Carly Simon chairs Our Time Theatre Company’s Gala Benefit

Playbill.com announces that Carly Simon will serve as one of the honorary chairs for Our Time Theatre Company’s 7th Annual Gala Benefit: Capturing History, Celebrating Dreams taking place on Monday, April 13, 2009. The even will take place at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York. 
Carly is joined by Muhammad Ali & [...]

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In Our Hands featuring James Taylor & Carly Simon released on DVD-R

James Taylor Online reports that the 1984 documentary In Our Hands has been released on DVD. The film captures the historic peace demonstration in New York City on June 12, 1982. More information on the documentary is available on the director’s website RichterVideos.com. The movie was originally released February 16, 1984, and was released on [...]

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Carly Simon recording new album, song for Stuttering Foundation

Posting to her blog Simon Speaks, Carly Simon announced that she is recording a new album that will comprise of new acoustic recordings of her classic hits and deep cuts from her catalogue. The album will include her son Ben Taylor, guitarist David Saw, drummer Larry Ciancia and guitarist Peter Calo. John Forte will likely [...]

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Carly Simon likes The Oscars

Carly Simon’s blog Simon Speaks (and on her MySpace page) has been updated with a note from the webmaster:
Carly is very busy writing, traveling and watching many, many great films (now that the Academy Award nominees have been announced).
As an Oscar winner, she is eligible to vote. Now’s your chance to possibly influence Carly’s vote! The post includes [...]

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Clips from Talking Guitars

Clips from the 2007 documentary Talking Guitars have been posted to YouTube featuring Jackson Browne and Carly Simon.
In the first clip below Jackson and David Lindley perform “Too Many Angels” from I’m Alive. Jackson’s album from 1993.
The second video is the first of two clips featuring Carly where she does an exquisite solo acoustic version [...]

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Read*Mezzanine likes Why

For its Greatest Songs of All-Time series, blogger Read*Mezzanine takes a look at Carly Simon’s collaboration with Chic for the song “Why” from the soundtrack to Soup For One.
Creating a loping, reggae-tinged beat, [Bernard] Edwards and [Nile] Rodgers dressed the track up with treated piano stabs (which would go on to become a staple in [...]

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Snicks likes Carly Simon’s You Know What To Do

The blog The 80’s According to Snicks is publishing a series of posts revealing The 100 Greatest Pop Singles of the 80’s. Carly Simon’s song “You Know What to Do” from her album Hello Big Man was ranked at #91. About the song:
Flop single from flop album “Hello Big Man”. Seriously underrated, it peaked at [...]

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GoodReads.com likes Girls Like Us

A user at GoodReads.com has written a review of Sheila Weller’s Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation.
Many of my friends went through experiences echoing those of these three women… And it wasn’t easy for them. They were smart, ambitious and driven by the need to [...]

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Wolfgang’s Vault: James Taylor Carnegie Hall 1974

Wolfgang’s Vault has posted a recording of the May 26, 1974 show of James Taylor at Carnegie Hall in New York City, which features a surprise appearance by Carly Simon. There’s a great write-up that accompanies the audio files, which gives historic context to the concert as well as a review of the performance.
Here we [...]

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Book Bloggers: Girls Like Us Top 10 Nonfiction of 2008

LiteraryEscapism.com has posted the results of their massive year-end poll of the Best Books of 2008, based on the input of 69 different book review bloggers and 1,300 individual voters. Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller landed at #8 in the Non-fiction [...]

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