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3 hrs ago | Sun-Star

Cari o: Folkhouse

THE "folkhouse." Any book written about the Baguio I grew up in would be remiss without a piece about this bastion of 70s Baguio culture, which - quite frankly - is not even a proper word, i.e., found in a decent dictionary of the English language.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Opinion

Tue May 21, 2013

NJ.com

Popa Chubby, 'Classic Albums Live,' 'Big Shot'...

ArtsQuest's Musikfest Cafe has added blues guitarist Popa Chubby, "Classic Albums Live - The Beatles," "The Music of Simon & Garfunkel performed by AJ Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle," "Big Shot - The Ultimate Billy Joel Experience" and Bethlehem-based rockers Billy Bauer Band to its summer lineup.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Music, Entertainment

Mon May 20, 2013

The Miami Herald

Demolition reduces Coral Gables music landmark Spec's to rubble

The Wrecking Crew was a famed Los Angeles collective of studio musicians who backed everyone from Simon & Garfunkel to the Beach Boys in the 1960s, and the Carpenters to the Captain & Tennille in the 1970s.

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Related Topix: Coral Gables, FL, Wrecking Crew, Punk, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Captain & Tennille

Thu May 16, 2013

The Pordland Mercury

Tonight in Music: The Black Angels, Colleen Green, Milk Carton Kids

WHITE FANG, COLLEEN GREEN, HEAVY HAWAII, COMASERFS Shooting pleasure levels rocket-high, Colleen Green's new album Sock It to Me dips sparkly mall pop in thick layers of guitar crunch, resulting in something like deep-fried ice cream - crispy, sweet, messy, and both hot and totally cool.

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Related Topix: Folk, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel

Tue May 14, 2013

The Indian Express

Rocking It

Pune-based band Acoustrix will be performing at Olive Bistro today. Known for their regular tributes to The Beatles, the band will perform songs from the '60s and '70s. The band has, in the past,covered songs of bands such as Crdence Clearwater Revival, The Everly Bros, The Eagles, Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard and Simon and Garfunkel among others.

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Related Topix: Folk, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel

Style Weekly

Iron and Wine at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

Having been compared to the likes of Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel and Elliott Smith, Iron and Wine's Sam Beam is one of today's greatest folk songwriters, crafting tales full of hopeless love and dreams of longing.

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Related Topix: Iron & Wine, Indie, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Nick Drake

Guitar World

Photo Gallery: 50 Classic Acoustic Rock Songs

Whether you began on an electric or an acoustic guitar, there's no doubt the latter will eventually find its way into your hands at some point.

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Related Topix: Bob Dylan, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Comedy Movies, The Graduate, Drama Movies, The Beatles

Sun May 12, 2013

The Herald

Tribute to groovy men of song Simon and Garfunkel

The Simon and Garfunkel Songbook introduces the acoustic guitar talents of Hugo Kleinhans, along with John Dickin on percussion, Devon van Rooyen on drums, Andre Strydom on bass and Khanya Matomela on keyboards.

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Related Topix: Folk, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel

Sat May 11, 2013

San Mateo Daily Journal

Know It All

The Swiss consume the most chocolate per capita then any other nation. In Switzerland, people eat an average of 22 pounds of chocolate per person per year.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, The Birds, Hitchcock, Vocal, Alfred Hitchcock, Art Garfunkel, Pop/Rock, Folk, Teenagers, Family

Fri May 10, 2013

Billboard

Weekly Chart Notes: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Do What...

As the twosome becomes the first duo to send its first two singles to No.1 on the Hot 100, a look back at the chart starts of other popular pairs.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Hip-Hop, The Everly Brothers, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Art Garfunkel, Folk

Thu May 09, 2013

Broward-Palm Beach

Imagine Dragons' Guitarist Describes the Kind of Dragon He'd Like to Be

Imagine Dragons grew up listening to alternative and classic rock, which definitely comes through in their pop-rock sound.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Imagine Dragons, The Kind, Dragon, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Sin City

Sun May 05, 2013

The Wichita Eagle

Review: Simon and Garfunkel retrospective too fussy in arrangements in some pieces

Jonathan Beedle, left, and A.J. Swearingen honored Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel when they performed a retrospective of their hits Saturday at Century II.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel, Symphony, Arts, Wichita, KS

Fri May 03, 2013

Examiner.com

Rosemary: easy-to-grow herb for your garden and kitchen, your memory and health

"Parsley, sage, rosemary , and thyme" figured into the song lyrics for the Simon and Garfunkel hit "Scarborough Fair." These herbs deserve a place in your garden, too, whether you have a plot of earth or a container in a sunny spot outside.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Life, Food, Bar-B-Q

Thu May 02, 2013

KQED

The Do List: The One About Jazz, Skateboards And The Wheel of Life

Cy Musiker and David Wiegand scout the Bay Area for things to do this coming weekend and turn up skateboards, bottlerock, and much more! May 3 - 5, 2013 SF Jazz Center Certain things just go together.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Jazz, Santa Rosa, CA, Napa, CA

Sun Apr 28, 2013

Now Toronto

The Milk Carton Kids

They played old guitars into specialty microphones, dressed like they were going to a funeral and teased each other mercilessly between Simon and Garfunkel-esque tunes this is the stage schtick of California duo The Milk Carton Kids .

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Related Topix: Folk, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel

The Wichita Eagle

Symphony program a tribute to Simon and Garfunkel

Tickets also are available in person an hour before performances. Singer/songwriter's Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel's ballads propelled them to stardom in the 1960s.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Symphony, Arts, Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel, Wichita, KS

Poughkeepsie Journal

Fans travel far & wide to attend music festivals

Karen Pery doesn't consider herself a jazz fan. Yet for each of the past four years, she's spent $3,000 and flown nearly 4,000 miles round trip to attend the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, which runs through May 5 this year.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Jazz, us Travel, North America Travel, Los Angeles Travel, Travel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Rock-N-Roll, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Pop/Rock, Gulf Shores, AL

Sat Apr 27, 2013

I-Newswire.com

Earth Day Celebrations at Sangam University Bhilwara Rajasthan

Indeed it's high time for everyone to remember famous author Ayn Rand quote "Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth". The height of hippie and flower-child culture in the United States, 1970 brought the death of Jimi Hendrix, the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Earth Day, World News, India, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk

Fri Apr 26, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Five things to do in Toronto this weekend

THE MILK CARTON KIDS This is not the sound of silence - it is the sound of Simon and Garfunkel swapping songs with Don and Phil Everly.

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Related Topix: Canada, Pop/Rock, Art Garfunkel, Folk

Thu Apr 25, 2013

The Journal News

Fans travel far and wide to attend music festivals

Karen Pery doesn't consider herself a jazz fan. Yet for each of the past four years, she's spent $3,000 and flown nearly 4,000 miles roundtrip to attend the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, Jazz, us Travel, North America Travel, Los Angeles Travel, Travel, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Rock-N-Roll, Art Garfunkel, Folk, Pop/Rock, Gulf Shores, AL