Paul Simon

jazz Pop Progressive Rock 

How Sting Built The Soul Cages 30 Years Ago

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1991, A&M Records, All This Time, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon, Sting, The Last Ship, The Police, The Soul Cages

Looking back at the Policeman’s understated triumph as songpoet and stealth-progger

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Folk Pop 

Hello Darkness: Simon & Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence Turns 55

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1966, Art Garfunkel, Chromatics, Disturbed, Glen Campbell, Hal Blaine, Joe Osborn, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon, Red House Painters, Simon & Garfunkel, Sounds of Silence, The Sound of Silence, The Wrecking Crew, Tom Wilson, Vinnie Bell

The folk rock duo’s second album was the one that saved them, and us

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Blues Rock 

Two Trains Running: The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds and the Blues-Rock Explosion of 1965

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1965, Bruce Springsteen, Chrissie Hynde, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Having A Rave Up With The Yardbirds, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Junior Wells & Buddy Guy, Led Zeppelin, Link Wray, Lou Reed, Neil Young, Paul Butterfield, Paul Simon, Rick Nelson, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, The Band, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Yardbirds

The duel between these blues rock classics helped bring 1965 to a landing with a bang

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Country and/or Western Soundtracks and Film Scores 

“The Lure of Irresponsibility”: Willie Nelson’s Honeysuckle Rose Turns 40

August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1980, 40th Anniversary, Amy Irving, Dyan Cannon, Emmylou Harris, Hank Cochran, Honeysuckle Rose, Johnny Gimble, On The Road Again, One Trick Pony, Paul Simon, Willie Nelson

Loosely based on the 1939 film Intermezzo, the Red Headed Stranger’s hit Hollywood turn introduced him to a new generation of music fans

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Blues Rock 

Dion’s American Tune

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Blues With Friends, Bruce Springsteen, Dion, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Vivino, Patti Scialfa, Paul Simon, Rory Block, Sam Cooke, Samantha Fish, Van Morrison

On Blues With Friends, Mr. DiMucci enters his seventh decade in rock with a gang of famous pals

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Folk Pop 

So Long, Simon & Garfunkel: ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ at 50

February 11, 2020February 12, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1970, 3 A.M., 50th anniversary, Art Garfunkel, Baby Driver, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecilia, DJ Dick Summer, Edgar Wright, Fred Carter, Hal Blaine, Jr, Larry Knechtel, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, So Long Frank Lloyd Wright, The Boxer, The Boxer on SNL, The Everly Brothers, The Harmony Game, Wednesday Morning, Wrecking Crew

The duo’s final official studio LP together remains pop’s fondest farewell

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Pop Rock 

Goodbye Paulie, King of Corona

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Farewell Concert, Graceland, NY, Paul Simon, Queens, Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon’s farewell chronicled the beauty, and death, of American togetherness

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Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

Remembering 9/11 Through Song

September 11, 2018September 13, 2018 Ron Hart 3 Comments 9/11, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, Neil Young, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Willie Nelson

Watch these stirring performances from the America: A Tribute to Heroes Telethon

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