if I like simon and garfunkel......

[ac1d1ty]

What other artists etc would you recommend?


just curious. Heard a few songs a day or so ago and liked them.

 

[Bennie-Mac]

Try here: http://www.last.fm/music/Simon+%26+Garfunkel/+similar

Should be something in there that suits

 

[lcg]

I recommend Bob Dylan.

Also, I recommend listening to Paul Simon's solo discography, particularly Graceland (1986)

 

[Vonhelmet]

The Beach Boys for the vocal harmonies.

 

[Cosimo]

Try Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

 

[Naffa]

Try Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Absolutely.

Going off slightly, you could check out James Taylor (one of my favourites of all time), or Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam. Dylan would be another, as mentioned above, Kate Rusby, to name a few more.

 

[semi-pro waster]

You might also like Al Stewart, Gerry Rafferty or Gallacher & Lyle. Not necessarily exactly alike but definitely worth a listen anyway.

 

[4T5]

Herb Albert.

 

[Makunouchi]

Oh man, if only I wasn't so hungover. I'd educate you.

But I am.


So I won't.

 

[Wolfman Jack]

Herb Albert.

LOL

My mum had all his albums, grew up having to listen to them. We got revenge by playing them at 78rpm

 

[Cosimo]

Herb Albert.

I bet you still play him today.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

Simon & Garfunkel's heroes were the Everly Brothers

 

[IceBus]

Elliott Smith - a bit darker than Simon and Garfunkel, but otherwise brilliant.

If you're after good folk Dylan, I'd say check out the albums "The Times They Are A-Changin" and "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan".

 

[Lonewolf]

For something along the same lines, but with a modern twist you could give Mumford & Sons a listen to.

 

[Vonhelmet]

Simon & Garfunkel's heroes were the Everly Brothers

Offtopic, but I have an Everly Brothers signature model acoustic guitar which is older than I am.

 

[GeezerButler]

Fleet Foxes

 

[Youstolemyname]

Kings of Convenience are very very similar

 

[chris74]

Watch this. LA: From the Byrds to the Eagles

Not only a fantastic documentary but a catalogue of fantastic bands that started off the folk revival.

You'll find fantastic bands in there but if you cba and you should, then theres Joni Mitchell, The Eagles, Cosby stills Nash and Young, Jackson Browne, Carole King, Buffalo Springfield, James Taylor etc etc all fantastic in their own right and I do highly recommend this fantastic piece of BBC journalism and I dont often say that.

 

[Ant84]

Elliott Smith - a bit darker than Simon and Garfunkel, but otherwise brilliant.

If you're after good folk Dylan, I'd say check out the albums "The Times They Are A-Changin" and "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan".

A bit darker?! Yeah, just a tad.

On a serious note, Elliott Smith is my all time favourite artist, and I'm a big Simon & Garfunkel fan.

 

[IceBus]

I didn't want to put him off The subject matter is obviously pretty dark, but songs like "Rose Parade" sound cheery, even if they aren't! I'm also a huge Elliott Smith fan, having only discovered him recently.