Music icon Art Garfunkel/Image: Getty Images
The 84-year-old musician said Trump’s policies and actions had left him alarmed, while also expressing concern about climate change, rising water levels and global hunger. Because of his opposition to President Donald Trump’s administration, art Garfunkel , the eight-time Grammy-winning singer, says he is considering leaving the United States.
His recent work includes Father and Son, an album made with his son Art Jr, and “Authorship”, a track featuring an excerpt from his 2017 memoir over an AI-generated piano arrangement. Garfunkel has received eight Grammy Awards, including a Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. The song was created for a compilation produced in collaboration with the technology company ElevenLabs.
Simon & Garfunkel have reunited for performances over the years, including a 1981 concert in New York’s Central Park attended by hundreds of thousands of people. Their last tour took place in 2010.
Their 1957 song “Hey, Schoolgirl” became a hit, but the duo later separated as Garfunkel continued his education. His career began in childhood. Garfunkel met Simon at school in Queens, New York, and the pair recorded together before finding early success as Tom & Jerry.