5.5.08
Enjoy another great Paul Simon cover by JT on the mp3 of the month page. Also, 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!