Pop Newcomer Melis Shares Her Favorite Berlin Haunts & The Exclusive...
Meet Melis . The half Turkish, half Czech, and now Berlin-based singer-songwriter, previously one half of electro-pop duo IYES , has emerged as one to watch over the past year, with a potent cocktail...
View ArticleThe Sound of Violence
Batman sings, if you can call that hoarse growl singing, in a song parody set to the tune of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel. The song tells an almost-coherent story of the Caped Crusader...
View ArticleReview: Book ponders appeal, then and now, of 'The Graduate'
"Seduced by Mrs. Robinson : How 'The Graduate' Became the Touchstone of a Generation" , by Beverly Gray The title of Beverly Gray's insightful look back at 1967's "The Graduate," one of the most...
View ArticleDisturbed's "The Sound Of Silence" Reaches 3x Platinum In United States
Disturbed's cover of Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence" recently received a new multi-platinum certification in the United States. In addition to spending multiple weeks atop the Mediabase...
View ArticleKate Grom and Ali Funkhouser to Bring Gifts of Song Benefit to the Black Box
THE BLACK BOX presents a special holiday season show, "Gifts of Song," featuring Kate Grom and Ali Funkhouser , on Saturday, December 16 at 8 p.m. NYC-based singer-songwriter Kate Grom will sing songs...
View ArticleWorld Cafe Nashville: Penny & Sparrow
Kyle Jahnke and Andy Baxter, collectively known as Penny & Sparrow, are pin-drop performers, the kind which silence rooms with impeccable songs and storytelling that unfolds like a dream. The duo...
View ArticleBook review: Garfunkel is genius of music
I can recall rainy St. Louis days listening to Simon and Garfunkel play "59th Street Bridge Song." I wondered if I'd ever one day visit that mysterious bridge in New York City.
View ArticleNew World Notes: #511 -- Comic Satire for Christmas (R), Segment 1
This program has been broadcast from time to time in years past--most recently in December 2015 "New World Notes" is produced under the auspices of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light...
View ArticleExtreme right in Austrian government
The A-side gives us the studio version of the live classic " Haider Die! ". A great cover of Simon & Garfunkel s classic "The Boxer".
View ArticleGorgeous baubles or absolute bobbins? Our verdict on the Christmas albums
Wrapping : At last, we get to see Sia's face, but still keeping her anonymity, she sports a frizzy red and green wig. Like most CDs, the credits and lyrics are printed in such tiny text, it makes...
View ArticleDavid Draiman's 'Star Wars' Themed Holiday Card is Ridiculous + Amazing
The Draiman family hired photographer Sanjayn Patel to come to their house for the photo shoot, and they've released a video highlighting what went down. The video takes fans through how the Draimans...
View ArticleToday In Music History: 12/21/17
Today in Music History starts on this day in 1964, when The Temptations released the song "My Girl." It became their first #1 single.
View ArticleLocal Company Films Simon and Garfunkel Virtual Reality Experience at Eight...
At 2 p.m. Saturday, Exposition Avenue was completely empty except for a handful of people dressed head-to-toe in mid-'60s garb. As they filed inside Eight Bells Alehouse they were greeted by other men...
View ArticleArt Garfunkel to play Capitol Theatre
Art Garfunkel will perform Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, 8 p.m., at Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. Blessed with what the New York Times described as a "beautiful countertenor,"...
View ArticleWhat happened to Susan Swedell?
"I hate this time of year 'cause I always stare out the window; I'm always looking for her," said Christine Swedell, left with her mom, Kathy, on Dec. 20, 2017. Christine's sister and Kathy's daughter,...
View ArticleHOMESPUN | Amber and Smoke
There's something special about a duo. More than a band, where it's easy to replace a weak or insane link , a duo has to have complete trust and respect in each other to work.
View ArticleBBC News visits Saginaw to see if President Trump is still popular here
In the 1968 Simon and Garfunkel song "America," it took a man four days to hitchhike from Saginaw to search for America. In Donald Trump's first year as president, international news organizations have...
View ArticleMinnesota reopens 30-year-old missing woman investigation
In a Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Christine Swedell, left, looks out a window with her mother Kathy, in Minneapolis. Christine's sister and Kathy's daughter, Susan Swedell, 19, disappeared on Jan....
View ArticleThe Pop Innovations of a 50-Year-Old Soundtrack
When Mike Nichols's low-budget comedy-drama The Graduate premiered in December 1967, it arrived during a time of national unrest. Many Baby Boomers were pushing back against the status quo: The...
View ArticleThe 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' band wins? Grammy's biggest shocks
There was little doubt who should take home the Grammy for album of the year in 1984. That was Michael Jackson with "Thriller."
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