Dr. JT!

Apr 29, 2022

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.

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New Guitar Lesson – “All I Want” by Joni Mitchell

Apr 22, 2022

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!

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New Canadian JT interviews

Apr 22, 2022

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!

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BBC’ 93 – “Carolina In My Mind”

Apr 15, 2022

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!

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Intermission groove

Apr 14, 2022

Click now for a taste of a little “pre-COVID-front-of-stage-intermission-fan-signing” groove, courtesy of Jimmy, Jim, Mike, Steve, Luis, Walt and Lou.

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James’s tribute for Joni

Apr 8, 2022

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”.

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CharityBuzz auction

Apr 8, 2022

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.

Bidding is open until April 21.

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The twins turn 21!

Apr 5, 2022

Happy 21st Birthday, Rufus and Henry. The blink of an eye since they were this size.

This was their first gig, at their Dad’s show in 2001 in Concord, CA.
Birthday love from your very proud parents.

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Throwback to the 90s!

Apr 1, 2022

Throwing it back to the ’90s this week, here’s James performing “You’ve Got A Friend” on the BBC’s Pebble Mill at One in October 1993. Filmed at the BBC’s Pebble Mill studios in Birmingham, UK, the show was broadcast from the main foyer rather than one of the actual studios!

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Beneath another sky

Mar 25, 2022

This week’s video from JT’s vault is a live performance of “Never Die Young” recorded in Syracuse last summer. Click below to watch now, and be sure to subscribe to JT’s YouTube channel to see what comes next!

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