Music
September, 1978
Carly Simon and James Taylor are the first family of pop music. With Paul Simon, they have kept New York City on the recording map. (Everyone else is part of the Southern California folk-rock Mafia.) The New York group of songwriters seems to be developing a common sensibility with songs that are laid back, almost conversational. Letters to literate lovers. The one effect Taylor has had on Carly is restraint. Boys in the Trees (Elektra/Asylum) is classic Carly, only less. The restraint is most e...
