“For the first few years, it was just pure praise,” Paul Simon told Playboy magazine. “It took two or three years for people to realize that we weren't strange creatures that emerged from England but ...

Paul Simon said inspiration struck while writing tracks for the duo's final album, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water.' ...

Influential folk duo Simon & Garfunkel were still savoring the success of their latest single, “Mrs. Robinson,” when their track “The Boxer” was sent to radio stations and record shops. The stirring, ...

It took five months, 100 hours of studio time, a lift shaft and a church. “The Boxer” is an extraordinary acoustic achievement for the time. The tale of defiance and survival, about a boy who fights ...

Simon & Garfunkel rose to prominence in the mid-'60s as part of the folk-rock movement, but by the time the duo ended their run in 1970, they had created a body of work that touched on pop, rock, ...

'The Boxer' is Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel's 1969 masterpiece. People who have a deep personal connection with the song and its lyrics, discuss what it means to them. Seamus McDonagh is a former boxer.

In April 2015, as the end of my junior year in high school was coming to a close, my friends and I petitioned the administration to bring back a dormant creative writing course. The previous autumn, I ...

Amongst all the drama and bitterness between Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, (still crazy after so many these years), the pair knew how to make music together. Before they reached their multiple ...

As one half of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, Art Garfunkel won over fans of the rock and folk genres with his high-pitched tenor voice. Decades after the musical duo first achieved mainstream popularity, ...

It took five months, 100 hours of studio time, a lift shaft and a church. “The Boxer” is an extraordinary acoustic achievement for the time. The tale of defiance and survival, about a boy who fights ...

People who connect directly with the lyrics of Simon & Garfunkel's song discuss what this masterpiece means to them. Show more Seamus McDonagh is a former boxer. He describes the tumultuous time he ...

'The Boxer' is Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel's 1969 masterpiece. People who have a deep personal connection with the song and its lyrics, discuss what it means to them. Seamus McDonagh is a former boxer.