Speakeasy is behind the scenes at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary show tonight. (Read our earlier interview with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame CEO Joel Peresman.) We’re camped backstage, with the rest of the press, at Madison Square Garden, and will reporting back on all the acts as they go on stage. Follow us throughout the night for updates!
6:45 p.m. — Tom Hanks takes the mic in the press room and addresses what he calls the most jaded group of writers in New York right now. He oh-so-eloquently calls the night’s line-up — which consists of Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, and Crosby, Stills and Nash, plus many, many others — “the music of our generation, the soundtrack of our lives.” He adds that he’s not a massive music aficionado. “I did it for the all access pass,” he says. “I don’t know what to say to half these guys other than wow. I’m lucky to be here.” Читать далее »
Joanne Woodward, Robert Redford and Julia Roberts host a Celebration of Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Camps on June 8 at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall in New York. At Joanne Woodward’s request, Art Garfunkel will perform. Also appearing: Harry Connick, Jr., Yo-Yo Ma, Jerry Seinfeld, James Taylor and the Hole in the Wall Campers.
Long Beach Arena rules made close-ups of the performances in 1969 challenging,
but the distant pair are easily recognizable to fans as the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel. (Tom Shaw / File photo)
HOMEWARD SOUNDS: One of 2008’s more pleasant recordings slipped onto racks fairly unnoticed - not that much is noticed on record racks these days. Let’s say “Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969″ tumbled through the pipes and conduits of the Internets with less fanfare than one might’ve expected from one of the most revered duos in folk-rock (or folk-roll as one of our “with-it” writers termed the genre way back before, even, 1969). Читать далее »
The NasherSalon Lecture Series has developed a reputation for bringing heavyweights to Dallas and having them converse with local residents in an intimate setting. Previous guests have included the late John Updike, Jeff Koons and Larry McMurtry. And now, Art Garfunkel is coming to the Nasher on March 26, with tickets going on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Garfunkel also will appear earlier that day at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. The Nasher event will begin at 8 p.m., with doors opening 30 minutes beforehand.
USA President Barack Obama is set to honour his “musical hero” - soul legend Stevie Wonder.
The multi-Grammy winning soul star will be presented with the Library of Congress’s 2nd annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at the White House.
At a concert hosted by the president and his wife, Wonder will perform alongside other music greats including Paul Simon - the only other recipient of the Gershwin Prize.
