Dolans Presents have announced that Irish folk duo Hudson Taylor are set to play Limerick’s Live at the Big Top Venue on May 3rd as part of Limerick’s Riverfest 2020 celebrations.
The multi-instrumental siblings honed their craft busking on the streets of their hometown of Dublin as well as cities all over Europe. The band comprises brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor. They are currently signed to Rubyworks Records.
Hudson Taylor supported Hozier in 2018 during his North American tour, opening 19 sold out shows including 3 nights at both Beacon Theatre in New York City and Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.
In the same year the duo embarked on a sold-out European tour playing to crowds in the UK, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Netherlands as well as opening for Gabrielle Aplin throughout her North American Tour.
Their Feel It Again EP amassed over 1.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify. It was produced by Ryan Hadlock, best known for his work with The Lumineers and Vance Joy, and mixed by Ruadhri Cushnan (Mumford & Sons, Ed Sheeran) in Dublin.
Their lead-off single 'Feel It Again' was one of the biggest Irish airplay hits of 2017. With streaming figures well in excess of 10 million listens for the Feel It Again EP and tracks ‘Run With Me’ and ‘Old Soul’.
In 2019, they played a U.S. headline tour accompanied by Oisin and Tadgh Walsh-Peelo in their band as well as supporting Rodrigo y Gabriela on their North American tour and playing a number of headline shows while in the states.
Their second second album ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ will be released on limited-edition coloured vinyl, CD and streaming services on Rubyworks on Friday 28th February 2020.
The record has been in the pipeline for the past 3 years, Inspired by Hudson Taylor’s recent tours the album features sounds of Seattle, Nashville, New York City and their home town of Dublin.
Tickets for Hudson Taylor Live at the Big Top as part of Limerick’s Riverfest 2020