Joanne Shaw Taylor - Discography (2009-2024)

Joanne Shaw Taylor embodies all the elements of modern blues, even though she sings with a distinctively British accent. Given her extraordinary dexterity as a guitarist and well-developed vocal chops, Taylor was already a sensation on the blues festival circuit in both the U.S. and Great Britain while only in her mid-twenties. She caught the blues bug as a young teenager growing up in the Birmingham area. She heard guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins, and Jimi Hendrix and knew then that was the kind of music she wanted to pursue, eventually full-time.

Producer Dave Stewart (of Eurythmics fame) said of Taylor, several years previously when he first heard her: "I have played with all sorts of blues musicians all over the world. I even made a film, Deep Blues, where I went to Mississippi and recorded with some legendary players such as R.L. Burnside and Jesse Mae Hemphill. Last year I heard something I thought I would never hear: a British white girl playing blues guitar so deep and passionately it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!" (Taylor was just 16 years old at that time.) Stewart was so impressed with her playing and musicianship that he asked her to accompany his supergroup, D.U.P., in touring Europe in 2002. She was also offered a record deal but the company went bankrupt.

Seven years later, in May 2009 and with Taylor 23 years old, she released her stunning debut album, White Sugar, for Ruf Records, a German label with U.S. offices and a strong U.S. presence. She followed it up with extended U.S. touring, including shows with pianist and singer/songwriter Candye Kane. For her debut, Taylor went to the producer she most admired, Jim Gaines, who also produced good albums by her favorite blues players, including Jonny Lang, Luther Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Carlos Santana. Accompanying her on White Sugar were veteran Memphis recording session players Steve Potts on drums and Dave Smith on bass.

Taylor returned to the studio a year later, once again with Jim Gaines, to record her sophomore release, 2010's Diamonds in the Dirt. In 2012, Taylor joined Annie Lennox on-stage to perform for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in front of Buckingham Palace. She followed up the performance with the release of her third album, Almost Always Never. The live album, Songs from the Road, appeared in 2013, followed by The Dirty Truth the following year. Taylor returned in 2016 with her fifth album, Wild, which became her first album to chart in the U.K. Albums chart.

She signed a deal with Sony Music in 2018. The label put her on the rejuvenated Silvertone and released Reckless Heart in February 2019. ~ Richard Skelly

Albums
2009 White Sugar CDRip FLAC
2010 Diamonds In The Dirt CDRip FLAC
2012 Almost Always Never CDRip FLAC
2013 Songs from the Road CDRip FLAC
2014 The Dirty Truth CDRip FLAC
2016 Wild CDRip FLAC

last added (07072024):
2019 Reckless Heart FLAC 24-88.2
2021 The Blues Album FLAC 24-44.1
2022 Blues From The Heart Live (Live) FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Nobody's Fool FLAC 24-44.1

Singles & EP
2018 Break My Heart Anyway FLAC 24-88.2
2018 In the Mood FLAC 24-88.2
2019 Bad Love FLAC 24-88.2
2019 Reckless Blues FLAC 16-44.1
2019 Reckless Heart (Radio Mix) FLAC 16-44.1
2019 The Best Thing (Single Mix) FLAC 16-44.1
2019 The Best Thing FLAC 24-88.2
2021 If That Ain't A Reason FLAC 16-44.1
2021 Let Me Down Easy FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Can’t You See What You’re Doing To Me (Live) FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Dyin' To Know (Live) FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Fade Away FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Just No Getting Over You (Dream Cruise) FLAC 16-44.1
2022 Nobody's Fool FLAC 16-44.1
2023 All The Way From America FLAC 24-44.1
2023 Black Magic FLAC 24-44.1
2023 Sweet 'Lil Lies FLAC 24-48
2023 Wild Love FLAC 24-44.1
2024 A Good Goodbye FLAC 24-44.1
2024 Change Of Heart FLAC 24-44.1
2024 Devil In Me FLAC 24-44.1
2024 Heavy Soul FLAC 24-44.1
2024 Someone Like You FLAC 24-44.1