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| | Paul Simon receive´s the Polar Music Prize | | Paul Simon is this years recipient of the Polar Musik Prize. The price was created by the manager of ABBA, Stikkan Anderson, in 1989. The jury´s motivation is as follows: ´The Polar Music Prize 2012 is awarded to Paul Simon. Nobody else is more deserving of the epithet of -world-class songwriter.” For five decades, Paul Simon has built bridges not only over troubled waters but over entire oceans by (re)joining the world’s continents with his music. With consummate skill, innovative arrangements and provocative lyrics that never fail to capture the currents of his age, Paul Simon has compiled a library of songs which will remain open to future generations.´ Amongst previous winners are Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Smith, BB King, Björk, Ennio Morricone & Burt Bacharach. The price sum is one million Swedish kronor and it will be given at a ceremony in Stockholm the August 28. The Swedish king Carl XVI Gustaf will be the one who gives out the price. http://www.gp. se/kulturnoje/ 1.937151-polar priset-till-si mon-och-yo-yo- ma?adapt_wid=s t_gp_wgt1& adapt_group=2& amp;adapt_ma=2 38&adapt_m p=1 http://www.pol armusicprize.o rg http://en.wiki pedia.org/wiki /Polar_Music_P rize
| | First dates Graceland Tour confirmed. | | Paul Simon will headline Hard Rock Calling 2012 on Sunday 15 July in London’s Hyde Park. http://www.pau lsimon.com/us/ news/paul-simo n-confirmed-he adline-hard-ro ck-calling-201 2-july-15th-hy de-park PAUL SIMON has confirmed a show at The O2 in Dublin, Thursday 12 July 2012. Included in the evening will be a special performance of his Graceland album and will feature Ladysmith Black Mambazo. http://www.aik enpromotions.c om/index.php?o ption=com_cont ent&catid= 1&id=1361& amp;view=artic le
| | Paul & Edie team up on new benefit project | | Model Christy Turlington Burns is teaming with Starbucks to release Every Mother Counts 2012, the second album to benefit the organization she founded of the same name. Every Mother Counts is an awareness and mobilization campaign to reduce the maternal mortality rate on a global scale. The new collection, available at Starbucks exclusively from May 1st to May 29th to celebrate Mother´s Day, features a slew of A-list acts, including David Bowie, Sting, Faith Hill and Lauryn Hill. In addition, there are several previously unreleased tracks, highlighted by Coldplay´s acoustic ´Yellow,´ Bono and the Edge´s acoustic ´Original of the Species,´ Eddie Vedder´s ´Skipping´ and husband-and-wi fe team Paul Simon and Edie Brickell teaming on ´Pretty Day.´ Read the whole article here: http://www.rol lingstone.com/ music/news/bon o-coldplay-edd ie-vedder-cont ribute-unrelea sed-songs-to-n ew-compilation -20120308 And here you can see the cover: http://somethi ngelsereviews. com/2012/03/08 /new-benefit-p roject-to-incl ude-tracks-by- u2-pearl-jam-d avid-bowie-pau l-simon-sting- others/
| | Paul Simon to perform at Lincoln Center. | |
Trisha Yearwood, Paul Simon and Josh Groban to perform April 2 at -A Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream” at Lincoln Center On April 2, at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center, musical artists and stars will come together to show their support for a special evening billed as -A Celebration of Paul Newman’s Dream,” to benefit Paul Newman’s Association of Hole in the Wall Camps. The event will feature performances by world-renowned performing artists, the campers themselves and a special announcement about the association’s global network of camps. Performances will include Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominat ed musicians: Owasso resident Trisha Yearwood, Josh Groban and Paul Simon, as well as additional surprise musical performances throughout the evening and appearances by Jake Gyllenhaal and Jimmy Fallon, with more to be announced. Ticket sales from the evening – which is supported by Newman’s Own Foundation and hosted by Joanne Woodward, produced by Kevin Duncan and directed by Josh Rhodes – will benefit Paul Newman’s family of camps and programs supporting children facing serious illnesses from around the world. Read the whole article here: http://blog.ne wsok.com/bamsb log/2012/02/29 /trisha-yearwo od-paul-simon- and-josh-groba n-to-perform-a pril-2-at-a-ce lebration-of-p aul-newmans-dr eam-at-lincoln -center/
| | Writers´ group honors Berry, Cohen. | | Paul honored his major influence in music, Chuck Berry. Paul was in the jury of the Writers´ group that honored Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. BOSTON (AP) — Rock ´n roll icons Chuck Berry and Leonard Cohen received PEN New England´s inaugural award for Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence on Sunday. The jury for the award was itself filled with impressive writers, including Bono, Rosanne Cash, Elvis Costello, Paul Muldoon, Smokey Robinson, Salman Rushdie and Paul Simon. Simon introduced Berry, saying he was rightfully considered a ´great poet of teenage life´ but was much more than that. He went on to read and remark on the lyrics to what he called some of his favorite Berry songs, including ´Maybellene,´ ´´Johnny B. Goode´ and ´Long Distance Information.´ Simon hung the award medal on Berry´s neck and in a move that surprised the event organizers, the 85-year-old Berry picked up an electric guitar and played ´Johnny B. Goode´ to enthusiastic applause. You can read the whole article here: http://www.del marvanow.com/a rticle/2012022 6/ENTERTAINMEN T/120226013/Wr iters-group-ho nors-rock-sing ers-Berry-Cohe n?odyssey=nav% 7Chead
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Paul Simon concert Reviews
| | Richmond 2011-11-29 | | Paul Simon. November 29, 2011.
Landmark Theater. Richmond, VA. Paul Simon can still Rock n’ Roll. I’m not saying I ever doubted him, but if anyone did, they were wrong. With a musical catalog spanning nearly 50 years from the first Simon & Garfunkel album in 1964 to his first solo record in 1972 to the 2011 release So Beautiful Or So What, through two Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nods, 12 Grammy Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award and countless other honors, Paul Simon’s career speaks for i
| | Akron 2011-11-23 | | After 70 years, Paul Simon himself hasn´t changed one bit. But his music certainly has. This was very evident in last night´s show at the University of Akron´s E.J. Thomas Hall. After a great performance by the opening act, the ´Mumford and Sons´-esque ´Punch Brothers´, Paul and his band took the stage at about 8:30, opening with ´The Boy in the Bubble´ from ´Graceland.´ Paul then played a track from his current album ´So Beautiful or So What´ called ´Dazzling Blue.´ The next song was his only #
| | Bloomington 2011-11-20 | | I was visiting old friends, a Thanksgiving tradition. I come to southern Indiana a couple times a year. I used to live here. When they told me Paul Simon was playing IU Auditorium on Sunday night, I said WHAT?! Let’s go!! We found a great deal on last minute tickets online (6th row, side, excellent sight lines, and just beneath the line array mains). When I saw the array of instrumentatio n I got excited. I knew nothing about the tour, other than it was for his new CD, So Beautiful or So What, wh
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