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Among the experiences that shaped Taylor, who grew up in an upper-middle-class North Carolina family, were voluntary stays in mental institutions—once as a teenager and later to overcome heroin addiction.
For nearly two decades, Taylor abused his mind and lanky, 6-foot-3 frame with an unquenchable opiate addiction that, more than once, nearly killed him. “There were about five times,” he says...
James Taylor’s “Carolina In My Mind” remains one of his most famous efforts. The simple song is endlessly relatable and soothing. Anyone who has dreamed of escaping somewhere new amid...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra is very pleased to announce that it will award James Taylor the 2024 Tanglewood Medal in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as a singer-songwriter and performer as well as his many significant contributions to the BSO and Berkshires communities.
James Taylor showed the crowd at Bridgestone Arena Wednesday night why he's been at the top of his game for more than 50 years. He's sold more than 100 million albums since releasing his debut...
In 1994, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain, a heroin addict, killed himself in a tragedy viewed as reflecting his struggles with popularity; Pearl Jam stopped making videos and scaled back their ambitions. The murders of rival West and East Coast rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. in 1995 and 1996 raised similar questions about the commodified rebellion of hip-hop.
“This is one of the first really big places I ever played,” the 76-year-old Taylor — who’s also observing the 55th anniversary of his debut album — told the crowd of more than 10,000 towards the...
