Allan Taylor简介

Allan Taylor (艾伦•泰勒) 是英国享有极其崇高地位的民谣诗人。有着歌手、吉他手、音乐家、诗人等多重身分，演奏生涯超过三十年之久。轻柔、稳重、温暖而抒情，Allan Taylor和煦的歌声与纯熟的吉他技巧，搭配其它优秀乐手的简单乐器伴奏，特别适合夜深人静的时候轻松欣赏。录音精致、清澈而透明。60年代就已红便英国民谣乐坛的Allan Taylor,以吉他和民谣风征服了英国及爱尔兰，他的乐风影响了Dire Straitv、Fairport Convention、Steeleye Span等民谣摇滚巨将，他在乐坛的地位是无庸置疑的。他的演奏生涯超过三十年。他低沉醇厚的嗓音与优雅纯熟的吉他技巧，搭配其他优秀乐手的简单乐器伴奏，特别适合一个人的时候，或者几个知音邀约在某个地方。

主要作品

The Lady, 1971 
Sometimes, 1971 
The American Album, 1973 
Cajun Moon, 1976 
The Traveller, 1978 
Roll on the Day, 1980 
Circle Round Again, 1983
Win Or Lose, 1984 
Lines, 1988
Out of Time, 1991
So Long, 1993
Faded Light, 1995
Looking For You, 1996
Alex Campbell Tribute Concert, 1997
Colour to the Moon, 2000
Out of Time – Remastered, 2002
Banjoman – Derroll Adams Tribute, 2002 
Hotels & Dreamers, 2003
Old Friends – New Roads, 2007
Leaving at Dawn, 2009
In The Groove, 2010
Songs for the Road, 2010
Down The Years I Travelled..., 2012
All Is One, 2013
There Was A Time, 2016
Behind The Mix, 2017

代表作

《It's Good to See You》 (拥有全球超过100个翻唱版本，被译成不同的语言）、《Roll on the Day》《Some Dream》等等。

作品评价

《Colour TO The Moon》发行于2000年，大部分歌曲都是他在一次名为"记忆之旅"的巴黎演唱会旅途中完成的。《Brighton Bay》是回忆他17岁时开始演唱生涯的英国度假海滩布莱顿，《Back Again》则是他1976年旧作重新编曲演唱。这些歌曲在时间与空间中尽情悠游，像是阅读一本精彩的回忆录。当然标题歌曲《Colour to the moon》有萨克斯风的画龙点睛，绝对是不可错过。录音采用包括B&W Nautilus 801喇叭在内的种种精品，道尽了Stockfish这家唱片公司对录音品质的坚持。Stockfish专精于推广吉他音乐，因此对于空心吉他的录音可说驾轻就熟。这张唱片的吉他录制都充满了柔软弹性与充满金属光泽的美感，于充满空间中的残影。当然，Allan Taylor低沉舒缓的嗓音更仿佛有按摩作用，聆听这张专辑，可随着他的歌声进入一段又一段的旅途。

主要经历

Allan left school in 1961. Apprenticeship in Telecommunications until 1965. Inspired by Skiffle and the Beat Generation he started singing and playing guitar in the folk clubs of Brighton through his teenage years. He became a full time musician in 1966 and left Brighton to become part of the music scene first in London and then throughout Great Britain, playing all of the major folk clubs of the time (for example, the famous Troubadour Club in London). He toured with Fairport Convention throughout Britain and signed recording contract with United Artists Record Company in 1970. Recorded albums "Sometimes" and "The Lady" LP in London (1970/71). He then moved to New York and became part of the singer-songwriter scene in Greenwich Village, playing legendary clubs such as Gerde's, The Gaslight, The Bitter End, The Mercer Arts Center and The Bottom Line. He toured throughout America and recorded "The American Album" in Nashville and Los Angeles (1973). He signed to Island Records as a songwriter 1974. In the mid-seventies he returned to live in UK, and then formed the band Cajun Moon. He then signed a recording contract with Chrysalis Records and made one LP. (Cajun Moon, 1976). In 1976 he ended the band and became a solo artist. He made three records with Black Crow/Rubber Records from 1978 to 1983 ("The Traveller", winner of the Grand Prix du Disque de Montreaux for best European Record, "Roll on the Day" and "Circle ‘Round Again"). Formed T Records in 1980 and made "Win or Lose" – 1984, "Lines" 1988, "Out of Time" 1991, "So Long" 1993, "Faded Light" 1995, "The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert" 1997.
From 1980 to 1992 (whilst continuing as a singer-songwriter, recording/performing artist and working occasionally for the BBC presenting documentary programmes) he gained University degree for Bachelor of Arts (Leeds University), Master of Arts (Lancaster University) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD Ethnomusicology – The Queen's University of Belfast).
In 1995 he started his relationship with Stockfisch Records (Northeim, Germany), making "Looking for You" 1996, "Colour to the Moon" 2001, "Hotels and Dreamers" 2003, "Old Friends New Roads"2007, "Leaving at Dawn" 2009, "Songs for the Road" 2010, "All Is One" 2013, "There was a Time" 2015.

他人评价

"Allan Taylor is one of the more literate and sensitive of contemporary songwriters in terms of words and music, and one who is capable of exploring more complex subjects than most of his contemporaries… he should probably be regarded as potentially the most important songwriter of his generation." (Dr. Frederick Woods, The Oxford Book of Traditional Verse)