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The President and First Lady hosted a concert "Carole King: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize In Performance at the White House".  President Obama presented the award as he did when the Library of Congress honored Stevie Wonder (2009), Sir Paul McCartney (2010), and the songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David (2012).  The event was streamed live at www.whitehouse.gov/live on May 22.

A new single from Carole King available exclusively on iTunes.  "I Believe In Loving You" written by Carole King and Hal David.  Produced by Louise Goffin

Click HERE to listen and purchase on iTunes.  

Carole King, James Taylor, Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett and many other bands will perform at “Boston Strong: An Evening of Support and Celebration” in Boston on May 30. The concert will raise money for One Fund, a collection for victims of the Boston Marathon attack. Tickets go on sale Monday May 6 at  aconcertforboston.org

Carole King performed "So Far Away" at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in recognition of her former producer and manager Lou Adler, who received the Ahmet Ertegun Award for Lifetime Achievement.  

The 28th Annual Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was held at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on April 18, 2013.

From more about Lou Adler click HERE.

For more about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame click HERE.

Carole King spoke up for America's wild horses in a featured interview on the Today Show, Tuesday, May 14th.  The piece delves into the wild horse controversy as the focus of a news segment by NBC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Lisa Myers.

In case you missed it, here's a direct link to NBC News and Open Channel.

The esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA bestowed Honorary Doctor of Music degrees to Carole King, Willie Nelson and Annie Lennox at their commencement on May 11 at the Agganis Arena at Boston University.

Current students paid tribute to the honorees during the traditional concert held the night before the ceremony, by performing music associated with their careers. 

"Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" is scheduled to open in spring 2014, with a pre-Broadway run at the end of this year, the producers announced on Friday, March 15, 2013. The show will have a book by Douglas McGrath, whose screenplay for "Bullets Over Broadway," written with Woody Allen, was nominated for an Oscar in 1995. Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing are the producers.

Update - May 2, 2013
Prior to its planned Broadway arrival in spring 2014, "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical" has locked in a San Francisco tryout run for the fall.

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Raul Grijalva (D-TX), and Ed Markey (D-MA) have introduced the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act (NREPA), H.R. 1187, which would protect as permanent wilderness the dwindling wildlands across five states of the Northern Rocky Mountains, one of America’s greatest natural treasures.

Carole spoke with Pandora about songwriting, recording, being a mother and her future in music.  Watch the interview HERE.

Carole King joined NPR's highly respected "The Diane Rehm Show" for an interview to talk about her many achievements in recording, songwriting, and activism.  Carole also discusses her 2012 memoir 'A Natural Woman', her advocacy for wild horses and her work to preserve the Northern Rockies ecosystem.

The program aired Monday, March 4th.  Find your local station and airtime here.