Isaac Taylor

To know of the storied musical lineage of Isaac Taylor, and to hear his thoughtful, angelic voice, you would think being a musician would be an obvious calling for the Martha's Vineyard native. But it wasn’t that simple. Instead, he took a winding path ultimately leading him to the recording of his debut record, a folky and timely Americana collection of eleven songs called Peace in the Valley.

"Music's always been my taproot," Taylor says, referring to that one strong root that moves straight down, deepest into the earth, and from which all other roots spring. “It’s how I find my center, like a column I can steady myself with when there’s chaos around me.”

With the help of his high school friends, Andrew and Brad Barr of the indie rock group the Barr Brothers, they recorded in a 1926 music hall The Columbus Theater in Provincetown, Rhode Island, a place with its own story to tell. They captured a unifying spirit during the recordings that were passed on to producer Ryan Freeland (Bonnie Raitt, Ray LaMontagne and the Barr Brothers, among many others) to mix and finalize the music.