Legacy Podcasts

Simon & Garfunkel: Bridge over Troubled Water 1

Andy Cahn — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 01:06:07 +0000

Legacy Podcasts explores one of the most beloved albums of the last 40 years – “Bridge over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel. Brand new interviews with Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, producer Roy Halee and others provide first hand accounts of how these classic songs were made. Songs featured in this first episode include “Baby Driver,” “Why Don’t You Write Me” and “The Boxer.”

Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
40th anniversary edition in stores March 8. Includes original album plus Bonus DVD (making-of documentary “Harmony Time” and the 1969 TV special “Song for America.”)

Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969 4

Andy Cahn — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:00:08 +0000

Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969 3

Andy Cahn — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:00:12 +0000

The Simon & Garfunkel “Live 1969″ podcast continues with Paul Simon discussing his songwriting style as interviewed in 1966. Bud Scoppa adds comments on the full band arrangements on this tour, and how the crowd reacted to their first exposure to songs from the yet-to-be-released “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album.

Features these tracks from Live 1969

“Silver Haired Daddy of Mine”
“Why Don’t You Write Me”
“Mrs Robinson”
“Kathy’s Song”
“Bridge Over Troubled Water”
“Time of Innocence”

Producer: Joyride Media

Simon & Garfunkel: Live 1969 2

Andy Cahn — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:00:34 +0000

Episode 2 begins with journalist Bud Scoppa’s thoughts on how Simon & Garfunkel’s music compared and contrasted with the early 1960s folk revivalists like The Kingston Trio, as well as the later folk-rock sounds of the three Bs – Bob Dylan, The Byrds and The Beatles.

Features these tracks from Live 1969

“Why Don’t You Write Me”
“That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine”
“Scarborough Fair”
“Sounds of Silence”
“Time of Innocence”

Producer: Joyride Media

Simon And Garfunkel: Live 1969 1

Podmaster — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:09:01 +0000

Rita Houston from WFUV-FM in New York hosts the story of Simon & Garfunkel, from their early days in Queens, NY to their 1969 tour captured on the new live album, Live 1969.

Throughout this series, we’ll hear archival interview clips with Paul and Art and new comments by pop journalist Bud Scoppa. We’ll even hear from two of Paul & Art’s Forest Hills High School classmates – Stuart Hochman and Robert Lieberman (director of the documentary Last Stop Kew Gardens).

Featured tracks from Live 1969

Homeward Bound
Song For the Asking
At the Zoo
The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy)
Old Friends
For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her

Producer: Joyride Media