Songs We Love: James Taylor's 'Carolina In My Mind'

Posted Feb 10, 2020
This week, we look at the one song that most everyone identifies with our home state. Writer Will Blythe joins Eric Hodge to talk about James Taylor's 'Carolina In My Mind.' He says it's a song that affects people both young and old. "The amazing thing about that song is that it created nostalgia in me as a sixth grader at Glenwood Elementary in Chapel Hill," says Blythe. (WUNC)

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