James Taylor 'Covers' Wide Musical Ground on Latest Release

Levine report - Download (MP3) Levine report - Listen (MP3) Singer James Taylor has been known to search high and low for just the right "cover" song. His knack for reinventing the classics has earned him some of his biggest hits dating back almost four decades. As VOA's Doug Levine tells us, Taylor's latest search has paid off with a brand new collection of "Covers." This is not your typical album of cover songs, but on it, James Taylor covers a lot of musical ground, from Leiber and Stoller's "Hound Dog" to "Why Baby Why" by country star George Jones. James Taylor, who turned 60 this year, admits that he has been doing cover songs since the beginning of his career, and probably for years even before he signed his first recording contract in 1968. He says, "This is not uncharted water for me." One of Taylor's most famous... [read full story]