Julian Taylor is a Toronto based singer-songwriter and radio host extraordinaire.

He has been making music for over 30 years now. Speaking of 30, he's also managed to syndicate his radio show, the Julian Taylor Jukebox, on over 30 stations across North America.

Julian had a brush with major label stardom in the early oughts with his band Staggered Crossing, after which he went independent, and has been ever since. His most recent album, Pathways, earned Julian his 4th Juno nomination.

He is terrific songwriter and, as you’ll hear in our chat, a very thoughtful man. I could have spoken with Julian for days, but that would have gotten squarely in way of his major US tour with Matt Andersen.

In our chat, we talk about the stresses of life on the road, about how he stays happy and healthy being away from home for so long, about his beautiful new album Pathways, about how he feels he’s been writing the same song for years, and, of course about his love of radio.

That and much more in this episode of When We Wake with Julian Taylor.

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