NEWS
'Essential' Carole King Out in April
It was bound to happen. Sony's signature "Essential" series of double-hits CD releases will add "The Essential Carole King" to it's line on April 27. The two disk set features one disk of Carole King hits --mostly Ode though also feature three from Rockingale including her '92 radio smash "Now & Forever." The 2nd disk is called "Covers" and finds some of her most popular hits recorded by the original artists. The only solo hits missing are her last Top 12 Billboard hit, "One Fine Day" (1980) and "Hard Rock Cafe." For complete track listing.click here.
Troubadour CD/DVD Combo Coming in May
Concord Records will release a CD/DVD combo of the November 2007 Troubadour Reunion shows on May 11. The release coincides with the start of the US leg of the Troubadour Reunion tour -- the most highly anticipated, publicized tour of the summer season. Amazon is already taking pre-orders and it's sure to hit the top of the charts when it's released.
Disk #1 contains 16 tracks:
1.So Far Away 2. Blossom 3. Machine Gun 4. Carolina in My Mind 5. It's Too Late 6. Smack Water Jack 7. Something in the Way She Moves 8. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? 9. Country Road 10. Natural Woman 11. Fire & Rain 12. Sweet baby James 13. Steamroller 14. I Feel the Earth Move 15. You've Got a Friend 16. Up on the Roof
For ordering details, click here.
Carole King & James Taylor Reunion Tour Scores Big on Pollstar.com
As soon as news started to spread in late 2009, the Carole King & James Taylor Troubadour Reunion Tour 2010 started to generate major buzz. The tour landed in Pollstar's Top 50. Fans signed up to either King or Taylor's website were able to purchase advance sales tickets during the second week of January and initial ticket demand has been so great that an additional 19 tour dates -- some in the same markets--were added in late February.
Carole and James have both been doing extensive press
and on 1/20/10 appeared together on both The Today Show and David Letterman
Late Night.
In a recent interview with BBC News, James said he hoped to stage the
concerts in the round with him and King remaining on the stage together
throughout the show. "I think we'll do two sets, both of us will be
on stage the whole time, either singing backup for each or playing behind
the other," he said. "We'll sort of skip back and forth, do a song of
hers, a song of mine, but we'll stay on the stage."
The tour will reunite not only Taylor and King, but other members of their original band, including guitarist Danny Kortchmar, drummer Russ Kunkel and bassist Lee Sklar. Additionally, they will be supported by Taylor backup singers and King's long-time musical director/guitarist Rudy Guess.
Carole King: Writer Gets 40th Anniversary Re-Issue
A specialty CD label has licensed from Sony and re-issue a new, re-mastered version of Carole's debut solo recording, "Carole King:Writer." Released to mild interest in September 1970, the album received major new interest after the release of her second album, "Tapestry," a scant six months later. The re-mastered CD will be a deluxe digi-pak (cardboard wallet designred to replicate a mini-version of the actual cardboard album sleeve) The album gained much popularity after "Tapestry" and remains highly regarded by her legions of fans. It includes such Goffin-King classics as "No Easy Way Down," "Child of Mine," "Going Back," and "Up on the Roof." Since James Taylor is prominently featured on the later two songs mentioned above, there's a good chance that both will be performed in the upcoming King/Taylor shows later this Spring/summer.
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