James Taylor on BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie

James Taylor appeared on BBC Radio 2’s “Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie” on Monday. You can listen to the broadcast for a limited time right here. They talk about James receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Folk Awards.

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Yusuf on Smooth Radio with Ronan Keating

Yusuf was a guest with Ronan Keating on Smooth Radio 105.2 in Glasgow, Scotland, over the weekend.
Boyzone’s Ronan Keating interviews 70s pop/folk singer Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens.
We’ll hear how his challenging and enquiring mind got him into trouble as a young man, how the hymns of Catholic school awakened his spirit and [...]

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James Taylor guests on BBC Radio 2’s Ken Bruce

James Taylor appeared on BBC Radio 2’s “Ken Bruce” this morning, continuing his promotion of the UK release of Covers. He performed “You’ve Got A Friend” (with an instrumental intro of “Happy Birthday” played for Ken’s birthday), “Carolina In My Mind” and “Suzanne”.
You can listen to the entire show online here.
You can see pictures of [...]

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Jackson Browne at Battery Park, 1979

Wolfgang’s Vault has added a portion of Jackson Browne’s performance at Battery Park in Manhattan, New York, on September 23, 1979. The performance was one of the shows building up to the big concert at Madison Square Garden captured on the No Nukes feature film and album. The set unfortunately cuts off “The Road And [...]

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James Taylor on World Cafe

James Taylor was a guest on NPR’s music program World Cafe yesterday. They have posted his entire appearance, which includes an interview and solo acoustic performances of Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne” and his own “Secret O’ Life” and “Millworker”.
The site also has web-exclusive outtakes: performances of “Fire and Rain,” “Something In The Way She Moves” and [...]

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Carole King 2007 Japanese special

The Carole King fan site Now and Forever has posted videos from a 2007 TV special called “World Rock Live” that aired in Japan. The special aired the final show from last year’s “Three Great American Voices” tour, where Carole toured Japan with Mary J. Blige and Fergie. Featured songs are “Love Makes the World” [...]

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Wolfgang’s Vault: James Taylor Carnegie Hall 1974

Wolfgang’s Vault has posted a recording of the May 26, 1974 show of James Taylor at Carnegie Hall in New York City, which features a surprise appearance by Carly Simon. There’s a great write-up that accompanies the audio files, which gives historic context to the concert as well as a review of the performance.
Here we [...]

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TheFrontloader.com likes Joni Mitchell’s River

TheFrontloader.com has a great post about Joni Mitchell’s classic song “River” and takes a listen to covers of the song by Swapmeet Louie, Robert Downey, Jr., Indigo Girls, Heart, Allison Crowe, Sarah McLachlan, and Sixpence None the Richer. (Streaming and downloadable MP3s are available.)
The song is a reflection on a failed relationship… it’s Christmas time, [...]

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James Taylor on Bob Costas on the Radio

James Taylor was a guest on Bob Costas’ “Costas on the Radio” program on November 29. An online stream of the program is available here.
(Thanks to SuperD for the link.)

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James Taylor on WFAN

James Taylor appeared on WFAN 66 AM Sports Radio last Tuesday, November 25. You can still listen to the appearance right here. There’s also some video of the appearance on YES Network.com.
The appearance was obviously in promotion for his new album Covers, but was also done as part of the Hungerthon Auction. Here’s a picture [...]

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