Allan Taylor is a singer-songwriter from Brighton, England, associated with folk and acoustic music. He begins performing in the Brighton folk-club scene at the age of 17, influenced by Davey Graham, and develops a long career writing and performing songs internationally.

Career

After supporting Fairport Convention at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1970, he signs to Liberty Records. His debut album, Sometimes, is recorded at Techniques Studio in Chelsea and features contributions from several members of Fairport Convention, with production by Tony Cox.

In the early 1970s he moves to New York and becomes part of the Greenwich Village singer-songwriter scene, playing at venues including Gerde's, the Gaslight Cafe, the Bitter End, the Mercer Arts Center and the Bottom Line. He also tours across America and records The American Album in Nashville and Los Angeles in 1973. In 1974 he signs to Island Records as a songwriter.

Band projects and solo work

After returning to the UK in the mid-1970s, Taylor forms the band Cajun Moon. He ends the group in 1976 and continues as a solo artist. He then records three albums for Black Crow/Rubber Records between 1978 and 1983: The Traveller, Roll on the Day and Circle ‘Round Again. The Traveller wins the Grand Prix du Disque de Montreaux for best European record.

He forms T Records in 1980 and releases Win or Lose (1984), Lines (1988), Out of Time (1991), So Long (1993), Faded Light (1995) and The Alex Campbell Tribute Concert (1997).

Stockfisch Records releases

From 1995, Taylor works with Stockfisch Records in Northeim, Germany. Through that label he releases Looking for You (1996), Colour to the Moon (2000), Hotels and Dreamers (2003), Old Friends New Roads (2007), Leaving at Dawn (2009), Songs for the Road (2010), All Is One (2013) and There was a Time (2016).

Songs and legacy

His song “It’s Good to See You” has more than 100 cover versions in ten different languages, and other songs of his are also recorded in many languages.