4.7.15
James Taylor's first album or original material since 2002's October Road has finally been announced! Before This World will be released worldwide June 16th, and features ten new tracks:
1. Today Today Today
2. You And I Again
3. Angels Of Fenway
4. Stretch Of The Highway
5. Montana
6. Watchin' Over Me
7. SnowTime
8. Before This World / Jolly Springtime
9. Far Afghanistan
10. Wild Mountain Thyme
The album is available in several formats: mp3 download, CD, Deluxe CD/DVD combo (including a 30-minute documentary on the making of the album), 180-gram vinyl, and a $79.99 Limited Edition Deluxe Book Edition including bonus tracks (titles TBA), the documentary DVD and a 40-page hard bound book featuring photos, liner notes, and a collector's envelope with handwritten lyrics and other memorabilia, all housed in a numbered, die cut slip case. Pre-orders of any version include an instant download of the song "Today Today Today."
And if one brand new song isn't enough, be sure to pick up JT's excellent new duet with Smokey Robinson, "Ain't That Peculiar," from Smokey's duets album Smokey & Friends!
And as an added bonus, there's a rare live version of James' new song "Stretch of the Highway" on the mp3 of the month page!

11.3.13
It's been a quiet year as James completes work on his new studio album, his first new album of original material since 2002's October Road, due for release in 2014. Meanwhile, as if there aren't enough JT greatest hits collections on the market, here comes the new 2-CD collection The Essential James Taylor. It's a very good two disc career retrospective, covering everything from 1970's Sweet Baby James to 2007's One Man Band (omitting any tracks from JT's 1969 Apple Records debut). Also, check out the mp3 of the month page for this month's rare JT track, a quiet little acoustic rendition of "London Town"!

10.8.12
James Taylor At Christmas is being re-released on October 30th with two added tracks: "Here Comes the Sun" with Yo-Yo Ma (previously released on Songs of Joy & Peace) and "Mon Beau Sapin," a French rendition of "O Christmas Tree." Also, a new "import" CD titled Feel the Moonshine, featuring a JT concert from 1976 which was broadcast live in FM stereo from Pittsburgh, PA is now available at Amazon. And finally, JT discusses politics and his next (and possibly last?) album in this excellent Rolling Stone interview. Fans of JT's son Ben Taylor should not miss out on his excellent new CD, Listening!

5.14.12
Lots of updates! June 12 will see the release of the first new studio recording from JT in quite a while! The duet "Soul Companion" will appear on Mary Chapin Carpenter's upcoming album Ashes and Roses. JT's excellent live 1986 concert "Live in Germany" (previously a laserdisc-only release) has now been released on DVD (region free NTSC) and on CD (13 tracks, 50 minutes). It's a surprisingly good recording and performance, and includes a rare live performance of "Sea Cruise!" JT's son Ben Taylor's new album "Listening" is set for release in August 2012. Hear the track "Worlds Are Made of Paper" at Spinner.com, and check out another new live performance in this YouTube video. Until then, you can download an exclusive live Ben Taylor EP here.

4.16.12
Great news for audiophiles! Many of JT's best loved albums are now available on remastered 24k Gold CDs or high definition hybrid SACD/DSDs. The titles currently available are:
Sweet Baby James [Gold CD]
Mud Slide Slim [Gold CD]
One Man Dog [Gold CD]
Walking Man [Gold CD]
JT [Hybrid SACD - DSD]
Dad Loves His Work [Hybrid SACD - DSD]
Flag [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

7.1.11
Check out a great new live cover of Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" on the mp3 of the month page! The official DVD and Blu-Ray versions of the MusiCares Tribute to Neil Young are also available, and feature Crosby, Stills & Nash, Shawn Colvin, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello & many other great artists. The 3-DVD set The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Concerts features JT performing "Love the One You're With," "Mexico" and "Teach Your Children." The 5-hour-plus set features an amazing lineup including Crosby, Stills and Nash, Stevie Wonder, Simon and Garfunkel, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and many more! Also don't miss the excellent new book Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970 and the documentary DVD Troubadours: The Rise of the Singer-Songwriter, which features great footage of JT's first ever live performance of "Fire and Rain" at the Newport Folk Festival in 1969!

10.21.10
What a great month for JT remasters! Audio guru Steve Hoffman has remastered JT's 1972 classic (and perhaps my favorite JT album) One Man Dog for release on 24k Gold Disc on the Audio Fidelity label November 30! If you're familiar with Hoffman, you'll know this promises to be the best sounding release of this album since the original vinyl pressing. Other new 24k Gold CDs of interest include Randy Newman's 12 Songs, Simon & Garfunkel's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme and Sounds of Silence, Stevie Wonder's Talking Book and Music of My Mind, and Billy Joel's Glass Houses and 52nd Street.

