Joanne Shaw Taylor showcased her talents on guitar to a wide audience at a young age. As a teenager, she was discovered by Dave Stewart from the new wave duo Eurythmics during the early 2000s and subsequently became part of a supergroup he was leading called D.U.P., also known as Da Universal Playaz.

After that project ended, she became one of the top blues guitarists in United Kingdom and beyond. Taylor is still writing, recording and performing music, and she has a show coming up at The Park Theatre in Cranston on March 29. Her performance will feature tunes from her latest album “Heavy Soul” along with a few off of an upcoming release.

We recently talked about the unique start to her music career, her upcoming full-length album that’s due out this summer, and her thoughts on playing historic venues.

Rob Duguay: What was the experience like for you being catapulted into a high echelon of the music industry during your teens as part of D.U.P.?

Joanne Shaw Taylor: I think the benefit was I was so young that I didn’t really have any idea of how big a deal it was. I was naive in that way and to be honest. I was just relieved that I didn’t have to go to school anymore, which was sort of the beauty of youth, I suppose. If I was at the age I am now playing with the caliber of those musicians, I’m old enough to probably be anxious about it. Fortunately, I was young enough to just take it in stride. Looking back on it, I’m so fond of those memories. The opportunity to get to play with Candy Dulfer, Jimmy Cliff and Mudbone Cooper was such a brilliant experience, and I think it definitely changed me as a musician.

RD: You have a new album coming out in June called “Black & Gold”, and you released a single off of it with “Hell Of A Good Time”. The music video for the single has various footage of you and your band performing and life on the road. Was it all taken from a specific tour? How did it come together?

JST: We filmed it on the last U.S. tour, which would have been October and November of last year. I’m fortunate that one of my techs is also my social media manager, so they were constantly putting a camera in my face. But we did have a lot of fun making footage to put on the socials. As an obvious fan of the music myself, I kind of want to have little clips, and I think the fans do too, so it was fun to get some of that together for them.

RD: I think it was a cool video to watch. What was the experience like from the standpoint of the recording and songwriting process? I know this is your fourth album within the past five years, so did you aim to do anything differently versus your previous releases?

JST: It was pretty quick. I wrote most of it on the road and then we recorded it in about 10 days, which is the benefit of working with such an incredible producer in Kevin Shirley and the band that I’ve been playing with for the last several years. They’re absolute pros and they can work quickly. It was kind of a different one to write. It’s my tenth studio album and I had in it in my head of it marking a decade of recording. I used it as an opportunity to address some subjects about relationships and whatnot. I wanted to close a chapter in many ways to begin the next decade of recording, so it was a therapeutic album to make.

RD: I don’t know if you know anything about The Park Theatre, but it’s a building that recently turned 100 years old. It’s been around for a long time, so what’s your mindset when it comes to performing in historic places?

JST: To be honest, that’s where I feel at home. I don’t want to insult anybody, but I’m from a country where the house I grew up in was built in the 1700s, so I’m kind of used to old things. While growing up in the U.K., I performed in a lot of historic venues that have a certain feel to them and there’s a seasoning on the bones of the place. I feel more at home in that type of venue than in a brand spanking new building.

RD: What do you hope fans take from “Black & Gold” when it’s officially released and what can they expect while giving it a listen?

JST: With every album, I just try to do what feels right for me. The reason I do this is to express myself, so what I hope people take away from it is that it’s good music they enjoy listening to. It’s an album where they’ll get to know me a little more as I go through this life getting to know myself, which is what it’s about. I hope they feel a connection to it because it’s a connection to me, but more than anything, I just hope they enjoy it.