James Taylor sets fall tour behind ‘October Road’
James Taylor backs his first new studio album in five years with a fall tour that kicks off in late November.
James Taylor backs his first new studio album in five years with a fall tour that kicks off in late November.
Taylor is supporting “October Road,” which features the single “On the 4th of July.” The album is the singer-songwriter’s first collection of new material since 1997’s “Hourglass,” which won that year’s Grammy award for Best Pop Album.
“All of these songs come from my life,” Taylor said of the new album in a press release. “I feel as though my life is full. It’s full of a lot of different stuff…family and friends and it feels about right. The reason I can talk about these songs as though they’re someone else’s is that I don’t feel as though I wrote them. I feel as though I heard them. I waited and waited and then I heard them first. I feel great about this batch of songs and that it was worth waiting for.”
A limited-edition version of “October Road” is packaged with a bonus disc that features three previously released tracks that have never been included on any of Taylor’s albums, as well as interviews and studio footage shot while Taylor was recording the new album.
The complete “October Road” track listing, as well as streaming samples of all of the album’s songs, are posted at Taylor’s official website.
Prior to launching his fall headlining tour, Taylor is scheduled to perform in Boston at an Oct. 7 concert to benefit the family of Billboard magazine editor Timothy White; White recently died of a heart attack at age 50.
The benefit will also feature Sheryl Crow, Don Henley, John Mellencamp, Sting and Billy Joel.
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