12th 2005 through her independent label Bicycle records Ltd.

Astonishingly , creating and manufacturing ‘Montpelier‘ involved some 250 people along the way. The immediate recording and production team (including award winning Producer and composer Bill Lovelady who composed string parts for the album and also mixed it alongside co-producer and engineer Hugo Richardson and Angelo Bruschini, who guest mixed three of the tracks) and the hundreds of people that pre-bought the album 3 months in advance to produce funds to manufacture it. Testament to the faith people have in what Jane creates.

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There is another Jane Taylor who is a bassoon player, noted for playing in the New York Bassoon Quartet. She also plays one of the two bassoons in the performance of the Octoot for Wind Instruments on the P.D.Q. Bach album, "A Little Nightmare Music".