10.3.10
This month will see the release of the newly remastered CD of James' self-titled 1968 debut album with FOUR unreleased bonus tracks! Also, JT has recently announced he will soon release his first guitar instruction DVD. Details coming soon! Finally, if you missed James appearance on NPR's "All Things Considered" in July, check it out here!

8.5.10
Apple Records has announced the upcoming release of a newly remastered CD of James' self-titled 1968 debut album, complete with four Bonus Tracks, all previously unreleased: Sunny Skies (studio demo, later re-recorded for 1970's Sweet Baby James), Let Me Ride (studio demo, later re-recorded for 1971's Mud Slide Slim), Sunshine Sunshine (solo acoustic demo) and Carolina In My Mind (solo acoustic demo). It will be released October 26 and will soon be available for pre-order at Amazon.com.

5.4.10
Concord/Hear Music has just released James Taylor and Carole King's Live at the Troubadour CD & DVD set. Recorded at the November 2007 reunion at West Holllywood's Troubadour Club by JT's original producer Peter Asher, the show recreated their 1970 set. The 15-song CD and 75-minute DVD includes Blossom, So Far Away, Machine Gun Kelly, Carolina in My Mind, It's Too Late, Smackwater Jack, Something in the Way She Moves, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Country Road, Fire and Rain, Sweet Baby James, I Feel the Earth Move, You've Got a Friend, Up on the Roof & You Can Close Your Eyes. (Steamroller Blues, You Make Feel Like a Natural Woman, and Sunny Skies, which were performed at these shows, are omitted from this release.)

2.14.10
JT appears on the excellent new DVD and Blu-Ray box set Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... (Season One). A whopping 650 minutes includes JT's episode, with fascinating interviews about JT's musical influences and songwriting style, plus exclusive performances of Why Baby Why, Fire and Rain, That Lonesome Road, Sweet Baby James and Crying in the Rain (duet with Elvis Costello). Costello and Laura Cantrell also perform a great cover of Bartender's Blues. This top notch box set also includes Elton John, The Police, Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Diana Krall, Norah Jones and many others, plus a bonus disc of unreleased interviews and performances. Highly recommended! UK viewers can purchase the set from wienerworld.com.

1.18.10
Lots of great New Year's news for collectors of JT rarities! The new 2-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition Blu-ray of the film "Funny People" contains an exclusive 30-minute mini-concert by JT and his band, including 6 songs. (The regular 2-DVD release only includes two additional songs, Secret O' Life and Shower the People.) David Sanborn's new CD Only Everything features JT on lead vocal and guitar for the Ray Charles' classic "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," and is released January 26. For JT fans in France, Francis Cabrel's new live DVD La Tournee des Roses et des Orties features a new duet with JT of "Millworker," performed in January 2009. And let's not forget there are new CD's now available by JT's siblings Kate Taylor (Fair Time) and Livingston Taylor (Last Alaska Moon)!

1.10.10
Happy New Year! Be sure to tune in to NBC's "Today Show" AND "The Late Show With David Letterman" on January 20 for JT's appearance with Carole King! For a full list of Taylor-King reunion concerts and ticket info, check JT's official website. Finally, JT will perform at the MusiCares 20th anniversary gala honoring Neil Young January 29th in Los Angeles. Hopefully this performance will be released on DVD, like the MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to JT in 2006!

12.1.09
The truly excellent 2-CD set "Amchitka: The Concert That Launched Greenpeace," featuring JT along with Joni Mitchell and Phil Ochs is now shipping from the Greenpeace Canada website. This is a beautiful recording of an excellent, previously unreleased October 16, 1970 concert which was a fundraiser to protest U.S. nuclear bomb tests near Amchitka, Alaska. The second half of disc one features James performing songs from "Sweet Baby James" solo on acoustic guitar, as well as an early performance of the just-written "Riding On a Railroad." He joins Joni on disc two for a couple of tunes, including a very rare performance of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man." This is a definite must-have for JT collectors! All proceeds benefit the Greenpeace organization. See the Rarities page for detailed info.

9.3.09
JT has released an exclusive new live version of "Carolina In My Mind" on the Funny People soundtrack, which also includes a previously unreleased John Lennon demo and an alternate version of a great Neil Diamond song. Also, sister Kate Taylor has released her fifth album, the well reviewed Fair Time! In other news, JT is planning on recording a duet with Francis Cabrel, a singer often referred to as "The French James Taylor!"

