Category Archives: Interviews

Carole King on press tour for autobiography A Natural Woman and album The Legendary Demos

Carole King has been promoting her newly released book A Natural Woman: A Memoir, as well as her soon-to-be-released album The Legendary Demos. That album now has its own webpage, by the way. The page includes a contest to win … Continue reading

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Variety spotlights Carly Simon receiving ASCAP’s Founders Award

Variety‘s assistant managing editor Steve Chagollan wrote a great article about the significance of Carly Simon being awarded the ASCAP Founders Award this April 18th. It includes some comments from Carly, such as her reflecting on her experiences trying to … Continue reading

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Yusuf (Cat Stevens) talks about Moonshadow musical

Yusuf Islam appeared on the Australian Today show last week for an interview with Richard Wilkins to discuss Moonshadow: A Musical Fantasy, set to debut at Melbourne’s Princess Theater on May 31. Watch the interview here.

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Larry Klein talks Joni Mitchell

Bassist/producer Larry Klein recently spoke with CelebrityAccess.com’s Larry LeBlanc, where he discussed his relationship with Joni Mitchell, along with other aspects of his career. Some Joni-related excerpts: Was your first production work with Joni? I started producing little projects in … Continue reading

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Videos: James Taylor working on new album, performing Yesterday; maple sugaring

The Artisan News Service posted earlier this week a video segment that includes a brief interview with James Taylor on the red carpet to the MusiCares Person of the Year gala celebrating Paul McCartney. He mentions his new album, currently … Continue reading

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Grand-Maitre on adapting Joni Mitchell’s Ethiopia to ballet

Jean Grand-Maitre, director of the Alberta Ballet, spoke with Vue Weekly about working out the choreography for “Ethiopia,” one of the new songs in the expanded ballet The Fiddle and the Drum.  “I’m a lyrical choreographer,” he says. “African dance … Continue reading

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Carole King introduces NREPA to US Congress

CaroleKing.com announced last week that the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) was introduced before the 111th Congress of the United States House of Representatives on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, by Carole King, Democratic Representative Carolyn Maloney from New York … Continue reading

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Chris Isaak talks about his Yusuf interview

Musician Chris Isaak spoke recently with the Las Vegas Review-Journal about his upcoming TV show “The Chris Isaak Hour”, which will debut on the Bio Channel on February 26. For Isaak’s TV show, one of his interviews is with Cat … Continue reading

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Yusuf updates Peace Train

Speaking of “Peace Train,” a brief interview with Yusuf appears in the March/April 2008 issue of AARP Magazine, where he talks about recently updating the lyrics to his classic song. “I rewrote those lyrically recently,” says Yusuf 60, at home … Continue reading

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Carole King tells Morning Joe about Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Carole King was a guest on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” this morning talking about the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA) that will be introduced before Congress tomorrow. She also briefly mentions writing her autobiography, which she predicts completing “in a couple … Continue reading

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