Paul Simon News

A worldwide superstar, Hugh Masekela pioneered world music in the 60's as one of the first to create Afro-jazz and then reintroduced South African music to the west during his Graceland tour with Paul Simon.

Rhythm Watch Co. was sued by singer Paul Simon who accused the Japanese clockmaker of violating his copyright by using the song ``Bridge Over Troubled Water'' in its products.

US SINGER Paul Simon wants a musical clock distributor to ease his mind by not using Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Remember the bad Paul Simon movie "One Trick Pony"? While it had nothing to do with a band with one idea hammered home until the joke is tired, I was thinking of the title while listening to "A Punk Elvis ...

We've seen the literally explosive video for Ratatat's toe and shrapnel-tapping " Mirando " and before that offered a more plaintive taste of LP3 with the purring down-tempo prog of " Shiller ." Now the NYC duo ...

Rise of the Vampire Weekend : How a preppy New York rock band made it big with no album and a boost from the blogosphere.

It's time for a mid-summer treat: Walnut Creek's Broadway Plaza will be the setting for three free jazz concerts this month.

Zydeco musician Dwayne "Dopsie" Rubin has appeared on "Good Morning America," "20/20" and the Super Bowl XXIV halftime show.

Paul Simon was singing all about it as thousands of revellers were Slip Slidin Away during a wet Cornbury festival at the weekend.

Celebrities select their top iPod tunes... and a few guilty pleasures too Have your say: What's your guilty pleasure? Show me your iPod and I'll show you mine... Sue Lawley, newsreader "My iPod is newish and ...

Coyote Ragtime Show . Sounds like a musical or something, but then so did Cowboy Bebop , with which it maybe has a little in common.

So it was that a hot, muggy June morning found us on our way to visit Graceland , the home of Elvis Presley.

Africa is not a monolith. Africa is not even Africa : the outsider bastardization kicked off in earnest when the Roman misnomer of a finite North African region was allowed to stand for the entire continent.

Eric Hutchinson & Marie Digby Dreamy singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson plays piano-based melodic pop-rock, with strong soulful vocals and whimsical jazzy undertones.

They might be Vampires: Rostam Batmanglij, Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and Christopher Tomson of Vampire Weekend When a band garners the kind of music-blog praise earned by New York pop-rock quartet Vampire Weekend ...

This week's videos showcase two singers from different generations who are both popular attractions on the St.

Add Edie Brickell 's name to the list of all-stars who will appear at the June 7 gala celebrating the renovation and expansion of the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts.

With his band Islands' 2006 debut, Return to the Sea , Nick Thorburn proved how vital Paul Simon's latter-day efforts, Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints , were to indie's pop kids.

Michael H. Hodges / The Detroit News Headlining this year's Festival of the Arts in Midtown will be South Africa's "Mama Africa," Miriam Makeba, festival organizers announced Monday.

An agent for actor and director Sydney Pollack says the Academy Award winner has died.