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March 28, 2006

Paul Simon Returns With "Surprise"

Hall of Famer collaborated with Brian Eno on ninth studio album
January 30, 2006

Simon, Hancock School Berklee

Music school celebrates sixtieth birthday with stars and scholars
May 18, 2005

Wilson, Stone Honor Simon

Songwriter wins Icon award at annual BMI awards
June 23, 2004

Mambazo Singer Killed

Ben Shabalala sang with group on Simon's "Graceland"

Recordings and Reviews

Surprise

Six years ago -- after more than a decade of conceptual forays into South African mbqanga, Brazilian folk music and show tunes -- Paul Simon released You're the One, a pretty, relatively straight singer-songwriter album spiked with doses of jazzy patter and modest orchestrations. Surprise plays...

2006 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

Selections From 'The Studio Recordings"

2004

You're the One

2000

Songs From The Capeman

1997

The Rhythm Of The Saints

1990

Graceland

1986

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Biography

After the 1970 breakup of Simon and Garfunkel [see entry], Paul Simon went on confirm his stature as a first-rate songwriter and performer. His terse, exquisitely crafted songs have drawn on early rock & roll (particularly doo-wop), reggae, salsa, jazz, gospel, blues, New Orleans, and African and South American music, in some cases presaging the conscious blending of world music into mainstream po...

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