James Taylor News

James Taylor, Carole King plan tour together

Nov 12, 2009 7:03 am PST

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 Club in Los Angeles in 1970. That...

James Taylor to give festival earnings to symphony

Aug 19, 2009 9:00 am PDT

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 than 15 years. His wife, Kim, is...

"Wang Dang Doodle" blues singer Koko Taylor dies

Jun 3, 2009 4:34 pm PDT

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 in a Chicago hospital following ...

Music to the ears of hospital patients

Feb 25, 2009 11:00 am PST

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 bedside performances of live or recorde...

Correction: James Taylor story

Jan 29, 2009 7:00 am PST

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 those songs, but did not write the...