Carly Simon

Carly Simon's 20 greatest tracks – ranked!
As her debut album turns 50, we select the best work by a songwriter with a standout talent for finely drawn character studies
Alexis Petridis
04, Feb, 2021 @1:00 PM

Carly Simon on turning down Donald Trump: 'I thought he was kind of repulsive'
The singer-songwriter talks candidly about her friendship with Jackie Onassis, being humiliated by Harvey Weinstein and why she has no time for the US president
David Smith in Boston
31, Oct, 2019 @6:00 AM

The 20 greatest breakup songs ever – ranked!
On the 40th anniversary of Gloria Gaynor’s I Will Survive topping the charts – and as the UK blunders towards its own acrimonious divorce – here’s the definitive list of tear-stained stonkers
Alexis Petridis
14, Mar, 2019 @3:16 PM

Songs for the eclipse – 10 of the best
As the US prepares for a total solar eclipse, here are some of the best songs to enjoy as the sky goes dark
Jim Farber
20, Aug, 2017 @11:00 AM

Friday’s best TV: Jamestown; Britain Today Tonight
A new period drama from the Downton Abbey creators set in the new world of America, plus Fonejacker dons the prosthetics again to play outlandish US reporters in a spoof of the news
Ali Catterall, Andrew Mueller, Hannah Verdier, Jack Seale, Hannah J Davies, David Stubbs, Jonathan Wright
05, May, 2017 @5:10 AM

Damon Albarn: Gorillaz's new album a response to Trump's election
Band’s frontman says Humanz, the first Gorillaz album in five years, was made as a response to the ‘world going fucking nuts’
Alice Ross
09, Apr, 2017 @11:01 PM

My first love song: musicians remember the soundtracks to their teenage crushes
A shaggy Texan, a firebreathing dancer, Liz Taylor … stars relive their first loves – and the tunes that bring them back
Interviews by Paul Lester
14, Feb, 2017 @7:00 AM

Boys in the Trees by Carly Simon review – singer’s witty self-analysis
From showbiz anecdotes to illness and exploitation, this autobiography gives us Bohemia with the petals falling off
Victoria Segal
23, Dec, 2016 @4:40 PM

Chance The Rapper is the world's first truly independent artist
His fourth mixtape, Coloring Book, makes him the first artist to get an album in the Billboard 200 charts based on streams alone – is he the future of music?
Eamonn Forde
19, May, 2016 @3:21 PM

Walking on sunshine: The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco compilation
From singer-songwriter ballads to lavish soul, The Ladies of Too Slow to Disco compilation captures the creativity and optimism of female musicians in 70s California. Here some of them talk about those heady days
Joe Muggs
05, May, 2016 @5:32 PM

Boys in the Trees: A Memoir by Carly Simon review – Bond, Warren Beatty and the ‘Beast’
The You’re So Vain singer’s fabulous memoir lays bare her love life and her depressive streak
Jude Rogers
27, Dec, 2015 @8:00 AM

Boys in the Trees: A Memoir, by Carly Simon – digested read
‘Life with James Taylor was idyllic. I’d write hits. He’d go off to shoot up in the lavatory’
John Crace
06, Dec, 2015 @5:00 PM
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