James Taylor News

Blue Engine Records makes the most memorable performances from Jazz at Lincoln Center's historic gala concerts available for the first time with the release of United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas.The album—which features some of the 20th century's biggest musical stars, including Blind Boys of Alabama, Jimmy Buffett, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lyle Lovett, John Mayer, Audra McDonald, Natalie Merchant, Willie Nelson, Carrie Smith, James Taylor, and Susan Tedeschi, and Derek Trucks— will be available on vinyl, CD, and all download and streaming platforms on March 23, 2018. United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas is available for pre-order now on store.jazz.org and Amazon.com.

Music, Military, and Family. These are the three most important things to Jimmy Weber. I MOVED A MOUNTAIN is about the places he's been and the people he's met along the way. Throughout the course of this moving and well crafted show, Jimmy shares memories about his family and the inspiration behind his poignant song, I Moved a Mountain. The song was written about Jimmy's grandfather and the tremendous impact this inspirational man had on Jimmy's life. 

Legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon, will embark on his farewell concert tour on May 16 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at Rogers Arena. Homeward Bound The Farewell Tour will encompass shows across North America, the United Kingdom and Europe, with Simon and his band bringing to the stage a stunning, career-spanning repertoire of timeless hits and classic songs which have permeated and influenced popular culture for generations.

Ghostlight Records has announced the release of the Original London Cast Recording of Stephen Schwartz's WORKING on Friday, March 2. The album is being released following a hugely successful run at Southwark Playhouse, directed by Luke Sheppard in Summer 2017. This will be the first recording of WORKING since the Original Broadway Cast Recording in 1978 and will feature never before released tracks by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Customers that pre-order the album on iTunes and Amazon will immediately receive the track "It's An Art." To pre-order the album, please click HERE.

World War II Veteran, Hershel 'Woody' Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the Pacific theater during WWII, and co-founder of the Hershel 'Woody' Williams Medal of Honor Foundation, is gearing up to toss the coin before the kickoff of Super Bowl LII this Sunday. This will be part of a special tribute honoring those who have received the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest award for valor that can be bestowed upon an individual serving in the U.S. Armed Services.

This 2014 Tony-winner for Best Musical is still fresh and intoxicating years later. Crisp direction, superb musicianship, and pitch-perfect performances ensure an engrossing evening of delightful English Music-Hall operetta mixed with the fierce satire of a modern theatre piece. A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER earns its stripes, and if you are presented with the opportunity to experience the zaniness and delight it has to offer, that is an opportunity not to be missed.

Birdland will kick-off their great week of programming with the following acts:

Orchestra of St. Luke's (OSL) 2018-2019 Subscription Series presented by Carnegie Hall, will open on October 25, 2018, with Bernard Labadie on the podium for his official debut as Principal Conductor of the Orchestra. Works of Haydn are the thematic thread to this 32nd Carnegie Hall subscription season and the three programs will also feature works by younger contemporaries and 20th-century composers he influenced. The program, for the first of three concerts, pairs two great masterworks of the choral repertoire, Haydn's Mass in D Minor, Hob. XXII: 11, 'Nelson Mass,' and Mozart's Requiem, K. 626.La Chapelle de Quebec, the choir founded and directed by Maestro Labadie, makes its first appearance with OSL, joined by guest soloists German tenor Lothar Odinius, French-Canadian bass-baritone Philippe Sly, and acclaimed American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham.  

On January 29, 1993, the Lowcountry entertainment scene changed forever. On this date, the North Charleston Coliseum opened its doors for the first time. The show was World Figure Skating Champions featuring Olympic champions Elizabeth Manley and Marina Klimova & Sergio Ponomarenko.  The next night, country music superstars Alan Jackson and Lorrie Morgan took the stage for the first concert in the Coliseum. Both shows had capacity crowds and the Lowcountry finally had a world class entertainment venue. In the years following, the biggest names in music and entertainment would make North Charleston a regular stop on their world tours.

Show time is Saturday, February 3 at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $42 & $35 and can be purchased by visiting the State Theatre Box Office, 453 Northampton Street, Easton, by calling 1-800-999-STATE, 610-252-3132 or online at www.statetheatre.org. Sponsored by WDIY 88.1 FM

Paper Mill Playhouse (Mark S. Hoebee-Producing Artistic Director, Todd Schmidt-Managing Director), recipient of the 2016 Regional Theatre Tony Award, presents the East Coast premiere of the new play The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith, directed by David Esbjornson (Driving Miss Daisy). Performances begin TOMORROW, Wednesday, January 24, 2018, at 7:30 p.m., for a limited run through Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Paper Mill Playhouse (22 Brookside Drive) in Millburn, NJ. Opening Night is Sunday evening, January 28, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.

Legendary singer/songwriter James Taylor and his All-Star Band with special guest Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt and her band are coming to NORTH CHARLESTON COLISEUM on MAY 15 for one intimate and memorable night! Tickets on sale Friday, February 2 at 10 am at Ticketmaster.com and are $99.00 and $65.00 plus fees. Tickets make a great Valentine's gift.

James Taylor Odom (D'ysquith Family) and Erin McIntyre (Phoebe D'ysquith) of A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER will be making an appearance at Oral Roberts University where James' former classmate, Courtneay Sanders, serves as Professor & Director of Theatre. James and Erin will work with ORU theatre students of all experience levels in a musical theatre masterclass using character development and music interpretation where students will also learn performance techniques for the stage and audition process.

Below, check out the official promo and attached is the official key art for season five of LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, debuting Sunday, Feb. 18 at 11PM on HBO.

Suzanne O. Davis re-creates the sound and vibe of a 1970s Carole King concert when Tapestry: The Carole King Songbook comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center today, January 19, 2018 at 8 pm.

After a tremendously successful solo recital and performance with Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra in fall 2017, pianist Daniil Trifonov continues his Perspectives series on Tuesday, February 6 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage in collaboration with baritone Matthias Goerne as they explore Trifonov's self-described fascination with vocal music. The program includes Schumann's Dichterliebe; Berg's Four Songs, Op. 2; Wolf's Three Poems of Michelangelo; selections from Shostakovich's Suite, Op. 145; and Brahms's Vier ernste Ges nge, Op. 121.

James Taylor Odom (D'ysquith Family) and Erin McIntyre (Phoebe D'ysquith) of A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE & MURDER will be making an appearance at Oral Roberts University where James' former classmate, Courtneay Sanders, serves as Professor & Director of Theatre. James and Erin will work with ORU theatre students of all experience levels in a musical theatre masterclass using character development and music interpretation where students will also learn performance techniques for the stage and audition process.

On last night's TONIGHT SHOW, James Taylor debuted Fire and Fury - a parody of his classic Fire and Rain'. The song begins, 'Just yesterday morning, Breitbart announced you were gone...'

Broadway in Fort Lauderdale, and Bank of America present the NETworks Presentations national tour of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. With a book and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman and music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak, the musical comedy is based on the 1907 novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman, which was also the source for the 1949 British film Kind Hearts and Coronets.

EMMY WINNER LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER RETURNS FOR ITS FIFTH SEASON FEB. 18, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO