My new single "Darkened Room" is out now! I wrote this song back in 2017 after an intense gig had left me sky-high for 48 hours afterwards. While recuperating in my flat a melody came to me and I ended up writing this late Winter-imbued composition. It wasn't the easiest song to record back in late 2023 as I was heavily sedated by the medication I was having to take at the time and ended up not playing guitar for four months as a result. So my first attempts at recording this song were pretty challenging. Anyway, hopefully I got there eventually, "Darkened Room" was produced at the Recovery College in Newcastle upon Tyne by Mark Wood and features keyboards from my most talented brother Paul Taylor. You can buy it through the link below or stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and many other streaming platforms. I hope you like it, lots of new music planned for 2025!

Some gigs to tell you about in the Spring. Firstly, I'll be supporting Puppet Midnight at the wonderful Alphabetti Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne on Thursday 10th April. You can buy tickets through the link below (NB there are significant concessions available if you are eligible so feel free to check)

https://www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk/puppetmidnight

I'm then playing a full 90 minute set at the Microbus Gateshead just over the High Level Bridge. They have a fantastic array of beer, (including non-alcoholic beers), so it would be great to see some friendly faces there. Music from 7.30p.m, free entry.

Finally, on Saturday 17th May I'll be performing at 10p.m at The Tipsy Toad in Heaton. There will be other performers playing including my muso buddy Your Casket Or Mine so it should be a good one. Free Entry, tips for musicians most welcome.

Simon Taylor's new Help Musicians-funded rock/ pop e.p "Northern Star" is out now! You can buy it on Bandcamp through the link below or stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and many other streaming platforms. Many thanks to Help Musicians!

"Funded by Help Musicians this e.p is his most ambitious yet and provides a rollercoaster of musical influences from rock to folk and 70's music, all harnessed through Simon's soulful and warm vocal tones"

Michaela Hall, NARC Magazine "Northern Star" e.p review, Feb 2025

"This fella contains multitudes"

Graham Massey, The Crack Magazine, Feb 2025

Thank you to everyone who came to watch myself and my good friend Lesley Roley perform at my "Northern Star" e.p launch night earlier this month. Also to Katie Lock for this photo from the night, it was a lovely one!

I had a most positive start to 2025 when the British Library Sound Archive kindly accepted my request to update my back catalogue in their collection. This was following the amazing news back in 2022 that they wanted me to send over all my recorded music thus far for storage in their vast, comprehensive collection of sound recordings from around the world. I have therefore sent over everything that I am honoured for them to have in their possession. The above photo represents pretty much the complete collection of all the c.ds I have released, recorded and been a part of so far. These include ultra-rare one-copy c.d's, which I dug out and in some cases re-discovered recently while working on recent projects. Many thanks to the British Library Sound Archive for this honour.

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