Carly Simon

Carly Simon Became a Pop Rom-Com Queen with ‘Coming Around Again’

Carly Simon Became a Pop Rom-Com Queen with ‘Coming Around Again’

Carly Simon adapted to the glossier, smoother sounds of 1980s soft-rock, spinning yarns of upper-class anxiety in Coming Around Again.

Carly Simon’s ‘No Secrets’ Created the Bond We Feel with Singer-Songwriter Music

Carly Simon’s ‘No Secrets’ Created the Bond We Feel with Singer-Songwriter Music

Carly Simon’s No Secrets established what’s known as the “Carly Simon Principle”: the bond we feel with singer-songwriter music and how fans map their own meaning onto popular songs.

Carly Simon Performed at an Unpublicized Concert at Grand Central Station in 1995

Carly Simon Performed at an Unpublicized Concert at Grand Central Station in 1995

Carly Simon’s literate, confessional songwriting opened the door for other artists to do the same, including Olivia Rodrigo, Sara Bareilles, and Taylor Swift.

The 10 Best Carly Simon Albums

The 10 Best Carly Simon Albums

Carly Simon is one of pop’s greatest chroniclers of the human heart with a song for almost every shade of feeling. These are the 10 best Carly Simon albums.

Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”

Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”

In light of the March 2017 announcement of "American Pie" being preserved in the Library of Congress, let's not forget other songs of the '70s that matter just as much.
Tales From the Trees: An Interview With Carly Simon

Tales From the Trees: An Interview With Carly Simon

In her best-selling memoir Boys in the Trees, Grammy and Oscar winner Carly Simon finds Orpheus, fights the Beast, and shares the moment she saw clouds in her coffee.
Carly Simon: Spoiled Girl (Expanded Edition)

Carly Simon: Spoiled Girl (Expanded Edition)

Yuppie drama in expanded version of Carly Simon’s Spoiled Girl. Cult masterpiece or cult disaster?

What James Bond Can’t Teach You About British Music History

20 Questions: Ben Taylor

Carly Simon: This Kind of Love

Saudade: A Conversation with Carly Simon

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