Taylor Carson

The story

Taylor Carson hails from the land of the Dave Matthews Band, Virginia Coalition and O.A.R. While he built his musical chops on the shoulders of these acoustic rock superstars, his lyrical inspiration comes from timeless wordsmiths like Paul Simon, Cat Stevens and Martin Sexton. On the heels of two acoustipop full band records, Carson was hit with a wave of inspiration that led him to write nearly 30 songs in a matter of months. Right around this time he began performing at colleges and opening for folk-rock troubadours Ellis Paul

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Stories

Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews.

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Records

• By Me, For You · 2008 · compilation

Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.

Bands and projects

• Every Echo
• Atlantic Runaway

The bands Taylor Carson played in, each with its own records. From MusicBrainz.

Also plays on

Records by other artists with Taylor Carson in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.

Playlists with Taylor Carson in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.

If you like Taylor Carson

• Nirvanasame scene: acoustic, US
• Pearl Jamsame scene: acoustic, US
• Alice in Chainssame scene: acoustic, US
• KISSsame scene: acoustic, US
• Bon Jovisame scene: acoustic, US
• Bucketheadsame scene: acoustic, US
• Foo Fighterssame scene: acoustic, US
• R.E.M.same scene: acoustic, US
• The White Stripessame scene: acoustic, US
• Kornsame scene: acoustic, US
• Elliott Smithsame scene: acoustic, US
• Pixiessame scene: acoustic, US

Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Taylor Carson’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.