A fresh style from a musician with great genes

Ben Taylor is the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, but he doesn't want the conversation to end with that–since the release of his 2003 debut, "Famous Among the Barns," he's had a contemporary style with his own distinct flavor of wit. Ben’s latest effort, "Listening," seamlessly merges the sounds and styles of folk, pop, soul, urban, reggae and country/western, running the gamut from sonically spacious acoustic numbers to multi-layered vocals and fresh beats. Ben explains the album as "an evolution. Some songs were actually recorded four years ago, some were recorded a few months ago, and a few recorded a few weeks ago just in time to make it. ... These songs are little windows into the last four years of my life." Milwaukee-to-Brooklyn transplant Grace Weber, a former Presidential Scholar in the Arts who has appeared on Oprah, is tonight's special guest.