Just announced: James and his All Star Band will tour alongside the incomparable Elton John for six concerts in South America in Spring 2017! Please see the Schedule page for the complete list of shows.
James and the band have added a ninth show to their tour of Australia and New Zealand. On February 15 they will perform at the Royal Theater in Canberra, Australia. Tickets go on sale Monday, December 19 at 11 am AEDT. Please see the Schedule page for a look at all of James’s tour dates!
On December 1, James took part in the 94th Annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at President’s Park in Washington D.C. The Hallmark channel broadcast the one hour concert live and now you can see the show online.
Click the image below to watch — James performs “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” (at 25:35) and Kim and James join Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood for “What I’m Thankful For”, a song they recorded on Garth and Trisha’s new holiday CD collection, Christmas Together, at 42:00.
James has teamed with Charity Buzz once again to offer some items that would make great Christmas gifts! First is a Yamaha FG700S acoustic guitar, signed and personalized by James, while second is signed and personalized sheet music of James’s song “Only a Dream In Rio” from this 1985 album, That’s Why I’m Here.
There are also two meet & greet, soundcheck access and ticket packages available, for James’s shows at Fenway Park and Wrigley Field next summer! All four lots end next week, so bid now!
Set your coffee makers! James will appear on NBC’s The Today Show tomorrow morning, December 8, singing several holiday favorites and James Taylor tunes. Check your local listings for airtimes. See you early!
James was among the distinguished recipients of the 39th Kennedy Center Honors this past Sunday. This photo captures James reuniting with “The Section” (featuring Danny Kortchmar, Craig Doerge, Leland Sklar and Russ Kunkel). CBS will broadcast the Kennedy Center Honors on December 27 at 9/8C. Tune is to see who else showed up to honor James! More photos to come!
photo: Ellyn Kusmin, Kennedy Center Honors, State Department, 12/4/16
Here come the boys (and girls!) of summer — James and his All-Star Band will play four concerts at ballparks across the US in Summer 2017! Joining James and the band onstage will be special guest, the remarkable Bonnie Raitt.
Please see the Schedule page for the complete list of shows.
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Sometimes we suffer setbacks. And if these reversals of fortune are deeply important to us, the loss can be a source of real grief. Recovery takes time and we should allow ourselves time to grieve. But what eventually seems to help most is to take a regular moment to give thanks. To whom we give it is a big question but just go ahead on and do it. Gratitude is the way to an improved attitude, dude. Scientists tell us that it is likely, even inevitable, that there are other worlds in the cosmos which, like our own, would support life. But they are so rare and far apart that it’s a long shot we’ll ever be in touch… To have been born in human form and consciousness aboard this unbelievably beneficent planet is an incredible stroke of luck. Dig it…
James Taylor
November 24, 2016
Watercolor by Trudy Taylor, 2006
Here is a new installment in James’s Free Guitar Lessons series! Click the image below to watch James’s classic “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight” from the 1972 album, One Man Dog.
