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===1996β2006: Resurgence=== Garfunkel's live 1996 concert ''[[Across America (album)|Across America]]'' (UK No. 35), recorded at the registry hall on [[Ellis Island]], featured musical guests [[James Taylor]], Garfunkel's wife, Kim, and their son James.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Neil |date=April 16, 1996 |title=Pop Review; Pausing from His Trek, Art Garfunkel Performs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/16/arts/pop-review-pausing-from-his-trek-art-garfunkel-performs.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213173745/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/16/arts/pop-review-pausing-from-his-trek-art-garfunkel-performs.html |archive-date=February 13, 2023 |access-date=February 13, 2023 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Garfunkel performed the theme song for the 1991 television series ''[[Brooklyn Bridge (TV series)|Brooklyn Bridge]]'' and "The Ballad of Buster Baxter" for a 1998 episode of the children's educational television series ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]'', where he was depicted as a singing moose.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Art Garfunkel Website {{!}} 1998 |url=http://www.artgarfunkel.com/chrono/1998.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222070958/http://www.artgarfunkel.com/chrono/1998.html |archive-date=December 22, 2007}}</ref> Garfunkel's performance of [[Monty Python]] member [[Eric Idle]]'s "[[Always Look on the Bright Side of Life]]" was used in the end credits of the 1997 film ''[[As Good as It Gets]]''. In 2003, Garfunkel made his debut as a songwriter on his ''[[Everything Waits to Be Noticed]]'' album. Teaming up with singer-songwriters [[Maia Sharp]] and Buddy Mondlock, the album contained several songs which were originally poems written by Garfunkel. In 2003, Simon and Garfunkel reunited again for a successful world tour that extended into 2004.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Knopper |first=Steve |date=August 9, 2004 |title=Simon Garfunkel Conquer β Music News |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/simon-garfunkel-conquer-20040809 |url-status=dead |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718205914/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/simon-garfunkel-conquer-20040809 |archive-date=July 18, 2017 |access-date=November 21, 2011}}</ref> That same year, his song "Sometimes When I'm Dreaming" from ''The Art Garfunkel Album'' (1984) (written by [[Mike Batt]]) was re-recorded by [[ABBA]] singer [[Agnetha FΓ€ltskog]] on her album ''[[My Colouring Book]]''. In 2006, Garfunkel signed with [[Rhino Records]] (revived [[Atco Records]]), releasing his first Rhino/Atco album ''[[Some Enchanted Evening (Art Garfunkel album)|Some Enchanted Evening]]'' in the United States on January 30, 2007.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=New Art Garfunkel CD β Rhino Press Release #455 |date=November 17, 2006 |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |url=http://www.rhino.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=455 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620150759/http://www.rhino.com/rzine/pressrelease.lasso?PRID=455 |archive-date=June 20, 2009}}</ref> The album was a dedicated celebration of pop standards of Garfunkel's childhood.
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