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Music Legend Slams Trump's 'Shocking' Venezuela Actions and Considers Leaving the US

Art Garfunkel, 84, expresses concerns over Donald Trump's presidency and US actions in Venezuela, considering leaving the country. He criticises America's direction and remains hopeful for future change

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‘Why not try to be the best in the world, just for the fun of it?’ Art Garfunkel on a rich, restless life – and reconciling with Paul Simon

He taught maths and walked across Europe, trying to leave his demons behind. As he goes back on tour aged 84, the folk-pop legend explains how he came back to singing

The Guardian - UK

"People have tried to copy those licks. But it’s impossible": How Paul Simon courted controversy and channelled a midlife crisis to create his biggest and most vibrant '80s hit

Graceland, the album it came from, was released 40 years ago today

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“Ahhh, what a tune! It has more melodic genius and simple power than I ever realised”: The melancholy classic that made Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel the world’s hottest songwriting duo

Recorded in '64 then remixed and rereleased by popular demand in '65, The Sound Of Silence gave the songwriting duo their first number one and a track beloved by generations

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Afternoon Update: Brethren church denies paying far-right activists to target election; Sydney Swans latest; and diamond-soled shoes

Religious organisation also denies claims it coordinated volunteers to support Liberal candidates across the country

The Guardian - AU

TV tonight: a gripping new thriller about the fall of Kabul

How the US abandonment of the Afghan capital destroyed lives. Plus: celebrating Paul Simon’s legendary Graceland album at the Proms. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Susanna Hoffs recalls the time that Prince invited the Bangles to the studio then upped and left without telling them: “We get there and we’re jamming, then suddenly we look around and he’s disappeared. ‘OK, I guess we’re done’”

Hoffs has just announced her first album of new material since 2012

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‘Trumpeters? We think we’re the kings of the orchestra’: Wynton Marsalis prepares to blow the Edinburgh festival away

It has 12 movements, 200 musicians and aims to unite America. The great US trumpeter and composer talks about his All Rise symphony, his jazz great mentors – and learning humility from his wife

The Guardian - UK

John Legend lands role portraying Harry Belafonte in new Graceland biopic

The singer and EGOT winner has joined the cast of The Road Home, a film exploring the artists and activists behind Paul Simon's landmark Graceland album during apartheid-era South Africa.

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John Legend to play Harry Belafonte in apartheid-era film The Road Home

The singer, 47, will star in the film alongside Thabo Rametsi, Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce and Johnny Flynn.

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Art Garfunkel reveals ‘tears’ and ‘hugs’ were at centre of emotional reunion with Paul Simon

The singer has spoken about an emotional dinner with longtime musical partner Paul Simon, saying the pair have found peace decades after the ups and downs that defined one of music’s greatest partnerships.

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“Artie would be singing it, people would stomp and cheer, and I would think, ‘That’s my song, man. I wrote that’”: How Simon and Garfunkel created their transcendent masterpiece – with tension rising and emotions running high

“That song had two writers – Paul Simon and God”

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“The Revstar is doing really well right now. I think that’s because it’s so different to what other major brands like Gibson and Fender are putting out”: Inside 60 years of Yamaha guitars – how the Japanese firm forged its own six-string path

Yamaha’s Yusuke Ota and Shingo Ekuni take a look back at key guitars and artists from the brand’s history – from Carlos Santana and Billy Corgan to the current one-two Revstar punch of Chris Buck and Matteo Mancuso

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What to Stream: Paul Simon, 'In the Hand of Dante,' 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' and Star Fox

Paul Simon's concert special and Season 2 of the live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender” are among the new streaming options this week

Guitar World

“Jaco made a great contribution, but what came after was all these idiots trying to sound like him. That's why bass players today are so lame”: Bill Laswell gives his unfiltered verdict on modern bassists

The visionary producer also had his say on Lemmy, Paul Simon, and his failed studio session with Jaco Pastorius

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US:Paul Simon bemoans Elvis for 'wasting his great talent'

Grammy-winning musician Paul Simon has revealed what he regrets about Elvis Presley's music career.

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Paul Simon bemoans Elvis for 'wasting his great talent'

Grammy-winning musician Paul Simon has revealed what he regrets about Elvis Presley's music career.

The Guardian - UK

Beverley Martyn obituary

Star of the 60s London folk scene whose career faltered after her troubled marriage to the musician John Martyn

Louder

"When we go up there on stage I'd almost liken it to a sexual experience." Ann and Nancy Wilson on love, sobriety, politics and the changing face of Heart

They play soft stuff, hard stuff… and even some in-between stuff. But whatever you do, don't dismiss Heart as ‘that ballad band'

Guitar World

“My boss said, ‘Paul Simon’s in town, and they’re looking for you in the studio. Here’s the money. Take the bus’”: When Bakithi Kumalo got the call to audition for Paul Simon’s 1986 multi-platinum album

Kumalo had been helping out a local mechanic when he was invited to Ovation Studios in downtown Johannesburg

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Beverley Martyn, spirited British folk singer, dies aged 79

Singer-songwriter was known for collaborations with former husband John Martyn as well as star-studded 1960s singles and 2014 comeback album

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