Art Garfunkel

The Profile

Art Garfunkel is an American singer best known as half of Simon & Garfunkel and for a solo career marked by a distinctive tenor and refined, interpretive albums including Angel Clare, Breakaway, Watermark, and Scissors Cut.

Reviews highlight Watermark’s soothing elegance, featuring songs by Jimmy Webb and contributions from David Crosby, Leah Kunkel, Stephen Bishop, Paul Desmond, Pete Carr, The Chieftains, and Bill Payne. Some Enchanted Evening focuses on classic American songs and is described as baroque yet irresistibly enjoyable. Scissors Cut (1981) is understated, with “A Heart in New York” singled out and a duet with Paul Simon on “In Cars”; Laurie Bird is mentioned in relation to the album imagery. Publicly, Garfunkel is an American singer and the vocal half of Simon & Garfunkel, active since the late 1950s.

Three reviews paint Art Garfunkel as the soothing half of your day: an angelic voice atop gentle, elegant arrangements. Watermark is praised for Jimmy Webb’s songs and plush instrumentation. Some Enchanted Evening is called baroque and ‘useless’—yet irresistibly lovable. Scissors Cut is understated, with “A Heart in New York” singled out and a Paul Simon duet noted.