Articles tagged "james taylor"

Music Review

Swayzak: Snowboarding in Argentina

by John Bergstrom

[17.Mar.09] :. This 11th-anniversary reissue of the electronica landmark is the "definitive" one.

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Column: Deconstruction Zone

Conversing with Rudy Wurlitzer: ‘A Beaten-up Old Scribbler’

by Rodger Jacobs

[6.Feb.09] :. My conversations with Rudy Wurlitzer were not unlike a road journey itself with plenty of unplanned side trips along the way.

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Communicating Music Heart to Heart: An Interview with Yo-Yo Ma

by Katrina-Kasey Wheeler

[2.Feb.09] :. Yo-Yo Ma is a world-renowned, Grammy-winning cellist extraordinaire, and his talent matches his level of humility. He is extremely joyous and eager to share his music with the world in such a way...

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Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… - Episode 4

by Zeth Lundy

[24.Dec.08] :. James Taylor: isn’t he supposed to be the antithesis of a songwriter like Elvis Costello? Isn’t that what we were once taught, those of us who grew up seeking alternatives to the...

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News

Racing into alienation with James Taylor and Dennis Wilson

by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[2.Jun.08] :. After spending Friday moving virtually every CD I own down to the garage I decided to spend the rest of the holiday weekend being fairly lazy. Memorial Day itself, in fact, was a movie-filled lounger...

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TV DVD Review

1968 with Tom Brokaw

by Jack Patrick Rodgers

[25.Feb.08] :. This documentary is filled with revealing moments, both big and small, that show just how much – and how little – things have changed.

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The Best Music DVDs of 2007

by Ron Hart

[25.Jan.08] :. The last few years have seen some mind-blowing DVD repackaging of a wide variety of musically projects. 2007 is the best yet.

 

Two-Lane Blacktop

by Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Jan.08] :. The legacy of Two-Lane Blacktop has survived all these years, and this superb new DVD will assure that the film will not be forgotten.

 

Joni Mitchell: Shine

by Will Layman

[28.Sep.07] :. An environmentally fired-up Joni returns to songwriting with a gloomy, beautiful set of chamber-pop.

 

Allison Krauss: A Hundred Miles or More

by Will Layman

[8.Jun.07] :. Every last gorgeous Alison Krauss guest spot or soundtrack contribution, right here, in a shimmering newgrass pool of prettiness.

 

James Taylor: October Road

by Gary Glauber

[27.Sep.02] :. These words from a song of long ago (1977, a quarter century for the record) seem almost prescient now, considering the lengthy flourishing career of JT, a man whose musical successes operate outside...

 

James Taylor: JT / Flag / Dad Loves His Work / That’s Why I’m Here / Never Die Young

by Bill Holmes

He turned being a sensitive singer-songwriter into an art form. A freewheeling hippie who was signed to The Beatles’ Apple label, his early material (mostly for Warner Brothers) could be heard...

 

    James Taylor: Greatest Hits Volume 2

by Kevin Oliver

With volume one a perennial bestseller, it was only a matter of time before James Taylor’s label went for the complementary sequel. While every song on the first collection is arguably an...