7.1.09
Here's an interesting quote from this month's Rolling Stone article about Michael Lang, the organizer of 1969's Woodstock Festival: "In his Woodstock, New York office, Lang found a letter from the Beatles' label, Apple Corps, informing him that John Lennon couldn't make the fest due to the 1968 drug bust that prevented him from coming to America. Instead, James Taylor was offered. 'We were in panic mode, so I never saw it until it was too late,' says Lang." What an opportunity missed -- JT could have played Woodstock!

6.10.09
Welcome back! I was shut out of my own website due to a server error since April. But now that I'm back I'm happy to share a great JT standard on the mp3 of the month page. And check out the excellent new DVD Paul Simon And Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, featuring JT performing excellent versions of Simon's "Slip Slidin' Away" and "Still Crazy After All These Years!" Also, JT fans will be thrilled to know Cat Stevens (now known as Yusuf) has released a brand new album of acoustic songs, very reminiscent of his classic 70's work. It's called Roadsinger and it's available at Amazon.com, along with this great live DVD! Finally, the James Taylor YouTube Playlist is updated with over 100 free JT live and studio videos. Just click the free Subscribe button to see the newly added videos every time you return to YouTube! Enjoy!

4.1.09
JT's Other Covers, a specially priced seven-song CD featuring leftover songs from the Covers sessions will be released April 7! Also, check out a rare opportunity to cruise the Atlantic with JT and his band, and enjoy an exclusive concert, private reception and more on the Queen Mary 2, June 19-25, 2009!

3.1.09
Here's an interesting "new" JT rarity: The 1986 Graham Nash duet "Sad Eyes" has been entirely remixed for Nash's box set Reflections, removing the synthesizers and making JT's harmony more prominent. The excellent box set is definitely worth checking out, but if you just want that song you can buy the solo mp3 from Amazon, where hundreds of JT's songs are available as high quality 256k mp3's, with no digital rights management (you can copy and play them on any device). New JT DVD releases include the 1982 anti-nuclear concert documentary In Our Hands and a 2002 appearance on The Charlie Rose Show. Also, the release date for Other Covers, a specially priced seven-song CD featuring leftover songs from the Covers sessions, has been set for April 7! Plus, for Vinyl LP fanatics, there's the well-reviewed vinyl release of Covers too!

10.14.08
Don't miss JT's absolutely gorgeous cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" on Yo-Yo Ma's collection of collaborations, Songs of Joy & Peace, which also features Diana Krall, Dave Brubeck & Alison Krauss. (Also available as a Deluxe Edition CD + DVD with rare footage & music video with JT.) Also, a great rare 1971 live recording of JT performing "Fire and Rain" is now available on the CD The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971, a CD which also includes rare performances by Joni Mitchell, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles and many others.

9.16.08
With the release of JT's new Covers CD only two weeks away, you can celebrate early with today's release of JT's son Ben Taylor's new CD The Legend of Kung Folk Part 1 (The Killing Bite)! Also, there are several other new JT rarities now available! JT sings on a lovely version of Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now" along with Dionne Warwick, Rod Stewart and Martina McBride on Steve Tyrell's CD Back to Bacharach. JT also sings the beautiful "Since First I Saw Your Face," available only on Dave Grusin & Lee Ritenour's excellent Amparo CD. And coming Oct. 14 is JT's cover of The Beatles' "Here Comes the Sun" on Yo-Yo Ma's Songs of Joy & Peace, an album also featuring Diana Krall, Dave Brubeck & Alison Krauss. (Also available as a Deluxe Edition CD + DVD with rare footage & music video with JT.)

8.1.08
JT's brand new CD, appropriately titled Covers, will be released September 30, and is now available for pre-order (with Amazon's lowest-price guarantee) at Amazon.com! The final 12-track song list has not yet been released, but we have a list of 17 of the 20 tracks JT recorded at the Albums page. (September will be an exciting music month, with new releases by JT, Jackson Browne and Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham!) Also, we're happy to announce the James Taylor YouTube Playlist, a collection of over 150 JT videos with more added regularly! Just visit the James Taylor YouTube Playlist and click the Subscribe button to see the newly added videos every time you return to YouTube!

7.1.08
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5.5.08
Rock Music Memorabilia in the UK still has some of the limited edition 1971 Lincoln Folk Festival (headlined by JT and The Byrds) packages available for £17.50 (about $35) plus postage. The package includes the program, ticket and flyer from the festival, a CD with James Taylor and The Byrds live from Lincoln and a DVD with James Taylor plus Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee. E-mail them for more info.

3.15.08
We're thrilled to announce JT will release a new album of cover versions of songs by Chuck Berry, Big Mama Thornton, Junior Walker and others this fall! Recorded with a top notch band featuring Luis Conte, Michael Landau, Jeff Babko, Lou Marini, Arnold McCuller, Jimmy Johnson, David Lasley, Walt Fowler, Andrea Zonn, Kate Markowitz, Steve Gadd and Larry Goldings, most of which he will tour with starting in May! Check out his tour dates here and more info on the album here. Also, most of JT's music is now available to download in MP3 format at Amazon.com. Individual tracks are as low as 89¢ each and full albums as low as $7.99. The high quality 256k mp3's are also unrestricted, meaning they can be burned to CD or played on any computer or device including iPods. Check it out here!

12.3.07
Happy Holidays! Be sure to grab JT's brand new CD/DVD release One Man Band, which is truly excellent. Accompanied by Larry Goldings on piano, JT performs stripped down versions of many of his favorite songs, including several surprises. It's a perfect live recording, and the DVD is shot beautifully. (Plus, there's a selection of deleted bits, including JT's imitation of Bob Dylan, which is fun.) All in all, an excellent package and not to be missed by any JT fan! (The label, Hear Music, also just released the first new Joni Mitchell CD in years!)

9.18.07
JT's 1971 performance of "Sweet Baby James" on the "Johnny Cash Show" is included on a new 2-DVD collection of musical performances called The Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971, which also includes rare performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt and many others. Also, JT and jazz singer Luciana Souza perform an excellent new duet of "Never Die Young" on Souza's critically acclaimed CD The New Bossa Nova, available now!

8.1.07
See updated tour dates here. And JT's beautiful duet with Alison Krauss, "How's the World Treating You," is included on her excellent best-of compilation, A 100 Miles or More: A Collection.

6.1.07
Have you ever listened to "Sweet Baby James " or "Mud Slide Slim" on CD and thought they didn't sound very good? I know I have; they're muddy and hissy to my ears. For those of you who agree, you're in luck -- if you like vinyl. Warner Bros. records has announced a new online store called Because Sound Matters, and JT's first two WB albums are slated for release on 180 gram virgin vinyl, "painstakingly mastered by Steve Hoffman in true analog from the original Warner Bros./Reprise stereo master mixes." Hoffman is well-known for producing the greatest sounding masters of classic recordings, and is a strong critic of the Loudness Wars, a current problem with new music and many poorly remastered CDs. (Click this link to see a 2-minute video clearly explaining the sad shame of Loudness Wars.) No date has been set yet for the vinyl releases (and so far no CD remasters are planned), but you can expect the high quality LP's to have a $24.98 retail price tag. For now, enjoy an extremely rare duet with Paul McCartney on the mp3 of the month page, and don't miss JT performing a Paul Simon song on "Gershwin Prize for Popular Song" June 27th on PBS television. You'll find info about this and upcoming tour dates here.

3.5.07
JT's cover version of "River" will appear on the new various artists CD A Tribute to Joni Mitchell, along with recordings by Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Sarah McLachlan, k.d. lang, Prince, Sufjan Stevens and others. It is available now at Amazon.

12.10.06
JT treats online: You'll find several performances from a recent rehearsal session on two different websites: Rehearsals.com and AOL Music, which also features streaming audio of the entire Christmas album. Also, the iTunes store has four exclusive live JT performances (for 99¢ each) on "The Bridge Collection," taken from Neil Young's annual benefit concerts. Finally, if you're in the New York area, check out the tour page for info on two early '07 special appearances!

11.22.06
You can see a great new live performance video of "River" on the Amazon page for James Taylor At Christmas. Which brings me to my quick plea for help: Please help keep this site online by clicking on one of our Amazon.com links before buying anything at Amazon! One click is all it takes. Amazon is a great, reliable one-stop shopping site for music, books, DVDs, electronics, software, baby items, toys, video games, clothing and more. Check out the new CDs by Sarah McLachlan, Sting, Josh Groban, Jimmy Buffett, Rod Stewart, and Diana Krall. And if you can't decide what to get (or run out of time before the holidays), you can always get a gift certificate, which can be sent via email, an e-card or on paper through the mail. Thanks for helping support JamesTaylorWeb.com, and Happy Holidays!

11.5.06
You'll find updated tour dates and TV appearances (including NBC's "Today" show on December 1!) on the tour page. And off-topic: It's always an event when a new Beatles CD is released! The new "mash-up" CD, The Beatles: Love, is no exception! Created for the Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas by the Beatles' original producer George Martin (and his son), the new CD is "a fascinating reworking of numerous classic Beatles recordings" including rare demos and alternate unreleased tracks, combining elements from many different Beatles songs to create entirely new works. It is a fun, fascinating listen and a must for any Beatles fan! It is available at Amazon.com now, and you can also hear four tracks at the The Beatles' official website.

