By Keith Caulfield James Taylor had a fruitful — and busy — year. He scored his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with Before This World, toured around the world, was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and tallied another Grammy Award nomination. The five-time Grammy winner (who is also a member…
James had some very particular ideas about how the Taylor family tree should be decorated this year. Click below to watch the festivities!
Wondering what to get someone on your list? Right now at Charitybuzz you can bid on one of four special gifts from James (including tickets and a meet & greet with James at either Fenway Park or Tanglewood) — and help a good cause at the same time. Head to Charitybuzz.com to place your bid now.
On December 2 at Rockefeller Center, James performed two songs as part of the annual Christmas tree-lighting festivities aired on NBC. Click the images below to see James, Kim and Kate Markowitz perform “SnowTime” from Before This World and James and Chris Botti’s wonderful rendition of “Winter Wonderland”. Also click here to see a gallery of photos from the event.
SnowTime
Winter Wonderland
James was proud to participate in this year’s Kennedy Center Honors gala, held last week in Washington D.C. This year’s honorees included James’s old friends Carole King and Seiji Ozawa.
Click the image below to see a gallery of photos from the ceremony and be sure to tune into the show when it airs on CBS on December 29 at 9pm!
Photo: Yo-Yo Ma, Seiji Ozawa, James Taylor; Margot Schulman
James is excited to announce that he and his All-Star Band will return to Tanglewood for two shows at the Koussevitzky Music Shed, July 3 and 4, 2016. The JamesTaylor.com presales for both dates will be held on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 10 am EST.
To participate in these exclusive ticket presales, please make sure you are signed in to your JamesTaylor.com account. If you do not already have a JamesTaylor.com account, please click here to create one now.
The public sale for both dates will begin January 17 at 10 am EST.
Please remember: the ticket allotment provided to JamesTaylor.com for the fan presales is a very small number of tickets that sell out quickly — sometimes within the first 30 minutes. We apologize in advance for any frustration but our hope in offering the fan presale is that you will have advance opportunity to purchase great seats. Luckily, if you are unable to purchase tickets in presale, you will have a second chance during the public sale.
Photo: Tanglewood, 2014 by Hilary Scott
The nominations for the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards were announced this morning, James’s album Before This World picked up two nominations — Best Pop Vocal Album and a nod for Best Engineered Album, Non Classical for producer Dave O’Donnell. This year’s winners will be unveiled at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 15, 2016.
It’s Cyber Monday at JamesTaylor.com — all week in the Store you can save 40% on clothing and merch, while all music is 20% off.
If you haven’t heard James’s holiday album, James Taylor At Christmas, ’tis the season! Visit the Store to shop now! This sale will end on Wednesday, December 2 at 11:59 PM PDT.
Don’t forget — James will be featured on the episode of Oprah’s Master Class which airs this Sunday, November 29 at 8pm ET on OWN. Click here for a preview video from the show, (scroll to the bottom of the page to see two additional videos). Make sure to tune in!
James stopped by Late Night with Stephen Colbert last week, performing Before This World‘s “Montana” and duetting with Stephen on the classic “You Can Close Your Eyes”. James and Stephen also performed an updated version of “Fire And Rain” and closed the show with his personal touch on the French national anthem.
Click the images below to see each of those performances, and click here to see a gallery of photos from James’s visit to the historic Ed Sullivan Theater.
Montana
You Can Close Your Eyes
Fire And Rain – Updated!
La Marseillaise
