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Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Celebrate the music icon in a triumphant homecoming concert on May 26, 1973, that captured King at her critical and commercial peak, basking in the enormous popularity of her album Tapestry. Includes a behind-the-scenes look at her legendary career.
Get ready for a weekend of music, mystery and history this weekend on GPB as we travel from Central Park to Grantchester and beyond.
"Carole King: Home Again – Live in Central Park" airs at 9 p.m. Sunday, June 4, on New Mexico PBS, channel 5.1.
Print Vocal dynamo Merry Clayton was just 16 when she became the lead female singer in the Ray Charles Orchestra and 20 when she famously duetted with Mick Jagger on the Rolling Stones’ classic “Gimme Shelter.” She was 21 when she sang on Neil Young’s equally classic “Southern Man” and on much of Carole King’s landmark album, “Tapestry.” Now, at the age of 73, Clayton — who co-starred in the 2014 Oscar-winning music documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” — is back with “Beautiful Scars,” her first solo album since 1994. Born out of tragedy, it marks the start of an i...