April 29, 2022
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James will be in Boston on May 22 to give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. The "First Lady of Children's Music", Ella Jenkins, and conductor & composer, David Amran, will also receive honorary degrees, while pianist Emanuel Ax and Kharkiv-based Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev will perform during the ceremony.
For more on the New England Conservatory and this year's 151st commencement, please visit necmusic.edu and
April 29, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on BROADWAYWORLD.COM — Grammy Winner James Taylor Announced as Speaker at New England Conservatory 151st Commencement
By Chloe Rabinowitz New England Conservatory President Andrea Kalyn and the Board of Trustees announced multiple Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter James Taylor as the commencement speaker and honorary degree recipient at the Conservatory’s 151st annual commencement exercises, which will be held...
April 25, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on TORONTOSUN.COM — James Taylor talks Canadian tour, Joni Mitchell, new music and retiring
By Jane Stevenson James Taylor has been walking down a country road for more than five decades now, but the 74-year-old singer-songwriter can still see the horizon in the distance. In fact, Taylor is currently in Canada on a 12-date...
April 22, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on New Guitar Lesson – “All I Want” by Joni Mitchell
After James posted this song by Joni a few months ago many fans asked for the "guitar only" version and James did not disappoint. In this video James recut to share just his hands while inching up the guitar volume to help illustrate. "All I want" of course is from Joni's 1971 album, Blue on which James played guitar.
This guitar lesson is the latest installment in James's ongoing series of guitar lesson videos. Click below to check out "All I Want" on and have a look at the other lessons as well!
April 22, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on New Canadian JT interviews
Just ahead of his Canadian tour with Jackson Browne, James has done a couple interviews north of the border. Visit CBC.ca now to listen to James and host Tom Power on the CBC Radio program, q with Tom Power, and check out the Backstage Pass television feature James taped for NTV (that's James with host Amanda Mews) at NTV.ca.
The tour kicked off last night at the Mary Brown's Centre in St John's, NL, and will visit 12 cities and eight provinces in all. There are still tickets left for most dates on the tour, but they are going fast! Visit the Schedule page to see when they're playing near you!
April 15, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on BBC’ 93 – “Carolina In My Mind”
This week JT has shared another performance from his 1993 appearance on the BBC's Pebble Mill at One. Click below to watch on now, and be sure to subscribe to James's official YouTube channel to see what comes out the vault next!
April 8, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on James’s tribute for Joni
James made a virtual appearance at last week's MusiCare's Person of the Year benefit gala to help celebrate his dear friend Joni Mitchell. Click below to see James's video message for Joni now, and visit MusiCares.org to learn about the work they do to help "the humans behind music".
April 8, 2022
Published by AaronComments Off on CharityBuzz auction
Visit CharityBuzz.com now to bid on a unique JT-donated auction in support of Berkshire Busk!, the Great Barrington, MA based downtown busking festival returning to the Berkshires for its second summer in 2022.
The lot includes the signed and personalized sheet music for James's classic "Fire and Rain"; a signed and personalized Yamaha acoustic guitar and case; as well as a signed and personalized copy of Sweet Baby James, the pop-up book based on the beloved JT song.
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