Paul Simon

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Paul Simon isn't exactly hitting the road. The iconic singer-songwriter will be holding an unprescedented month-long residency at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, starting April first adn ending April 27th. "Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon": will feature three installments - ‘Songs from The Capeman’, ‘Under African Skies, and ‘American Tunes’ - with Simon inviting different musicians to join him for each leg. Kicking off the month-long journey through Simon'... MORE

The Brooklyn Academy of Music has an exciting lineup for this season which includes 3 very unique shows with Paul Simon, David Byrne, Grizzly Bear and others. Each show runs less than one week in April: "Songs From The Capeman" runs April 1-6, "Under African Skies" April 9-13 and "American Tunes" April 23-27. The series is collectively called "Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon". In March, Starbucks record label will release a Simon & Garfunkel live album, Li... MORE

An apt weekend for this sweet Paul Simon tune, one I've always liked  

An interesting reworking of the sound of silence as mentioned in previous post.

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Songs from The Capeman is an album released in 1997 by Paul Simon. It contains Simon's own performances of songs from the Broadway musical he wrote and produced called The Capeman augmented by members of the original cast. A departure musically from his earlier work, the album features doo wop, rock 'n' roll and Puerto Rican rhythms. The play was a commercial flop, losing $11 million and the album did not sell well. It peaked at 42 on the Billboard 200,and I own one of the... MORE

From his One Trick Pony album, and probably my favorite track "Late In The Evening".   It's not that it's so late up here in Grass Valley, just so smoky with all the wildfires in the surrounding area.

Here, Paul talks about the song writing process and it's emotional effect on the writer

I thought this song was worth another listen in light of Paul mentioning it's close relationship with "Mystery Train" Originally recorded on the One Trick Pony CD. I've always liked this song

More on Paul's history and maturation process as an artist. A very interesting narrative.

The melding of South African styles and Simon's trademark sensibility made for one of the most intriguing albums of the '80s and one I own several versions of. Love the bass line

I've always been a fan and I found this to be an interesting one way conversation about the genesis of S & G