Ten years ago, in a move he quickly grew to regret, Art Garfunkel had an imaginary conversation with Paul Simon while speaking to a reporter for U.K. newspaper The Telegraph. They hadn’t played together in five years at this point, and his frustrations were boiling over. “How can you walk …
Read More »
About 70 years ago, Art Garfunkel formed his first musical duo when he noticed he blended voices nicely with an elementary school friend named Paul. He formed his second one several decades later when he discovered a similar chemistry with his eldest son, Art Garfunkel Jr. After years of performing …
Read More »
It’s been nearly a decade and a half since Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel performed at the American Film Institute’s tribute to Mike Nichols in Los Angeles. The time in between then has been marked with Garfunkel’s four-year struggle to regain his voice after being diagnosed with vocal cord paresis, …
Read More »
In January 2019, Paul Simon awoke from a dream. Some voice in his head had informed him, deep within his REM cycle, that he was going to work on a project called “Seven Psalms.” The singer-songwriter behind “The Sound of Silence,” “A Bridge Over Troubled Waters,” “Love Me Like a …
Read More »
Paul Simon discusses his songwriting and legacy in the trailer for In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, available exclusively at Rolling Stone. “People used to say, ‘Oh, you have your finger on the pulse,’” the 82-year-old musician says in the clip. “No, I don’t have my finger on …
Read More »
Art Garfunkel Jr.’s first memory of singing onstage with his father is pretty hazy, but he knows it took place in Japan sometime before his third birthday. “I believe I was pushed out in a wheelbarrow, wearing a traditional Japanese kimono,” he tells Rolling Stone. “My parents picked me up …
Read More »
Paul Simon may not yet have come to terms with the hearing loss in his left ear, but he is “beginning to.” The 81-year-old singer-songwritertalked about his ailment and ability to continue performing at a post-screening Q&A forIn Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, which premiered at the Toronto …
Read More »