Russell Taylor
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I'm Russell. The Vulnerability Project — early fall.
"the embodiment of what 'You Oughta Know' is all about" VH1 ✦ Apollo Theater ✦ Kennedy Center ✦ "the next generation of great tune makers" Huffington Post ✦ MoMA ✦ KoKo Camden · London ✦ "a best-kept secret of NYC's indie music scene" Ebony ✦ Essence Music Festival ✦ 2× Berklee Artist in Residence ✦ Recording Academy Governor ✦ Shared stages with Mary J. Blige · Lalah Hathaway · Estelle ✦ "the embodiment of what 'You Oughta Know' is all about" VH1 ✦ Apollo Theater ✦ Kennedy Center ✦ "the next generation of great tune makers" Huffington Post ✦ MoMA ✦ KoKo Camden · London ✦ "a best-kept secret of NYC's indie music scene" Ebony ✦ Essence Music Festival ✦ 2× Berklee Artist in Residence ✦ Recording Academy Governor ✦ Shared stages with Mary J. Blige · Lalah Hathaway · Estelle ✦
Russell Taylor

Russell Taylor lives where most artists only visit.

Soul music in his hands carries everything it was built to carry — warm, urgent, sensual, and deeply human. He moves through you before you decide to let him. Every song, every conversation, every performance draws you closer to something you forgot you were missing.

Tender and relentless. Elegant and raw. There is a heat to everything he does — slow, intentional, inevitable.

The Emotional Alchemist. That is the gift.
new record · early fall 2026

The Vulnerability
Project.

Raw. Real. Unfiltered.
Recorded live at SiriusXM DC.
Eight songs. No safety net.

Sad and strong. Tender and sensual. Loving and lost. Russell Taylor doesn't pick one emotion and stay there. He runs the full range — and he takes you with him.

This is what Soul music was always built to carry.

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Live at SiriusXM · Washington DC
Performance video · coming with release
Tracklist · dropping early fall
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I.
Joy
II.
Focus
III.
Release
IV.
Gratitude
The Vulnerability Project
Coming Fall 2026
Live Album · SiriusXM DC Studios · Multi-city
The Vulnerability Project "

Vulnerability
isn't weakness.
It's the courage
to be fully present.

— Russell Taylor
i.

The artist.

The Vulnerability Project — early fall 2026. Streaming, vinyl, and SiriusXM. The catalog runs deep — ten releases from Somewhere In Between (2006) to Too Late (2024). Stages shared with Mary J. Blige, Lalah Hathaway, Estelle. Sold out the Apollo.

The full story
ii.

The host.

I have a monthly show on SiriusXM Silk — Soulversations. The Juneteenth Block Party at Union Market. Foundation to Future Soul. The rooms I build for other artists to be heard.

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iii.

The educator.

2× Artist in Residence at Berklee College of Music. Recording Academy Governor. Songwriting, performance, and music business coach. The work I owe back to everyone who taught me.

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iv.

The foundation.

The SoulLife Foundation — a 501(c)(3) I lead as Executive Director. Fellowships, internships, and community arts work in DC. Where soul meets purpose, and where the next ones come up.

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The universe

One artist. Three doors.

The Show
Soulversations
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YOU ARE HERE
The source
Russell Taylor
Soul Life Foundation
The Foundation
SoulLife
Shape the future

What's now.

Live · upcoming
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Soulversations · hosted by Russell Taylor · SiriusXM Silk Ch. 330
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— Russell