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June 16, 2010
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By Ben Ratliff They were a strange pair, actually: dry and wet. He, 62, with the guarded, narrow excellence of his fingerpicking, putting his voice through a heavy soul-compressor, like Marvin Gaye in a telephone booth; she, 68, practicing generosity,...
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June 13, 2010
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By Kevin O’Hare UNCASVILLE, CONN. – With the down economy and a whole lot of people with a lot less disposable income, there aren’t many tours raking in big bucks at the box office so far this year. One of...
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June 13, 2010
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By Donna Larcen Reunions are always tricky. But when it’s Carole King and James Taylor getting together to celebrate a 40-year-old concert, the meeting transcends nostalgia. In the first of two performances Saturday at the Mohegan Sun, King and Taylor...
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June 11, 2010
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By Nick Cristiano Just four songs into their show at the sold-out Wachovia Center on Thursday night, James Taylor got the age joke out of the way. He and Carole King, he said, “were trying to remember what was in...
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June 10, 2010
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By Dave McKenna DuPont’s best and brightest couldn’t produce better chemistry in a lab than what James Taylor and Carole King come up with onstage. They’re hardly alike. Appearing together at Verizon Center on Tuesday, King, now 68, was raucous...
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June 7, 2010
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By Jeff O’Kelley For most people, there are certain albums that hold a special place in their record collection. Everyone has their own list, with each entry representative of a particular memory, place or event. While some of my personal...
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June 7, 2010
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By Lee Zimmerman James Taylor and Carole King BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise Saturday, June 5, 2010 There’s no song with a title that mentions “Memories” anywhere within the combined repertoire of James Taylor and Carole King, even though they share so...
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June 6, 2010
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By Howard Cohen The second song of the 160-minute Carole King and James Taylor Troubadour Reunion Tour at Sunrise’s BankAtlantic Center Saturday night told the story of a night filled with fond memories and enduring music: “One more song about...
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June 1, 2010
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PERCHED on the arm of a couch in a hotel room here, James Taylor recalled the first time he heard Carole King sing “You’ve Got a Friend.” “I stood outside a little dressing room up on the balcony,” Mr. Taylor...
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June 1, 2010
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PITTSFIELD — As soon as he began singing the first few lyrics of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” even some fans in the beer line at Wahconah Park rushed back to the stands to hear “the Berkshires’ own” James Taylor. Taylor, a...
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