Taylor Leonhardt Learns a Language
Taylor Leonhardt Learns a Language (+ Tapestry, Wrecking Ball, 1,000 Kisses & Raising Sand on the Jukebox)
Singer-songwriter Taylor Leonhardt has been on some big stages lately, playing guitar with Amy Grant, Andrew Peterson, and others, and has a slew of collaborations over the last couple of years. Her “star” is certainly on the rise. But as she prepares for the release of her third independent solo album, this Texas-born, Carolina-bred, new Nashville resident is leaning into her Americana roots, and her circle of friends, for both her songs and her sound. In this episode, we get to know this engaging artist as we explore the power of community and influences in the pursuit of our voice. We also talk about the difference between taking some classes, and really learning a language, and what Taylor’s adventure in Paris might teach us about listening to understand.
On the Jukebox, we survey four of the artists cited as influences by Leonhardt and featured in her specially curated and corresponding playlist. Carole King’s Tapestry, Emmylou Harris’s Wrecking Ball, Patty Griffin’s 1,000 Kisses, and Krauss & Plant’s Raising Sand. We also consider some wisdom about Southern Writers from Flannery O’Connor on our Soapbox feature. It’s a full episode, for sure, but you can handle it. We believe in you.
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Taylor Leonhardt’s True Tunes Mixtape:
Music List
Phil Keaggy & Rex Paul – “Full Circle” (True Tunes instrumental mix)
Bill Mallonee – “Best Seat in the Room” (True Tunes instrumental mix)
Taylor Leonhardt – “Happy (or whatever)”; “Come Along”; “Lights Gone Out”; “Poetry (Live, Take 4)”; “The Bridge” (writing demos); “Diamonds”; “Sunday in the Park”; “Would You Be Well”
River House Instrumental mixes of: “Everything”; “Black Mountain”; “When You Open Your Mouth”; “Diamonds”, “Déjà vu”; “Lay My Head Down”; “Surprising Me”
Mission House – “Behold” (acoustic video, ft. Sarah McMillan); “Living Water”
More Than Rubies – “Walking Through Fire”
Also featured, excerpts of:
Carole King – “Going Back” (Songwriter demos); “I Feel The Earth Move”; “It’s Too Late”; “You’ve Got a Friend” (Tapestry)
Gram Parsons w/Emmylou Harris – “We’ll Sweep Out the Ashes in the Morning” (GP); Emmylou Harris – “Deeper Well” (Wrecking Ball)
Patty Griffin – “Long Ride Home” (1000 Kisses); “House of Gold” (Downtown Church)
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss – “Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)”; “Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us” (Raising Sand)
Leigh Nash – “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” (Hymns & Sacred Songs)
Bob Wills – “New San Antonio Rose”
Hank Williams – “Your Cheating Heart”
Lucinda Williams – “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road”
Chris Taylor – “Dream Hard Enough (Here Is the Ocean)”
Alsever Lake – “The In-Between”; “Take Care”
Heartland Nights – “Blue Collar Heart”
Sounds Like Sander – “Southern Woods”; “Wild Land”
