James Taylor, left, recipient of the 2006 MusiCares Person of the Year award, performs his song You ve Got a Friend with Carole King during the benefit gala honoring Taylor in Los Angeles, Monday, Feb. 6, 2006. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
In January 1971, Carole King – a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles – entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of songs for which she’d written both music and lyrics.
With her was a family-sized crew of musicians-slash-confidants from the emerging Laurel Canyon rock scene, among them her producer, Lou Adler, and James Taylor, the sexy and ruminative singer and guitarist for whom she’d played piano on tour the year before.
In January 1971, Carole King — a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles — entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of songs for which she’d written both music and lyrics.
With her was a family-sized crew of musicians-slash-con
In January 1971, Carole King — a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles — entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of
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By Simone Goldstone | NB Indy Soundcheck Columnist
Performances by the Go-Go’s and Cherie Currie? A look at Gibson Guitar’s Coachella house complete with a guitar-shaped pool? Exclusive interviews with Jackson Browne, Mel Brooks, and Peter Frampton?
It could only mean one thing: The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) and their virtual take on the traditional convention (held in Anaheim every January) with their Believe in Music Week.
This free Believe in Music Week 2021 boasted an attendance of over 90,000. Industry professionals and music lovers alike gathered via the glow of their computer screens to celebrate music, watch exclusive interviews, and get insights to the industry and instruments that make it all possible.
Amy Sherman-Palladino grew up in the Valley obsessively listening to “Tapestry.” When she needed a theme song for “Gilmore Girls,” she had one song in mind.
King, now 78, declined to talk about her signature work, as she does with virtually all interview requests. But 50 years after its release on Feb. 10, 1971, “Tapestry” stands as an indelible document of soft-rock introspection, with the statistics and accolades four top-20 singles; Grammy Awards for album, record and song of the year; estimated worldwide sales of 30 million copies to ensure it’s still talked about even as hand-me-down vinyl collections have given way to streaming ones and zeroes.