Simon and Garfunkel—singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel—were one of the most popular recording acts of the 1960s, but their recording career got off to a wobbly start. Wednesday ...

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After un-retiring from the road, Queens native Paul soaked in the hometown love at NYC's Beacon Theatre on Monday night. Only Paul Simon could command the sound of silence like this. In the opening ...

When I returned from home in the middle of November I brought with me a copy of the record. I showed it to a couple of people. “Simon and Garfunkel?” they said. “Are you kidding?” “It’s number one in ...

Billboard reports that the track makes its debut at No. 6 on their Hot Rock Songs chart, as well as No. 2 on the Streaming Rock Songs chart thanks to 5,000 downloads -- a 46 percent increase from its ...

Natalie Prass is a ridiculously talented songwriter who also happens to be ridiculously good at covering great songs of yesteryear. When I saw Prass perform at Outside Lands, she covered Janet Jackson ...

Paul had suffered both personal and professional turmoil during the 1980s but received creative inspiration from South African street music. The resulting record Graceland featured a variety of genres ...

He didn’t imagine that the beloved Our Father’s tune was actually written by Paul Simon for Simon & Garfunkel’s 1960s hit “The Sound of Silence.” The words were different from the typical Our Father ...

In case you were wondering, Kodachrome was the name of a type of color film they made for cameras. In the past, your camera and your phone were two distinctive things, and you had to load film into ...

From KCRW DJ Chris Douridas: Last night, while watching Paul Simon’s spellbinding performance at the Music Box with my son, I was reminded of one of my favorite radio moments in my years at KCRW.

From KCRW DJ Chris Douridas: Last night, while watching Paul Simon’s spellbinding performance at the Music Box with my son, I was reminded of one of my favorite radio moments in my years at KCRW.

Ironic juxtaposition in cover songs has a storied tradition in the world of music. You’ve got your white guys doing soft rock takes on gangsta rap songs. You’ve got your punk covers of pop songs. Now, ...