JT’s “Covers” was nominated for the “Best Pop Vocal Album” Grammy and the track “Wichita Lineman” was nominated for “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.” See the full list of nominations at Grammy.com.

Here’s a great JT opportunity for those in the NYC area Sirius XM Satellite Radio service is assembling a small audience of friends and fans of James Taylor for a taping session with the artist on the afternoon of November 7 at a location in Manhattan. The seating for this special program is extremely limited and approximately 50 people will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis determined by when their email is received at Sirius XM. If you are interested and are 100% confident that you can be in New York City on the afternoon of November 7th please send an email complete with your full name and contact information to live@xmradio.com. Make sure to include “JAMES TAYLOR

JT will perform the National Anthem at the NBA finals game one in Boston on June 5. The game airs at 830 p.m. Eastern on ABC television.

Most of JT’s albums are now available to download from Amazon.com in standard MP3 format. You can buy whole albums at once or choose any individual track for less than a dollar apiece. And unlike other online music stores, Amazon’s music downloads are all in unrestricted MP3 format and can be burned to CD or played on any computer or device including iPods. Give it a try at Amazon.com. As always, a percentage of all sales goes to support our site, so we appreciate your following our links to Amazon whenever you shop online.

See the Tour page for details on three additional summer tour dates in Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and Denver.