Reviews
Friday, May 25 2012
Carole King: The Legendary Demos
The music from the middle of the decade shows how much things have changed in such a short time. The songs are serious, even when they do concern love, such as “So Goes Love”, about the end of a relationship. But these more adult concerns are still wrapped in pop conventions.
Monday, April 16 2012
Carole King: Simple Things / Welcome Home / Touch the Sky / Pearls
Reissued for the first time on CD, these albums propose the possibility that we should reconsider them as lost King classics. But these aren't forgotten gems -- they are lesser works.
Tuesday, July 6 2010
James Taylor and Carole King: 24 May 2010 - Chicago
It was a night of great respect, mutually, between the people in the seats and those on stage, a respect that can only be earned when you have more than 130 years of experience.
Friday, June 25 2010
Carole King: The Essential Carole King
An intriguing concept: one disc of Carole King the singer, one disc of Carole King the songwriter. It's not perfect, but it's a start.
Friday, April 25 2008
Carole King: Tapestry
Tapestry: Legacy Edition is the definitive genuflection to Carole King's 1971 masterpiece. Nearly 40 years later, it's still a thrill to feel the earth move.
Blogs
Friday, January 27 2012
Counterbalance No. 66: Carole King’s 'Tapestry'
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call. Counterbalance will be there—this time, discussing the 66th most acclaimed album of all time, Carole King's 1971 megahit Tapestry.
Monday, May 3 2010
Verse-Chorus-Verse: Carole King - "Home Again"
An earlier version of this post appeared on pcmunoz.com on August 16, 2005 "Home Again" -- Carole King Written by Carole King From Tapestry (Sony,…
News
Friday, January 28 2011
'Troubadours' looks at heyday of Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters
PARK CITY, Utah — Ever since the 1970s, well-to-do hippies have flocked to Laurel Canyon, the tree-lined neighborhood perched high in the hills above Los…
Thursday, May 27 2010
Forty years after sharing an L.A. stage, old pals touring together for the first time
Without James Taylor and Carole King, there would be no Taylor Swift, Jack Johnson or Norah Jones. Or Garth Brooks or Rickie Lee Jones or…
