ART GRAFUNKEL SET TO PERFORM ON ‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’

ART GARFUNKEL will take New York–and TV sets nationwide–by storm later this month when he makes a number of high-profile appearances.  The singer–and now, songwriter–will perform the first single “Bounce” from his new album EVERYTHING WAITS TO BE NOTICED on ABC-TV’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday, February 18.  Later that week, he’ll give his first concert in Manhattan in five years when he performs at Town Hall Friday, February 21.  The next day (Saturday, February 22) he and Paul Simon will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys; Simon & Garfunkel have won four Grammys (two in 1968 for “Mrs. Robinson” and two in 1970 for Bridge Over Troubled Water).

GARFUNKEL is currently on tour with MAIA SHARP and BUDDY MONDLOCK, with whom he collaborated on EVERYTHING WAITS TO BE NOTICED (Manhattan Records).  The new album marks GARFUNKEL’s debut as a songwriter, as he collaborated with SHARP and MONDLOCK on songs inspired by “Still Water,” his 1987 book of prose poetry.  Of a recent live show, Steve Morse of the Boston Globe said, “…Garfunkel was reinvigorated. He has enjoyed an artistic renaissance because of new partners Maia Sharp and Buddy Mondlock. The three excelled on selections from Garfunkel’s new CD, Everything Waits to be Noticed.  The whole night had a wonderful air of renewal.”  After the Grammy event, the trio heads off to Europe for a 17-city tour of Ireland, England, Germany and Austria.

On the acting front, GARFUNKEL makes his television acting debut Sunday, February 16 as record store owner Lester Greenwood on NBC’s “American Dreams” in an episode that also features India.Arie as Nina Simone.  In the past, he has starred in such films as “Catch-22,” “Carnal Knowledge” and “Bad Timing.”

Looking back at his career and where he is now, GARFUNKEL told the San Francisco Chronicle in a Sunday, January 26, 2003 profile: “I was the quiet half of a famous duo, but I’ve been cooking all along.  Not quiet at all, as far as I’m concerned.  It’s tough to be in show business when you’re the philosophical type, a book reader.  It’s a very funny challenge.  But I’m into it now.”