10/29/2009 11:45 ДП | Articles |
Grace Patuwo/Contributing Photographer
Art Garfunkel visited Yale for a Master’s Tea on Wednesday afternoon. The beloved singer, one half of Simon and Garfunkel (as in “So here’s to you, Mrs. Robinson…”), fielded questions about his most successful songs, his artistic relationship with Paul, and his favorite “guilty pleasures.” The Tea had been very well-attended, with a line for seats stretching out the Swing Space door outside the office, fans mingled and waited for autographs.
Scene tried to interview the legendary singer — unfortunately, he was in quite a rush. Sitting in the Swing Space Master’s Office, we managed to fire off a couple of questions. Morse College Master Frank Keil looked on.
Scene: Did you expect the audience to be overflowing like that?
Art Garfunkel: No, I was very pleasantly surprised. I never know how well they know me or how much they’re curious about me. I assume I’m the … the unknown quiet guy behind Paul Simon. I don’t get to fill out what my nature is … very often. So I was very pleased that they cared. Читать далее »
10/29/2009 11:26 ДП | Articles |
Grace Patuwo/Contributing Photographer
Art Garfunkel addresses 120 lucky students and faculty at a Morse College Master’s Tea yesterday. Over 100 others were turned away.
He’s read the dictionary cover-to-cover. He’s walked across both the United States and most of Europe (though not continuously). And, as part of the famed musical duo Simon and Garfunkel, he’s won five Grammys and recorded three number-one albums.
Students and faculty packed into the Swing Space Activity Room on Wednesday to hear Art Garfunkel speak about the importance of dedication and nuance in creating powerful music at a Morse College Master’s Tea. Turnout for the event was high — about 120 students and faculty crammed into the Tea, and more than 100 were turned away for lack of space, leaving many students irritated. Several students peeked in through an open window during the Tea, at which Garfunkel discussed the meaning behind many of his songs and the virtues he thinks led to his success. Читать далее »
04/14/2009 5:51 ПП | News |
On March 18th, Art Garfunkel was interviewed by Bob Shannon on WCBS-FM during the noon hour (approx. 10 mins).
On April 8th, Art spoke with Lois Mae (7 min.) on WBKL-FM.
04/09/2009 12:53 ПП | Articles |
Image: 77square.com
Art Garfunkel has eased into his late 60s like a philosophical marshmallow, softened around the edges by his family and full of poetic musing.
Best known as the golden-voiced partner of Paul Simon, Garfunkel has enjoyed a long singing career, supplemented by ventures into acting, poetry and cross-continental walking expeditions. His most recent album, “Some Enchanted Evening,” charts his love of old standards — Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Rogers & Hammerstein. He’ll be performing these and other songs during a solo performance at the Overture Center on Thursday, April 9.
Art Garfunkel wasn’t the only one to pick up the phone in his New York City apartment when 77 Square called for an interview on a recent Sunday morning.
At first, we could only hear the shallow breathing of the mysterious eavesdropper. Then he made his presence loudly known.
“Mommy! Mommy, somebody’s on the phone! Mommy! Somebody’s on the phone, mommy! MOMMY!” And then to the caller, in a tiny voice, “Hello?”
“It’s my little 3-year-old,” Garfunkel said with a patient sigh, before heading downstairs to get his son Beau off the phone.
Art Garfunkel: There was a silver lining in that interruption: his adorability. It’s religious, this adoring business. I adore that little guy. At my advanced age, I’m in love with the baby experience. I write poems about him. I just wrote one just yesterday, and it went right through me. Читать далее »
03/13/2009 3:24 ПП | News |
Capitol Hill. Paul speaks about the Childrens health insurance and ask all senators not to forget about the children of the poor, which suffer the most in this time of the financial crisis.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7061637
03/05/2009 6:02 ПП | Articles |
Wait, was that really the Art Garfunkel on the March 1 episode of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords (Sundays at 10 pm/ET)? Yes! Conchords‘ Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie wrote the episode, titled “Prime Minister,” around him, and then prayed he’d say yes to a cameo. Garfunkel says he took “a leap a faith” and signed on without seeing a script.
In the episode, Jemaine and Bret book a gig as Simon and Garfunkel lookalikes, where they meet Karen (guest star Mary Lynn Rajskub, 24’s Chloe), a woman who asks Jemaine on a date. The catch: He has to wear his Garfunkel costume, even when they have sex — she calls it “Garfunkling.” We talked to its namesake about being immortalized by such weird comic geniuses, his recent reunion with Paul Simon and his quest for the perfect Simon and Garfunkel cover song. Читать далее »