Scott Hallman

London-based singer-songwriter Sean Taylor is a musician’s musician, admired as much for his creative blend of Americana and folk as for his distinctive guitar-playing and his willingness to tackle social issues through sound. He has toured across the globe, supporting the likes of Tony Joe White, Richard Thompson and John Fogerty. Now, several albums on from 2006’s debut Corrugations, Taylor is back with Lockdown, a set recorded at home, with overdubs from long-time collaborator Mark Hallman, who provides bass, organ, lap-steel and harmonica, and saxophone by Joe Morales. While other artists have taken inspiration from the turbulence of 2020, Taylor looks the coronavirus, with all its political and social implications, square in the eye.