James Taylor’s house from Copperline?

Defamer claims that the plywood house from James Taylor’s “Copperline” makes an appearance in a recent episode of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of New York City“. A clip of the episode that highlights the house is included in the article. I haven’t seen the full episode so I’m not sure where they got that information, [...]

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Carly Simon chairs Our Time Theatre Company’s Gala Benefit

Playbill.com announces that Carly Simon will serve as one of the honorary chairs for Our Time Theatre Company’s 7th Annual Gala Benefit: Capturing History, Celebrating Dreams taking place on Monday, April 13, 2009. The even will take place at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York. 
Carly is joined by Muhammad Ali & [...]

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Yusuf records Long and Winding Road; finishes editing Boots & Sand music video

YusufIslam.com announced today that Yusuf was back in Los Angeles last week to finish editing the music video for “Boots & Sand,” the first single off of his upcoming still-untitled album.
He also recorded a cover of “The Long and Winding Road,” originally heard on The Beatles’ Let It Be album from 1970, for an upcoming [...]

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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 and Democratic Representative Raul Grijalva from Arizona. To support the NREPA, contact your Congress representative [...]

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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 Stevens/Yusuf Islam, the often-assumed recluse star of the 1970s (“Wild World,” “Peace Train,” “Moon Shadow,” “Morning [...]

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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 in London. “It goes: ‘How long has this peace train been gone?…. how long must this [...]

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Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story tours Riverside

Australian performer Darren Coggan’s “Moonshadows: A Magical Tribune to Cat Stevens” seems to have metamorphosed into Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story. Of the show, Darren tells Streetcorner.com.au:
“After meeting Cat Stevens in London, I knew when I got back to Australia that I just had to share my experience and what I had learnt. [...]

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Songs Are Like Tattoos Joni Mitchell tribute returns

JoniMitchell.com reports that last years show returns to Hugh’s Room in Toronto. “Songs Are Like Tattoos: A Tribune To Joni Mitchell” will take place on Saturday, March 7, at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $22 in advance, $25 at the door.
Mia Sheard will host and perform, joined by Layah Jane, Lori Cullen, Valery Gore, Kevin Fox, [...]

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Jackson Browne on Susan Cowsill’s upcoming Lighthouse

Jackson Browne performed as a special guest session player for roots rocker Susan Cowsill’s upcoming album Lighthouse, according to her blog on MySpace. No word yet on what track(s) he performed on, and to what extent.
The album is scheduled for an April 21st release in North America.
(Thanks to JenniferS.)

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Jackson Browne’s Time The Conqueror World Tour

I should’ve posted about this sooner but Jackson Browne’s world tour in support of his newest album Time The Conqueror is about to start. If you see him, be sure to write in with a review and/or set list.
Between now and May, he’ll be aggressively touring with his full band throughout New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, [...]

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