4x JUNO nominee Julian Taylor has teamed up with Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter, Allison Russell, for a stately new ballad entitled “Pathways,” taken from Taylor’s upcoming record of the same name out on September 27th.

“Pathways” was written by Taylor with Toronto songwriters Robert Priest and Rosanne Baker Thornley, created to be a duet with Russell. Its understated Americana production provides the bedrock for Russell and Taylor’s rich vocal harmonies.

The journey of life puts us all on our own respective pathways to find out who we are and how we can strive to overcome any of the inner doubts and struggles we all experience. This song is meant to be a letter from a person who has gone through many trivial experiences and who is trying to be there for someone younger like their child and protect them and guide them through the hard points in life. When we wrote the song, each writer felt as if they were speaking to their children. – Julian Taylor