DATE=11-1-2002

TYPE=Special English Feature

NUMBER=7-24264

TITLE=SPECIAL ENGLISH AMERICAN MOSAIC #894-"October Road"

BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach

TELEPHONE=619-2585

DATELINE=Washington

EDITOR=Shelley Gollust

CONTENT=

HOST:

American singer and songwriter James Taylor has been recording and performing music for more than thirty years. He has sold more than thirty-million records and won many Grammy Awards. Two years ago, he was named to both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters' Hall of Fame. He recently released his first album in five years. ____________ tells us about it.

ANNCR:

The album is called "October Road". James Taylor wrote most of the songs. He says that all his songs are personal because they come from his life. Here is one of these songs, "On the Fourth of July".

((CUT 1:ON THE FOURTH OF JULY))

Many of the songs on "October Road" are about the competing desires to stay in one place and to move around. One of these songs is called "My Traveling Star".

((CUT 2: MY TRAVELING STAR))

James Taylor will be traveling for several months to perform songs from his new album. Critics say one of the best of these is a swinging jazz song called "Mean Old Man." We leave you now with James Taylor singing that song from his new album, "October Road."

((CUT 3: MEAN OLD MAN))