On the eve of the release of his long-awaited and almost overwhelming 21-song solo masterwork, This Beautiful Mystery, singer/songwriter Terry Scott Taylor gives us a remarkably transparent and vulnerable look into his creative and spiritual formation as an artist. It’s impressive enough for any musician to be producing the best work of their career in their seventies, but what keeps a “restless creative” pushing so hard, and digging so deep, after decades of relative obscurity and even direct opposition? Between his work with the ground-breaking band Daniel Amos, the collaborative Lost Dogs project, the light-hearted Swirling Eddies spin-off, or his more personal solo work, Taylor has set, and re-set, standards as a writer, an artist, and a producer of others’ work. And yet so few people even know his name.
In this first of two installments, we hear about Terry's roots, his influences, and his general formation. In Part Two we will explore This Beautiful Mystery in great detail; as both the present culmination of a well-traveled journey and as a roadmap for another generation of restless creatives looking to make soulful sense in these crazy days.
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Amy Grant‘s Secret: 2 Jobs & A Prayer
Natalie Bergman’s Jesus Music for a New Generation
Taylor Leonhardt Learns a Language REMIX (+Tapestry, Wrecking Ball, 1,000 Kisses & Raising Sand on the Jukebox)
Rich Mullins: The Lost Interview Pt 2 (Rich + McVicker, Madeira & Webb + Andrew Peterson on the Jukebox)
Rich Mullins: The Lost Interview Pt. 1 (The Ragamuffins Set The Stage)
Phil Madeira (Part 2 of 2) Jazz, Scapegoats, & Resolution
Phil Madeira (Part 1 of 2) Deep Roots & Expanding Horizons
Kevin Max: Considering Boundaries + Mark Heard’s ”Dry Bones Dance”
Jukebox Takeover #3: 20 Great Albums of 2020
Jukebox Takeover #2 The Christmas Music of Over The Rhine (Making Space for Beauty and Grace)
Marc Byrd ”Hidden” BONUS Episode w Marc Byrd: (Hammock Live, Theology, and TT Patreon Launch)
Marc Byrd: Hammock, God of Wonders, & Hearing the Beauty Beyond the Noise
Larry Norman & his son Mike; It’s Complicated…
The Electric Jesus Story (So Far...) w Brian Baumgartner, Chris White, & Daniel Smith: [The Beauty of Failure and Art Vs. Propaganda]
Buddy Miller: Learning To Listen with Big Ears
Ella Mine and the Beauty, Purpose, and Potential of Darkness and Pain in Art
More Musical Adulting w Waterdeep, Living Artfully in Tandem (Part 2 of 2)
Music for Adults w Waterdeep + Buddy & Julie Miller on the Jukebox (Part 1 of 2)
Sandra McCracken: Singing A New Song + At The Foot of the Cross
Michael Gungor: Re-embodiment Pt 2 + Dylan’s Rough and Rowdy Ways & Daniel Amos’ Doppelgänger
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