10.4.06
JT's new, official Christmas CD James Taylor at Christmas will finally be released worldwide next week! Similar to his out-of-print Hallmark Christmas CD, this disc will include 10 of the original 11 tracks (omitting "Deck the Halls"), and will add two additional tracks: a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Other new JT releases include the excellent Squibnocket DVD, the Musicares Live Tribute DVD and a new duet on Tony Bennett's Duets CD!

9.2.06
JT's recent performance with Keb Mo on the radio show etown is now available as a large (54 MB) mp3 via iTunes or the etown website!

8.12.06
Two upcoming JT releases are now available for pre-order at Amazon.com: Tony Bennett's Duets CD features "Put On a Happy Face," a brand new studio duet with JT, along with appearances by Paul McCartney, Dixie Chicks, Bono, Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Sting, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Tim McGraw, and Barbra Streisand. And the James Taylor MusiCares Benefit Concert DVD features performances (of James' songs) by Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Dixie Chicks, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Alison Krauss, Taj Mahal, Carole King and JT himself!

6.2.06
JT's management has apparently launched a MySpace page for James with streaming audio, photos and tour dates. If you'd like to be one James Taylor's "friends," check it out. You'll also find the updated tour dates on our site, plus a great, very early rare mp3 of the month! Also, there's a nice telephone interview about JT's early days (downloadable mp3) at Rolling Stone's website. And finally, JT's new song Our Town is available this week on the Pixar film soundtrack CD Cars!

4.11.06
Two long-out-of-print David Lasley CDs which feature appearances by JT ("Missin' Twenty Grand" and Rosie's "Last Dance") are now available at David Lasley's website, which also includes sound clips. See the JT Rarities page for more info about these albums.

12.2.05
JT's sister Kate Taylor has just released a new live CD, Live at The Cutting Room, which also features Sally Taylor and Carly Simon! Plus, JT sings and plays guitar with brother Liv & sister Kate on Livingston Taylor's new CD, There You Are Again, which also features Carly Simon and Take Six. (You can hear an mp3 sample of the song here.)

10.15.05
The release date of the new Hurricane Katrina Benefit CD has just been set for November 22. James sings a heartfelt solo acoustic version of "Never Die Young," and the disc also includes Norah Jones, Paul Simon and many others! You can audio stream the entire concert online at the NPR website. Also, Erik in Germany just informed me that James sings backup vocals on last year's excellent Crosby-Nash album! Details on both of these releases can be found on the Rarities page.

9.1.05
JT and Carly Simon's son, Ben Taylor, is releasing his second full-length CD Another Run Around the Sun, Sept. 6th. It is an absolutely beautiful album which I highly recommend to any JT fan -- and now you can preview the entire album for free at Amazon.com! Also, a beautiful 1988 JT duet with Milton Nascimento awaits you on the mp3 page!

3.1.05
James appears (and sings) in animated form on The Simpsons Season 5 Box Set and in tongue-in cheek interviews on Eric Idle's new Beatles parody The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch, both of which are available at Amazon.com.

1.6.05
Happy New Year! For those of you who missed JT's performance on NBC's "The West Wing" last month, the Sam Cooke song he performed ("A Change is Gonna Come") is now available in streaming audio at JT's official website. Finally, two new DVD's featuring James are available at Amazon.com: Sing Yourself Silly is a "Sesame Street" collection featuring JT's "Jelly Man Kelly" performed live on the show with the kids, and American Drummers Achievement Awards Honoring Steve Gadd is a 2-DVD set (with over 6 hours of centent!) featuring performances by James and also Eric Clapton. You can download a Quicktime video clip of JT's "October Road" performance from the Hudson Music website.

9.1.04
Ray Charles' final album, a collection of duets including a new version of "Sweet Potato Pie" with JT, was released yesterday! The album, Genius Loves Company, also features Norah Jones, Elton John, Van Morrison, Bonnie Raitt and many others.

1.1.04
JT's duet with Alison Krauss, "How's The World Treating You," is available on the CD Livin', Lovin', Losin'. Also, Super Audio CDs (5.1 surround sound discs which require an SACD player) have been released for Flag and Dad Loves His Work! A live version of "Shed a Little Light" is included on the new benefit CD It's Still Okay to Dream. Finally, a live recording of the often-performed Irish standard "Wild Mountain Thyme" has been released on the Telluride Bluegrass Festival Reflections Vol. 1 CD!