Paul Simon
Global Citizen Live: Lizzo lets us know pop and protest still go together
Unlike the Covid comeback gig last month, the annual concert-with-a-message survived the climate crisis
Rob LeDonne
26, Sep, 2021 @3:51 PM
Paul Simon sells song catalogue to Sony for undisclosed sum
Singer-songwriter joins Bob Dylan, Neil Young and more by cashing in on their intellectual property
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
01, Apr, 2021 @7:58 AM
Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, dies aged 78
South African government pays tribute to singer whose group gained worldwide fame after collaborating for Paul Simon’s Graceland
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
11, Feb, 2020 @1:24 PM
Outside Lands: Paul Simon gives a performance befitting of American cultural history
After marking his final tour last year, the 77-year-old musician returned with his classics songbook and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir
Matthew Cantor in San Francisco
12, Aug, 2019 @6:28 PM
Be My Baby to Bridge Over Troubled Water: Hal Blaine's greatest performances
Hal Blaine, one of pop’s most prolific drummers, has died. Whether it was raw garage rock or jazz experimentation, he was seemingly capable of anything
Alexis Petridis
12, Mar, 2019 @12:08 PM
Saturday Night Live: Kanye and Trump leave Seth Meyers asking REALLY!?!
The rapper has dominated the season – it would have been fitting to end on Paul Simon and Bridge Over Troubled Water
Zach Vasquez
14, Oct, 2018 @11:14 AM
Paul Simon: In the Blue Light review – wistful new treatments of old gems
The septuagenarian singer-songwriter is joined by Wynton Marsalis and Bill Frissell on these reworkings of overlooked gems from his back catelogue
Dave Simpson
07, Sep, 2018 @7:00 AM
Big noise: the essential pop, jazz and folk music of autumn 2018
Young talents and old hands hit the road, intriguing festivals mix things up, and there’s the first posthumous release from Prince
Alexis Petridis, Robin Denselow, John Fordham and Imogen Tilden
27, Aug, 2018 @5:00 AM
And the band played on: how to grow old gracefully in pop
Madonna may have hit a birthday milestone but, from Johnny Cash’s stark admission of age to Paul McCartney’s embrace of hip young things, there’s ways to keep your music fresh
Alexis Petridis
22, Aug, 2018 @10:00 AM
Readers recommend playlist: songs about obsolete things
From Paul Simon’s Kodachrome to Nick Lowe’s Switch Board Susan, a journey back in time
Frank Mastropolo
26, Jul, 2018 @11:00 AM
Paul Simon review – a poet and his 15-man band
If Paul Simon has anything left to prove after six decades in music, his final live tour of Britain dispels all doubts
Kitty Empire
14, Jul, 2018 @11:00 AM
The 10 best Paul Simon albums – ranked!
As the singer plays his last ever UK shows this week, we rank his greatest albums, from 1965’s Paul Simon Songbook to 2016’s Stranger to Stranger
Alexandra Pollard
13, Jul, 2018 @6:30 AM
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