Art Garfunkel

How far away old age must have seemed to the young Garfunkel, then in the midst of S+G’s brief, but successful run as a duo.

With his former partner Paul Simon auspiciously retired from touring, Art Garfunkel is now the principal torch carrier of their exquisite songwriting catalogue and he proclaimed himself to be over-excited at the prospect of sharing the legacy on the final night of his UK tour.

Even at the young age of 77, Art Garfunkel still sings so beautifully that he can silence a whole room, as he did at a packed Symphony Hall in Birmingham last night.

Art Garfunkel, New Theatre Oxford, Still struggling to escape Paul Simon’s shadow

A few years back, a health scare concerning his voice, reportedly could have ended the singing career of Art Garfunkel, the other half of one of the most iconic duos ever, Simon & Garfunkel.

Garfunkel has a new autobiography, What Is It All But Luminous: Notes from an Underground Man, coming out in September and happily reminisced about days gone by while reading passages from it. That’s Paul Simon, by the way, he quipped after recounting a story involving him and Paul.

The 75-year-old singer is in full reminiscence mode, and always poignant even when his voice threatens to miss the mark