British blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Joanne Shaw Taylor releases her new studio album, The Trouble With Love, today (23rd October) via Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records. Kevin Shirley, a longtime collaborator whose credits include The Black Crowes, Journey and Aerosmith, produces the 10-track record. It covers love in its different forms and blends blues, rock, soul and Americana. Joe Bonamassa and Orianthi guest on the album.
Alongside the album, Joanne Shaw Taylor releases a new single, ‘Never Gonna Please ‘Em All’, with an official music video. The song turns the album’s focus on relationships inward. It addresses the pressure to meet other people’s expectations and the demands placed on women, from being told to smile and speak less to feeling pressured to make themselves smaller or more agreeable. Lyrics include “I turned my heartbreak / Into a work of art” and the refrain “Ain’t never gonna please ’em all”.
You can stream the album or order it.
The songs
The title track, ‘The Trouble With Love’, features Joe Bonamassa and deals with the highs and lows of romance. ‘What Good Is My Love?’ features Orianthi and explores loving someone who cannot return that affection.
‘Hell Or High Water’ uses a blues-gospel arrangement to address perseverance and self-belief. Joanne Shaw Taylor also covers Celeste’s ‘This Is Who I Am’. ‘Tired Of Being Right’ looks at realising that someone you love may never change, while ‘Bad Boy’ deals with attraction to a relationship that is both thrilling and destructive. ‘The Girl That You Loved Before’ looks back on a past relationship. ‘You And Me (Rachel’s Song)’ is a tribute to her best friend and focuses on friendship rather than romance.
The full tracklisting is:
- ‘The Trouble With Love’ (feat. Joe Bonamassa)
- ‘Hell Or High Water’
- ‘This Is Who I Am’
- ‘Tired Of Being Right’
- ‘Bad Boy’
- ‘What Good Is My Love?’ (feat. Orianthi)
- ‘The Girl That You Loved Before’
- ‘Never Gonna Please ‘Em All’
- ‘You And Me (Rachel’s Song)’
- ‘Death Wish’
Tour dates
Days after the release, she begins her Fall 2026 US tour on 28th October in Albuquerque, NM. It covers the Southwest, Mountain West, Pacific Northwest and California. Canadian blues-rock band Bywater Call support on the opening dates, followed by shows with Robert Jon & The Wreck. The tour ends on 21st November at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey, CA. Tickets are available at joanneshawtaylor.com/tour.
May 2027 UK tour
Tickets go on general sale on Friday 23rd October 2026 from Ticketmaster and joanneshawtaylor.com.
- 2nd May: Harpenden, The Eric Morecambe Centre
- 3rd May: Leeds, City Varieties Music Hall
- 4th May: Whitley Bay, Playhouse
- 6th May: London, Cadogan Hall
- 7th May: Bury St Edmunds, The Apex
- 8th May: Manchester, Royal Northern College of Music
- 9th May: Birmingham Town Hall
- 11th May: Glasgow, St Luke’s