Taylor Red

{{Short description|Country music group from Mississippi}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Taylor Red | image = | image_size = 300px | landscape =  | alt = | caption = | alias = Red Roots | origin = [[Hurley, Mississippi]] | genre = [[country music|Country]] | years_active = {{start date|2010}}–present | label = [[Inpop Records|Inpop]], Daywind, Red Hen | current_members = [[Nicole Taylor (singer)|Nicole Taylor]]<br />[[Natalie Taylor (Country Music Singer)|Natalie Taylor]]<br />[[Nika Taylor]] | past_members = }}

'''Taylor Red''' (formerly '''Red Roots''') is an American [[country music]] red-haired identical triplet sisters trio from [[Hurley, Mississippi]]. They started making music in 2010, with their first [[studio album]], ''Red Roots'', that was independently released by Red Hen Records, in 2011. Their second release, ''The Middle of Nowhere'', a studio album, released in 2012, with Red Hen Records. The third studio album, ''[[Triplicity (Red Roots album)|Triplicity]]'', was released in 2014, from Red Hen Records. The trio signed with [[Inpop Records]], in 2015. In 2018, the band formally changed its name from Red Roots to Taylor Red.

The bands' triplets are singers, songwriters, composers, and multi-instrumentalists who play guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=AmplifyMM|title=TAYLOR RED Turns TikTok Fame Into Major Career Momentum Single "Country Money"|date=13 April 2021|url=https://amplifymusicmag.com/taylor-red-turns-tiktok-fame-into-major-career-momentum-single-country-money/|access-date=2021-06-15|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Background== Taylor Red is an identical red-haired triplet sister trio from [[Wade, Mississippi]], born on March 18, 1991.<ref name="CMW">{{cite web|title=Red Roots|url=http://www.cmwell.com/index.php?do=/profile-81865/|publisher=Christian Music Well|author=Staff|accessdate=December 29, 2015|date=March 18, 1991}}</ref>

==Music history== The sister trio started as a musical entity in 2011,<ref name="CR Profile">{{cite web|author=[[Cross Rhythms]]|title=Red Roots Artist Profile|publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/artists/Red_Roots/21786/|accessdate=December 29, 2015}}</ref> with their first independently released album, ''Red Roots'', that was released on January 24, 2011, with Red Hen Records.<ref name="CR One">{{cite web|first=Dave|last=Brassington|title=Review: Red Roots - Red Roots|publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Red_Roots/Red_Roots/106241/|accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=May 24, 2011}}</ref> Their subsequent [[studio album]], ''The Middle of Nowhere'', was released on March 20, 2012, by Red Hen Records.<ref name="CR Two">{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Cummings|title=Review: The Middle of Nowhere - Red Roots|publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Red_Roots/The_Middle_Of_Nowhere/126389/|accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=September 5, 2012}}</ref> They released, ''[[Triplicity (Red Roots album)|Triplicity]]'', the third studio album, on January 7, 2014, from Red Hen Records alongside Daywind Music.<ref name="CR Three">{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Cummings|title=Review: Triplicity - Red Roots|publisher=[[Cross Rhythms]] |url=http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Red_Roots/Triplicity/149280/|accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=August 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name="IVM Review">{{cite web|first=Jonathan|last=Andre|title=Review : Red Roots - Triplicity |publisher=Indie Vision Music |url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2014/01/08/red-roots-triplicity/ |accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=January 8, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CMZ">{{cite web |first=Joshua |last=Andre |title=Red Roots – Triplicity (Review) |publisher=Christian Music Zine |accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=January 13, 2014 |url=http://christianmusiczine.com/red-roots-triplicity-review/ |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129154059/http://christianmusiczine.com/red-roots-triplicity-review/ |archivedate=January 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref name="NRT Song">{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Davis|title=#544 - "Great Big Yes" by Red Roots |url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/article.php?article_id=1386 |publisher=New Release Today |accessdate=December 29, 2015 |date=August 5, 2014}}</ref> The group was signed to [[Inpop Records]] in 2015.<ref name="Inpop">{{cite web|author=[[Inpop Records]]|title=Red Roots|publisher=[[Inpop Records]]|accessdate=December 29, 2015|url=http://www.inpop.com/red_roots}}</ref>

Taylor Red released track ''Country Money'' in March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Klonowski|first=laura|date=2021-04-14|title=Taylor Red Release New Single 'Country Money'|url=https://musicandtournews.com/taylor-red-release-new-single-country-money/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Music and Tour News|language=en-US}}</ref> It was produced by Ilya Toshinsky and written by J.T. Harding, [[Matt Jenkins]], and Andrew DeRoberts.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Release|first=Press|date=2021-04-14|title=Sibling Trio Taylor Red Translates TikTok Fame Into Major Career Momentum With New Single, "Country Money"|url=https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/sibling-trio-taylor-red-translates-tiktok-fame-into-major-career-momentum-with-new-single-country-money/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=The Country Note|language=en-US}}</ref> The track was added to [[Spotify]] Editorial playlists and went viral on TikTok.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Triplet Trio Taylor Red Finally Find Country Music Success Thanks to TikTok: 'It Gives Everyone a Chance'|url=https://people.com/country/triplet-trio-taylor-red-find-country-music-success-thanks-to-tiktok/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref>

Taylor Red was featured in the national Sonic Drive-In campaign commercials for 2020-2021. The trio performed over 1,000 live shows across America and internationally in countries such as Norway and Canada, opening for acts including Amy Grant, Charlie Daniels, Diamond Rio, Don Williams, High Valley, Josh Turner, and [[Michael W. Smith]].<ref name=":0" />

==Members== <ref name="Facebook About">{{cite web|author=Red Roots|title=About|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=December 29, 2015|url=https://www.facebook.com/TheRedRoots/info/?ref=page_internal}}</ref>

* Natalie Jean Taylor<ref name="BMI Nat">{{cite web|title=Songwriter/Composer: TAYLOR NATALIE JEAN|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=550117208&keyname=TAYLOR+NATALIE+JEAN&CAE=582372437&Affiliation=BMI|publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|author=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|accessdate=December 29, 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> – current lead vocals, mandolin, violin, bass * Nika Lea Taylor – vocals, former lead singer, guitar, banjo, violin * Nicole Helen Taylor<ref name="BMI Nic">{{cite web|title=Songwriter/Composer: TAYLOR NICOLE HELEN|url=http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&fromrow=1&torow=25&querytype=WriterID&keyid=550117211&keyname=TAYLOR+NICOLE+HELEN&CAE=580502663&Affiliation=BMI|publisher=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|author=[[Broadcast Music, Inc.]]|accessdate=December 29, 2015}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> – original lead vocals, guitar, banjo, violin

==Discography== ;Studio Albums<ref name="CR Profile"/> *''Red Roots'' (January 24, 2011, Red Hen) *''The Middle of Nowhere'' (March 20, 2012, Red Hen) *''[[Triplicity (Red Roots album)|Triplicity]]'' (January 7, 2014, Red Hen/Daywind)

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==External links== *{{Official website}}

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