Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Artist

Joanne Shaw Taylor

Type
Solo artist
Styles
blues

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Joanne Shaw Taylor is a British guitarist and singer of blues-rock, born in Wednesbury in 1985 and active since 2002. Her first album, White Sugar, came out in 2009 on Ruf Records.

Next date in London: 6 May 2027 at Cadogan Hall.

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Latest album
Black & Gold (2025)
Born
1985 · Wednesbury
Origin
United Kingdom
Active since
2002
Label
Ruf Records

About — The artist

Joanne Shaw Taylor (born 1985, England) is an English singer and guitarist. She was discovered by Dave Stewart of Eurythmics at the age of 16.

Taylor's albums via Ruf Records, White Sugar (2009) and Diamonds in the Dirt (2010), peaked at No. 8 in the US on the Billboard Top Blues Albums chart. Her No. 1 album, The Blues Album (2021), was released via Joe Bonamassa's Keeping the Blues Alive Records.

In 2010, Taylor won Best Female Vocalist at the British Blues Awards. She won the same award at the 2011 British Blues Awards, and the Songwriter of the Year award for "Same as It Never Was", from Diamonds in the Dirt.

Text adapted from the Wikipedia article “Joanne Shaw Taylor” (en), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Discography

  • White Sugar 2009
  • Diamonds in the Dirt 2010
  • Almost Always Never 2012
  • Songs from the Road 2013
  • Ladies Sing the Blues 2014
  • The Dirty Truth 2014
  • Wild 2016
  • Reckless Heart 2019
  • The Blues Album 2021
  • Blues From the Heart Live 2022
  • Nobody's Fool 2022
  • Heavy Soul 2024
  • Black & Gold 2025

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Next date: Thu 6 May 2027 · Cadogan Hall
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