American record company executive who co-founded the A&M label with the trumpeter Herb Alpert
January 2023
The sheer joy of Jamie Lee Curtis cheering Michelle Yeoh sets a new bar for female best-friendship
Zoe Williams
A viral image of the actor celebrating at the Golden Globes shows a thrilling act of sisterly solidarity, says the Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
March 2022
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical review – hits, heartache and rollerskates
Molly-Grace Cutler is in fine voice in this jukebox musical but the story shortchanges the singer-songwriter’s achievements
June 2021
Joni Mitchell’s Blue: my favourite song – by James Taylor, Carole King, Graham Nash, David Crosby and more
As the legendary album turns 50, the musicians it inspired – and those who inspired it – tell us which track means the most to them and why
February 2021
Beyond Tapestry: five more Carole King albums to investigate
'It shook me to my core': 50 years of Carole King's Tapestry
October 2018
Carole King on songwriting in the age of Trump: 'I am the honest opposition'
The songwriter has been drawn out of semi-retirement, rewriting her song One to try to persuade voters to ‘take us away from the terrible direction America is going in’
August 2018
'She doesn't just move you, she shakes you': all-star tributes to Aretha Franklin
Candi Staton, Martha Reeves, George Benson and others tell the Guardian about the voice that defined an era
February 2018
I was wary of writing the Carole King musical but she opened herself up completely
Douglas McGrath
Of all the great pop stars, she is the least diva-like – the one who most seems like a regular person
September 2017
Beautiful review – Carole King musical a hit thanks to star's earth-moving performance
Esther Hannaford brings gravitas and heart in an inspiring production that shows just what the jukebox musical can accomplish
January 2017
Carole King releases new version of One Small Voice in protest against Trump
King, who joined a women’s march through a snowstorm last weekend, says ‘millions of small voices is how we change the world’
July 2016
Brief letters
How London has a friend in Carole King
Letters: Carole King concert | Rise in hate crime | Somme commemorations | Time to resign | What did I miss?
Carole King at BST review – beautiful Tapestry performance finds a 50,000-strong backing choir
In her first UK gig in 27 years, the woman who launched the singer-songwriter movement evokes multi-generational adoration at BST festival
Music blog
Carole King's Tapestry feels like a comfort blanket, until you hear the anxiety within it
Carole King performs Tapestry in full on stage for the first time this weekend. What is it about this 45-year old album that inspires such devotion?
March 2016
Music blog
Carole King in Hyde Park will be like Taylor Swift for an older generation
Carole King to perform Tapestry in its entirety for the first time – in London
March 2015
Carole King musical to be made into a Hollywood biopic
Beautiful: the Carole King Musical review – a stream of classics
February 2015
One fine night: Carole King makes surprise appearance at Beautiful musical
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical review – a tapestry of greatest hits
