Allan Taylor's 1978 LP Hits Spotify After Ed Sheeran's Instagram Praise
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Allan Taylor's 1978 LP Hits Spotify After Ed Sheeran's Instagram Praise
1 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 12
Summary
The Traveller, Allan Taylor's 1978 album, has reached Spotify for the first time after Ed Sheeran said in April he loved a vinyl copy he found in a New York second-hand shop.
Sheeran wrote that he "can't find it anywhere online," turning fresh attention toward a long-overlooked record that had circulated only unofficially on YouTube.
Taylor, now 80 and recently forced by health problems to cancel farewell folk-club shows, said Sheeran's endorsement was unexpected and flattering; the two have since spoken at length by phone.
The renewed interest spotlights a veteran British folk singer whose album never charted but won best folk album at the Montreux Jazz Festival and helped build a loyal following in Europe.