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Due to the recent surge in Covid cases, Paul Taylor & The PRVLG’s January 25th performance in The Green Room at Crosstown Arts has been postponed. Crosstown Arts is issuing full refunds to ticket holders. Thank you for understanding!
Crosstown Arts presents a night of original music by Paul Taylor with very special guests, The PRVLG.
TICKETS: $12 advance | $15 day of show
Doors at 7 pm | Show at 7:30 pm
*Crosstown Arts is requesting proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test for this event. Please be prepared to present your vaccination card or a negative Covid test taken within 72 hours at check-in.
A note from Paul:
”Hello, PT here. I’m just dropping a line to say how glad I am to make a brief return visit to my hometown of Memphis, and to play music once again at The Green Room. Coincidentally, this will fall almost two years to the day since my last Memphis performance, the record release show for (my alias) New Memphis Colorways, “The Music Stands,” which was also held at The Green Room back in late January 2020.
The world drastically changed very shortly thereafter, and I had no idea at the time I would be moving far far away.
As most of you know, I’ve been on the Memphis music scene for my entire life, and I’ve made many different kinds of music with many different folks. The last year-plus of living in Door County, WI has been a major contrast to that reality, and I’ve found myself inspired by the solitude and rural environment to write a great many new instrumental solo acoustic guitar pieces.
So, I’d like to start the show by playing some of this new music for you. Then, I’m going to be reunited with my dear friends, the incredibly gifted twins The PRVLG, for an adventurous set of experimental funk improv! We also haven’t been on stage together in just over two years now, and something special, dare I say even magical, always seems to happen when we join up. So, don’t miss it!
We’d love to see you there, and who knows when I’ll be able to make it back?!”
About Paul Taylor:
Paul Taylor has been a mainstay on the Memphis music scene for over 30 years and has put out several critically acclaimed records over the past decade, including last year’s instrumental offering under the nom de plume New Memphis Colorways “It Is What It Isn’t,” which earned an editor’s pick in Downbeat and favorable reviews internationally. He relocated to Door County, Wisconsin in 2020.
About The PRVLG:
After touring as the backing musicians for rising hip-hop artist Healy, up-and-coming R&B and soul singer-songwriters The PRVLG have released their very own debut single “What You’re Missing,” a rhythmic and soulful masterpiece.
The duo, consisting of twin brothers Christian and Christopher Underwood, began playing music together at a young age and have hence developed a musical connection that can be heard not only through this single release but also in their live performances. As bass and drum players, the pair have the ability to lock in a powerful rhythm and bass foundation to their music, effortlessly making up for each other’s shortcomings and complimenting one another’s strengths.
Growing up in a musical family and listening to their father – a guitarist – play classics by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Isley Brothers, and Earth Wind & Fire, it was only natural for them to begin writing together at the age of 16 and continue to develop their writing talent from then. Since officially forming in early 2017, the duo named themselves The PRVLG, chosen due to the privilege they feel having the opportunity to grow up playing music together and to connect with others through the universal language.
Their debut release “What You’re Missing” (September 2017) presents mature and polished raw talent that has been continuously developed and improved throughout their musical career together. Inspired by the likes of Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake, and Al Green, the track is a feel-good single with a catchy groove that makes it impossible to sit still. Lyrically, the duo took their inspiration during a night out after seeing a group of beautiful women, but surprisingly the chorus was written at a vacation Bible school, allowing the song to take on multiple meanings and become interpreted in various ways by the listener.
The release of What You’re Missing will surely mark the indie-soul duo as a new force in the industry.
