Uxbridge singer/songwriter takes to Aurora stage

One of Uxbridge’s finest vocalists is taking her unique sound and style to the Aurora Cultural Centre, performing as part of the centre’s Voices of the World Series.

Tania Joy performs alongside Julian Taylor as part of the Aurora Cultural Centre’s Voices of the World Series on Saturday, April 27, 7:30 p.m.

Tania Joy is taking the stage with Julian Taylor, a 2024 Juno Prize nominee, on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m.

Joy, known around Uxbridge as the executive/artistic director of the Springtide Music Festival, has been spending her time in the studio recording her next album, thanks to an Onatior Arts Council Music Recording grant. This album follows her EPs I’ll Be Around and I Will Stand. Her stories, so far, have been about relationships, in all their complicated forms. In 2020, Joy found herself taking on a more complex narrative as the world around her shifted, bringing increased and global attention to Black Lives Matter. With mentorship from Hillside’s Girl with Guitars program, Joy wrote her first protest song, Planks and Marietta, which was released on Bandcamp during Black History month with all proceeds from downloads being directed to Black Lives Matter.

She quickly notes that her producer was nominated for producer of the year at the recent 2024 Junos, and won engineer of the year in 2023 as the first female to ever be nominated. 

Julian Taylor, headliner for the April 27 concert.

Joy promises an “intimate performance” in Aurora with Julian Taylor, who is supporting his Juno-nominated album Beyond the Reservoir. Taylor may be familiar to Uxbridge audiences as well, as he played the Springtide Music Festival in 2018 and 2022. Taylor is a Toronto-based, award-winning singer-songwriter, radio host and label owner. He’s amassed three Juno Award nominations, a pair of Canadian Folk Music Awards for Solo Artist and English Songwriter of the Year, five Native American Music Award nominations, plus a nomination for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize.