Known for her almost comical knack for getting under the skin of boot licking grifters, Dylan Taylor has never backed down from talking about the issues that paralyze even the hardest hearts. Raised by both sides of the political fence in the heart of the Bible Belt, she learned at a very young age what it meant to think for yourself. That would later turn into one of the main running themes of her work.

“Jails, institutions or death” is the phrase they use in AA to describe the main 3 landing zones addicts have available to them if they don’t stop using. Thanks to a childhood spent on music row, a family history of addiction and feelings she didn’t know how to harness yet, Dylan managed to plow through the first 2 by age 20. Waking up stone cold sober in an Alabama rehab facility, hugging her Martin, one month after her 21st birthday.

She was back on tour almost immediately after she was released, singing songs about addiction, equality, justice and love. On a mission to provide a safe place for the misfits of the world by singing songs about real life with little to no filter on the truth of her words.

Her writing gained recognition as she danced along the fringy edges of the Nashville music scene, never quite fitting into any of the main genre pockets, but spotted bumping brains with the change in almost all of them. She was signed to a couple different publishing deals but for the bulk of her career, her out spoken nature and unique sound not only baffled the boys in charge of music city but challenged their throne. Banishing her even further into the outskirts of the industry she was raised by.

Years after a number of her peers have disappeared, she persist. Fueled by every blow thrown her way, standing on the shoulders of the activists and outlaws that came before her.