A personal web site dedicated to those of us for whom the music is enough.
Art Podell
Encino, CA
United States
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"I thought I was watching and listening to Will Rogers with an Ivy League education and maybe that's true, but your humor and songs - both touching and delightful - was better and much more enjoyable than his lasso"
-Herb Freed, Film-maker, novelist and friend
I'll be on the air tomorrow. This will be the first show I have produced entirely at home and uploaded for airing.We go on the air Saturday morning April 18,2020 from 6 to 8 am Pacific Time. You can stream or listen later by going to the KPFK Website archive page. 
My regular column and occasional CD and concert review
for the wonderful Folkworks.org Newsletter.
Check it out here
Columbia/Sony Records has released both albums:
Art and Paul
"Songs Of Earth And Sky"
"Hangin', Drinkin', and Stuff"
Albums were originally recorded in 1960-61 at the legendary Columbia 30th Street Studio in Manhattan. Each take was direct to 4 inchtape. No edits, punches, or overdubs. Sound like this has never been duplicated. Check it ourfor yourself. At the time we were regulars in Greenwich Village, sharing the stage with Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey, Odetta, and a host of soon to be legends of the early folk revival of the sixties.
Both albums are available on all the streaming services: Amazon, Spotify, etc.
Be sure to type in both headings along with the album titles:
Art & Paul
and
Art and Paul
Art and Paul were then. This is what I'm doing now!
And here's my last one:
I've added a page with some of my recent songs. Pretty much raw and unadorned, recorded here at home. I'll keep adding to the collection as I write and record them. Writing is a passion and there are few pleasures that compare with finishing a new song. I hope you enjoy what you hear.... Just click the New Songs link to the right in order to listen...and oh yes, there are some New Videos too. Click the link to the right.
And.... a musical video of an actual crime
(Click on the link above for details)
My CD, 'From the Village to the Canyon' was featured in the Grammy Museum Gift Shop for the length of the exhibition and I was honored to be part of the onstage panel on opening night.
On CD Baby, Amazon and Itunes. If you would like a signed copy, please email me and purchase it from this web site. I'd be happy to do this for you.
Radio DJ's and Programmers can download hi-res tracks of "From The Village to the Canyon" here
To purchase from CD Baby, CLICK HERE
Personal appearance information
'From The Village To The Canyon
A Folksinger's Journey'
(a show based on true life stories...well...er..)
Stories, Incredible music, Shameless Fabrications and Ramblings
Visual projection can be included
contact here for show and booking information
Yet a work in progress.... what can I say?
Well, I'm being talked into finishing this series up. So...I've begun to assemble, write, edit a series of chapters chronicling the life and times of a folk-singer starting from my early days in Greenwich Village (1955 - can you believe it?) through my experiences coming to California, Art and Paul, The New Christy Minstrels and the little stuff that happened along the way that I had no idea were part of history. I'll keep y'all posted on progress. I need some encouragement, so if you want to drop me a line and encourage me, please do so. I also encourage folks to wait until it's published before you contact your lawyers. Nuff said... back to the study.... Art
For a few samples in no particular chronological order, go here and find your way. I promise that once it's done, it will be more organized.
Art Podell
Encino, CA
United States
art