CARLY SIMON - NEVER BEEN GONE New Album + Good Morning America, The Today ShowNEW CARLY SIMON CD NEVER BEEN GONE(release October 27th on IRIS RECORDS)“Never Been Gone” includes ten acoustic versions of her biggest hits, plus two brand new tracksCarly Simon performs “Let The Riverrun” on Good Morning America Oct 26th and “You [...]
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Carly Simon has told the New York Times that she is suing Starbucks and its Hear Music label over their handling of her last album, This Kind of Love.Simon filed suit in Los Angeles on Friday, contending that Starbucks did not tell her that they were shutting their music division, an action that happened five days before This Kind of Love was released. The action by Starbucks, which included f...
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Carly Simon performed "You Belong To Me" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on 11/11. Check it out below:
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Carly Simon deserves a strong comeback, but this oddball project of re-recorded hits and misses isn't it.The obvious question is, "Why?" That is, why would a legendary artist go back into the studio and re-cut her best-loved hits for a new release? What makes Carly Simon's new project especially confusing is that no one thinks her classic singles need the least bit of tinkering with; those mell...
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Carly Simon was huge in the Seventies and the Eighties - a singer who could sing nasty lyrics over a lush mainstream pop backing. You're So Vain is one of the all time great put-down songs and Nobody Does It Better is pretty near the top of memorable James Bond songs. She fell off the radar in the Nineties, writing occasional film scores and came back to the spostlight when she wrote the theme ...
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Carly Simon has never been one to play to the masses, especially when it includes long plane flights over large bodies of water. The singer suffers both stage freight and fear of flying, so Europe has always been out of the question.Simon told Reuters on Thursday that she's putting that behind her and will play a tour of small venues in Europe starting in January. She told reporters "I like t...
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The new album Never Been Gone revisits songs originally written throughout Carly Simon’s extensively long and productive career. The CD was recorded at home and consists of new largely acoustic versions of Carly’s biggest hits and two brand new tracks. Carly’s son, Benjamin Taylor was the originator of the idea ...
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Starbucks' Hear Music label has a major hard on for '70s easy listening. They've already signed Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor and now they are adding Taylor's old flame Carly Simon into the mix. Simon will release This Kind of Love, a 13-track Brazilian flavored album on April 29th. The album is the first new album of new material from the singer-songwriter in eight years. For ...
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Giving Voice to a Group of Children Often Ridiculed or Silenced By StutteringCarly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte and Others From the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Broadway, Hip-Hop and R&B to Appear on a Remarkable CD, 'LISTEN'Songs Written By Children Who Stutter Bring Artists Together in a Calling for CompassionJune 23rd Album to Benefit 'Our Time' OrganizationFeatured on NB...
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In this week's podcast episode (#66, "Stripping Away"), musicians Carly Simon and Heather Maloney share interviews with RockOm. Carly talks about stripping down her hits for the new album Never Been Gone and singer-songwriter Heather Maloney shares about the stripping away process that occurs in meditation.CLICK HERE to visit our Podcast page to download this [...]
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Sixties icon Carly Simon is suing Starbucks, blaming bosses of the coffee chain's record label for the poor sales of her 2008 album This Kind Of Love. Simon signed a deal to release the Brazilian-themed disc through Starbucks' Hear Music label. The record sold just 124,000 copies, a third of ...
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I previously asked if it would "ruin the climax to post my Favorite Album of 2008 in advance of the remaining albums" and was told it wouldn't. But I then discovered that what would ruin the climax would be not to post the album or the entire list until January 24th. Did anyone read it? I am not sure. I guess the end of January is already 1/12 into the 2009 music season. Duly noted.
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As it turns out, Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter Carly Simon has a mystical side that is rarely made public. She shares with RockOm this week about using music to connect with others, as prayer and as a way to heal the world in Carly Simon Hears the Voice of God. Also in this interview you can [...]
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Academy Award-winning songstress Carly Simon shares with RockOm a unique look into her new album Never Been Gone and opens up on her thoughts on the healing qualities of music, chant, meditation, the beauty of the human voice, prayer in its various forms and much more.
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