Specifically, the UN declared a cultural boycott to “prevent all cultural, academic, sporting and other exchanges” of South Africa. However, Paul Simon went to South Africa anyway. Later ...

A Harrogate music event may have raised more than £17,000 for Harrogate Hospital since it was first launched but its next ...

I’ve been listening to Paul Simon on and off ever since ... Lack of a real centre meant that Simon went journeying, first to ...

Joe Berlinger's film captures Paul Simon's return to South Africa some years after the release of Graceland, contrasting the value of individual artistic expression against collective action.

Graceland began as jam sessions in South Africa. The Johannesburg recordings changed how Paul Simon wrote songs, with new chord variations and the Bagithi Khumalo bass lines shaping vocal melodies ...

At first, the title of Alex Gibney’s “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon” seems ... into the “Graceland” era, when Simon headed to South Africa to experiment with new sounds ...

The 89-year-old icon grooved to “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes,” by Paul Simon, featuring the famous South African male ... He has won the Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit Award ...

By Caryn James “People used to say I had my finger on the pulse,” Paul Simon ... as part of Simon & Garfunkel to his solo career informed by world music from Africa and South America.

By Gil Kaufman Fans will finally get to see Paul Simon dive into his songwriting ... Schoolyard,” “Loves Me Like a Rock” and the South Africa-inspired Graceland, which won the 1987 Grammy ...

Paul Simon will no longer be performing on of his ... You Can Call Me Al was inspired by Paul’s trip to South Africa, with the lyrics following the life of a man who is experiencing a midlife ...