Carole King News

The 71-year-old singer-songwriter will receive the 2013 Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in a ceremony at the White House, the first time a female artist has nabbed the accolade.

The lawyer who unsuccessfully defended O.J. Simpson against armed robbery charges testified Friday his client knew two companions had guns in a 2007 confrontation with memorabilia dealers.

I figured you all could use some good Saturday night music and news, especially you Carole King fans out there: As Democratic U.S. Rep.

If Berklee College of Music President Roger H. Brown gets 100 percent cooler every year over the next two dozen years or so, he said Friday, he figures he'll be about half as cool as Willie Nelson .

May 02--"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical," a new stage biography of the American singer-songwriter, will have an out-of-town tryout in San Francisco in September before making its scheduled Broadway debut in spring 2014.

A world premiere by Carole King and the start of the national tour of "The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess" headline the 2013-14 SHN season announced Wednesday by SHN President Carole Shorenstein Hays .

Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon turns 60 today. I admire Kim Gordon for many reasons. First and foremost is the brilliance of the music she created with Sonic Youth, especially the improbable fact that they continued to make great music for three decades .

Carole King and James Taylor's music sets the tone for the current show through May 19th at Quality Hill Playhouse in Kansas City where musical reviews and cabaret shows set the tone and bring audiences to their feet more times than not.

Jessalyn Kincaid , Molly Hammer and Tim Scott are among the performers in "You've Got a Friend," a revue of popular songs from the 1960s and '70s at the Quality Hill Playhouse.

While the landmark Tapestry album earned her superstar status, singer/songwriter Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music's most gifted and successful composers, with work recorded by everyone from the Beatles to Aretha Franklin.

Merry Clayton, star of the documentary "Twenty Feet From Stardom," will perform at a screening of the movie at the Minneapolis St.

Rush had to wait just a little longer for their much-anticipated induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, while droll 69-year-old troubadour Randy Newman was the first of the evening's honourees to be inducted.