AP - Nov 12, 2009
James Taylor and Carole King are going back to their roots. The two singer-songwriters say they will go on a long concert tour together next year, recalling the first time they played at the Troubadour...
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Singer James Taylor plans to donate his $500,000 in earnings from a five-day music festival at Tanglewood next week to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Taylor s association with the orchestra dates back...
More »Reuters - Jun 3, 2009
Grammy-winning blues singer Koko Taylor, the Queen of the Blues who belted out her signature hit, Wang Dang Doodle, at hundreds of concerts, died on Wednesday, her record label said. Taylor, 80, died...
More »Reuters - Feb 25, 2009
Patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities are often too sick to attend musical concerts, so a charity is bringing the music to them. Musicians on Call, a non-profit organization, has organized...
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In a Jan. 24 story about James Taylor, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the singer wrote the songs You ve Got a Friend and How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You). He performed and recorded...
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She s got a friend. James Taylor said he will give a California woman a brand new music player loaded with his songs to replace the one she said she had to give up to a taxi driver when her credit card...
More »E! Online - Oct 16, 2008
James Taylor wants you to know you've got a friend in Barack Obama. The easy-rocking singer will headline five free concerts in his home (and key battleground) state of North Carolina to promote...
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James Taylor will play five free concerts in North Carolina as he tours the state to support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Taylor has concerts scheduled in Charlotte, Asheville, Chapel...
More »AP - Nov 29, 2007
James Taylor s new CD/DVD set One Man Band is a musical self-portrait that takes him back to the start of his career in the late 60s when he could travel light with just his songs, guitar and a suitcase...
More »AP - Nov 28, 2007
James Taylor still has a friend in Carole King. Taylor and King were a match made in 1969 at Hollywood s famed Troubadour nightclub. They were rehearsing there Tuesday afternoon for a series of benefit...
More »AP - Nov 20, 2007
Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: Patti LaBelle, Miss Patti s Christmas (Def Soul) When it comes to Christmas music, Patti LaBelle is almost as experienced as the jolly fat man himself...
More »Reuters - Aug 17, 2007
Bossa nova has been in Luciana Souza's blood since she was a child growing up in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the early '60s as the daughter of two of its innovators, Walter Santos and Tereza Sousa....
More »Reuters - Aug 13, 2007
Coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp. said on Monday its new Hear Music record label will release a live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor this holiday season. Taylor's One Man Band will be the...
More »Reuters - Aug 13, 2007
Coffee shop chain Starbucks Corp. said on Monday its new Hear Music record label will release a live album by singer-songwriter James Taylor this holiday season. Taylor's One Man Band will be the...
More »Reuters - Jun 7, 2007
Country music icon Dolly Parton was honored for her songwriting on Thursday at the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where she made jokes about her famous big bust that she quipped would outlast her. I can...
More »AP - May 7, 2007
You could call it the world s biggest open mic night. Except the one going on in Atlanta this week will last a total of 10 nights. When it s all over, 500 bands and solo artists representing...
More »E! Online - Apr 11, 2007
Nasvhille's big Macs couldn't serve up enough customers to keep the latest installment of Now That's What I Call Music! from the top of the food chain. For the week ended Sunday, Now! 24...
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Five new songs will highlight an upcoming retrospective covering the solo career of bluegrass fiddler Alison Krauss. A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection is due April 3 via Rounder. You're...
More »AP - Feb 24, 2007
The Oscars are all about movies, of course, but on this night only music filled the golden guy s hallowed hall. Beyonce, Celine Dion, James Taylor, Randy Newman and Melissa Etheridge were among those...
More »Reuters - Feb 17, 2007
David Crosby and Graham Nash, members of one of the top rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s, have postponed a U.S. tour due to Crosby s ill health, a representative said. The action was taken because...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
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