Art Garfunkel News and Photos

Young singers who cover all the bases

Fri, April 27 2012 11:36pm - Source: The Independent - Music

Peruse videos of 20-year-old rising singer Jodie Marie on YouTube and you'll find her singing Joan Baez's "Silver Dagger".

Paul Brady interview: Ireland's musical statesman

Fri, April 27 2012 2:44pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

The main reason Brady has a loyal - and expanding - audience is the quality of his albums.

John Farr: On His 75th Birthday, The Best Jack Nicholson Movies Of All Time

Sun, April 22 2012 3:25pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Jack Nicholson's own story rivals any of his films.

Aaron Neville joins stage for a soulful "Bridge Over Troubled Water"

Fri, April 20 2012 6:04pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Paul Simon has never been afraid to take a big musical risk.

KISHI BASHI

Mon, April 16 2012 8:38pm - Source: The Recommender

Check the Wikipedia entry for the genre of progressive rock music and it quotes John Covach who explained it as an " attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility ".

Rolling Stones Don't Attend Their Own Tribute Show

Thu, March 15 2012 2:17pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

The Rolling Stones were honored at Carnegie Hall Tuesday night with an all-star tribute show that featured nearly two dozen artists -- from Art Garfunkel to Jackson Browne and Peaches -- singing some of The Stones greatest hits from their "Hot Rocks" compilation album.

Art Garfunkel album preview

Sat, February 18 2012 3:24am - Source: Music-News.com

The career of Art Garfunkel will be collected in a new 2-CD retrospective, The Singer, due on April 10 from Columbia/Legacy.

Mike Ragogna: SHOF/PBS Chats: Billy Joel, Jimmy Jam, Jimmy Webb, Garth Brooks, Allan Toussaint, Dwight Yoakum, Hal David, Paul Williams...

Fri, December 30 2011 4:14pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Earlier this year, I was lucky enough to exchange a few words with many terrific songwriters and artists ranging from Billy Joel and Garth Brooks to Jimmy Jam and Jimmy Webb and even an exec or two as they that walked the red carpet at the Songwriters Hall Of Fame awards show held at the Marriott Marquis.

Rock Flashback: Paul Simon and the Summer Festival for Peace, 1970

Wed, December 14 2011 6:06pm - Source: WNEW

Paul Simon was better received onstage in 2011 than he was at one 1970 show.

Womblepedia! They're back... and set to challenge 'X Factor' for festive No 1 slot

Sun, December 04 2011 12:43am - Source: The Independent - Music

Batt, Mike Writer and performer of the Wombles theme, and subsequent songs, the ostensible highlight of a career in music that has included writing and/or producing Steeleye Span's All Around My Hat album, Art Garfunkel's No 1 hit "Bright Eyes", from the film of Watership Down, and the theme song for the 1998 German World Cup squad.

Quick quips: Runaways, Genesis, Motley Crue, Public Image Ltd., Buzzcocks, Tom Roady

Wed, November 30 2011 10:23am - Source: Music-News.com

Lita Ford and Joan Jett, formerly of the Runaways, met up recently for the first time in years.

Paul Simon: Songwriter

Tue, October 25 2011 3:50pm - Source: Hyperbolium

This two-disc, thirty-two track collection (with a generous running time of 139 minutes) highlights the legendary songwriting of Paul Simon.

Book Notes - Joshua Cody "[sic]"

Tue, October 18 2011 3:19pm - Source: Largehearted Boy

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book.

Paul Simon

Mon, September 12 2011 2:40am - Source: Jonk Music

Retaining the buoyant musical feel of Paul Simon, but employing a more produced sound, There Goes Rhymin' Simon found Paul Simon writing and performing with assurance and venturing into soulful and R&B-oriented music.

25 years on, 'Graceland' reigns as world music pioneer

Sun, August 21 2011 4:18am - Source: The Independent - Music

If every generation throws a hero up the pop charts, Paul Simon has been twice anointed, first as a 1960s folk-rock icon, then as world music emissary with "Graceland," the landmark album he released 25 years ago this month.

Marissa Levy Interview on The Time Machine

Fri, July 08 2011 3:18am - Source: MOG

Singer-songwriter Marissa Levy was a recent guest on The Time Machine.

John Lennon Was a Reagan-Loving Conservative, Former Assistant Says

Wed, June 29 2011 6:45pm - Source: Spinner

In a new documentary, it is revealed by John Lennon 's last personal assistant that the late Beatle wasn't quite as radical as his fans think.

Paul Simon - 'So Beautiful Or So What' (Decca) Released: 13/06/11

Wed, June 15 2011 12:59pm - Source: GIGWISE

When a songwriting luminary and elder statesman like Paul Simon describes his latest long-player as his best album in 20 years you tend to want to believe him.

Paul Simon: 'God's not into pop - he likes gospel'

Wed, May 25 2011 6:41pm - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

"One of the things people have attached to me is that I'm always changing, but I think I'm just evolving, shedding some things and taking others along with me. There are things that I've taken from the first songs that I wrote when I was 15. I like doo-wop. I stick it in all the time. I like that finger picking I learned when I lived in England. I can't play much blues at all, but the little bit I play is slap and pushed strings that all comes from Davey Graham and Bert Jansch. A lot of things I learned about rhythm from African musicians were useful and made sense to me."

Graceland: Soundtrack of our lives

Mon, May 23 2011 11:36pm - Source: The Independent - Music

In August 1986, Paul Simon sang "every generation throws a hero up the pop charts" at the opening of his album Graceland.

Bright Eyes, Scala, LondonThe Go! Team, Concorde 2, Brighton

Sun, February 20 2011 12:52am - Source: The Independent - Music

St Valentine's Day, and someone in the Scala crowd wishes Conor Oberst a happy one.

Rolling Stone Lists the Greatest Rock and Roll Feuds

Fri, November 19 2010 9:51pm - Source: Prefix Magazine

Being in a band means spending lots of time in rooms that are too small to hold so many massive egos, and as a result, things get touchy and people start to hate each other.

Album Review: The Daydream Club – Overgrown

Fri, October 15 2010 12:19pm - Source: Consequence of Sound

If you needed another example of how musicians independent of the mainstream music industry continue to produce the more impressive material, the debut album from UK newcomers The Daydream Club fits the bill.

How can it be bullshit to state a preference?

Mon, August 16 2010 11:33pm - Source: in ALL caps

13:33 look into this Johnny Cash book: Johnny Cash's autobiography "Cash" by Johnny Cash. 14:35 Snobby record store employees are the bane of my existence.

How Your Epiphanies Become Fair-Weather Friends

Thu, July 29 2010 2:15pm - Source: Heart on a Stick

The music can be more impressive than enjoyable.

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? Jimmy Webb Interviewed

Thu, June 24 2010 11:04am - Source: The Quietus

Jimmy Webb, born in 1946, is somehow both an under-acknowledged cult figure and one of the most successful songwriters of all time.

Simon and Garfunkel Postpone Summer Tour

Fri, June 18 2010 2:21pm - Source: Spinner

In what's already been a down season for summer concerts, another big tour has bit the dust.

Simon and Garfunkel Tribute Draws All-Star Cast to New York's Central Park

Wed, June 09 2010 3:09pm - Source: Spinner

"I never thought we did the best version," Art Garfunkel said of his and Paul Simon 's hit songs to the audience gathered at New York's Central Park on Tuesday night.