Multiple Grammy and Dove Award-winners Russ Taff and Steve Taylor will appear in one electrifying night together on the The Almost Farewell Tour.
Praised by Billboard as “the single most electrifying voice in Christian music,” Taff has inspired like-minded artists from Kings of Leon to MercyMe with an influential singing style and body of work that includes such landmark albums as his GRAMMY® Award-winning solo debut, 1983’s Walls of Glass, 1985’s breakthrough Medals, and 1989’s chart-topping smash, The Way Home. Co-written by Taff with his beloved wife Tori, classic songs such as “We Will Stand,” “I Cry,” “Not Gonna Bow” and “Farther On” have related his spiritual journey with stunning power and deeply personal detail, how he was brought low by trauma and addiction and raised up again through the power of love and faith. In 2018, Taff’s story was further told in the acclaimed documentary, Russ Taff: I Still Believe, which saw a nationwide release in over 700 theaters. Taff has continued to be exceptionally candid regarding his private struggles over the years, most recently including an in-depth interview on Mark Laita’s hugely popular Soft White Underbelly podcast that has received more than half a million views via YouTube.
Hailed by Prism as a “renaissance man,” musician/filmmaker/writer/producer/ entrepreneur Steve Taylor has created a remarkably diverse body of work over the past four decades. Taylor’s recording career began in 1983 and spans both solo work – including such GRAMMY® Award-nominated albums as 1984’s Meltdown and 193’s Squint – as well as founding the groundbreaking alternative rock band Chagall Guevara and fronting the supergroup Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil. In 1994, Taylor’s wide-ranging songcraft was celebrated with the all-star tribute album, I Predict a Clone: A Steve Taylor Tribute. Meanwhile, Taylor has proven an in-demand producer with a track record that includes 1997’s Platinum-certified self-titled third album from Sixpence None The Richer (highlighted of course by the 3x Platinum, worldwide #1 hit single, “Kiss Me” and the Gold-certified “There She Goes”) along with three Gold-certified albums for Newsboys, 1994’s Going Public, 1996’s Take Me To Your Leader, and 2003’s Adoration, all four of which earned GRAMMY® Award nominations.
