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from Ans, 2012-01-24
22:34:59 | Simon and Marsalis in Rare Collaboration
By JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR.
The New York Times, January 24, 2012.
Paul Simon and Wynton Marsalis will give three concerts together in April, performing Mr. Simon’s songs in a rare collaboration between one of the leading pop song writers of the last 50 years and the virtuoso jazz trumpet player, Jazz at Lincoln Center announced Tuesday. The concerts will be staged at the Rose Theater at the organization’s headquarters on Columbus Circle.
The first will be at a gala on April 18 to honor Lisa Schiff for her leadership as chairwoman of the Jazz at Lincoln Center board. Two more concerts will be given for the general public on April 19 and 20. Entitled “The Paul Simon Songbook,” the performances will cover songs from Mr. Simon’s entire career, arranged by Mr. Marsalis and other members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Mr. Simon and Mr. Marsalis have worked together twice, but they have never performed a full-length concert with each other. Mr. Simon will bring his own sidemen, and Aaron Neville will join the ensemble on some songs.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/simon
-to-do-some-rhymin-with-wynton-marsalis/
http://jalc.org/concerts/details309a.asp?EventID=3
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from Ans, 2012-01-21
12:31:40 | This year will be the 25th anniversary of Graceleand. More information can be found on http://www.paulsimon.com
Information about the documentary at the site below, left menu shows the dates in some theatres.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment/5331727
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Paul Simon’s Grammy-winning album Graceland – an irresistible and groundbreaking fusion of American and South African pop music — was an immediate hit when it was released in 1986. It also proved to be a lightning rod for controversy, after South African leaders protested that Simon had broken the cultural boycott of the nation’s oppressively racist apartheid regime. In the documentary Under African Skies, premiering on Sunday at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Simon returns to South Africa — which formally ended apartheid in 1994 — 25 years after Graceland‘s release. Director Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills) follows Simon as he reunites with his South African collaborators, and revisits the controversy the album caused, while luminaries like Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, and Paul McCartney share their thoughts on what the album meant to them.
Check out the exclusive trailer below:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/01/20/under-africa
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from Ben, 2011-12-14
17:34:08 | Paul Simon and Homeward Bound, and little old Widnes in Cheshire UK were mentioned on BBC The One Show last week.
I was invited to play and talk about Paul as I also play for the UK´s leading tribute to Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, The Sounds of Simon.
The film was to commemorate Paul writing Homeward Bound in Widnes in 1965. He actually didn´t of course, as this film goes on to explain.
Interviewed in the film are Geoff Speed, who booked Paul for Ł12 to play at his club, and who Paul stayed with during his time in Widnes. The film catches up with Chris, who sang in Paul´s support act that night, The Black Diamonds. There is also some great archive footage of Paul on children´s BBC in the late 80s.
I got to pretend to be Paul, playing in the now disused Windsor Rooms in Widnes, which is where Paul played way back in 65.
Take a look at the film, it´s available here on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ypv0bfuCAQ
Enjoy!
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from Scaaty, 2011-11-12
19:14:22 | Harmony in the House as TDs eye up Christmas No 1 spot
Sat, Nov 12, 2011
THEY MAY not always be top of the pops with the public, but a cross-party collection of TDs and Senators are set to nab the Christmas number one spot in Ireland this year with a song to promote suicide awareness.
A stellar cast, assembled by first-time deputy Derek Keating of Fine Gael, is gathering in a Dublin recording studio today to lay down their special version of Bridge Over Troubled Water, and shoot a video to go with it.
Eighteen politicians have signed up for singing duty – leading the way will be Ministers Joan Burton and Simon Coveney. The group will be joined by the combined forces of the Dublin Gospel Choir and LGS – a gospel choir from Lucan.
This is a fully professional production, with Jim Sheridan, the musical director of the Late Late Show overseeing the project. The company Noel Recruitment has agreed to become the main sponsor.
Dublin Mid West TD Keating is executive producer, along with businessman Dave Kearney. They have been planning the recording since early summer and it has been one of the best-kept secrets in Leinster House.
Derek Keating is a director of the Pieta House organisation, which is based in Dublin but has outreach centres around the country. “My intention is to promote suicide awareness and raise much-needed funds for Pieta House in the process. The suicide figures here are frightening and we still don’t have conclusive numbers. People need to know we care and that there is support available for them,” he said yesterday.
A full rehearsal took place in the Leinster House AV Room on Monday morning. “It went far better than anyone envisioned. It’s going to be absolutely powerful. I can’t wait to hear the final result.” Keating and his Dáil assistant, Tommy Morris, made sure to put together a strong team of singers from both and Dáil and Seanad and from all parties and the Independents. “I think when people listen to the song, they’ll be very surprised. All concerned have worked really hard to get it right,” said Morris.
People will be pleasantly surprised by the singing skills of some of their elected representatives. They won’t be hiding in the chorus either – they all make solo contributions.
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from Bodo, 2011-11-11
10:39:18 | When the sounds of silence threatened to delay his show for an hour or more Sunday night, singer-songwriter Paul Simon put on an impromptu preshow in the atrium lobby of the Civic Center Music Hall so his fans wouldn´t be kept waiting.
From: http://newsok.com/paul-simon-performs-impromptu-lo
bby-show-at-civic-center/article/3621035#ixzz1dO7c
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Problems arose when a processor that runs Simon´s sound board failed, according to a news release. As crews backstage worked to fix the issue and transfer Simon´s sound programs to the Civic Center´s house board, a bigger question arose; what to do with the 2,500 fans already seated to see Simon play?
Simon came up with the solution himself. According to Civic Center Events Manager Richard Charnay, the audience was escorted back out to the lobby where Simon, his band, plus members of opening act the Punch Brothers, were ready and waiting to greet fans with an acoustic set, complete with Simon and Garfunkel favorites and a few collaborative offerings. More than 2,000 patrons stood in the atrium lobby on all levels of the performance hall to watch the impromptu show.
After the lobby show, Simon thanked the crowd for its patience and told them he´d see them back inside.
At 8:30 p.m., one hour after the original start time, the Punch Brothers, then Simon took to the stage and put on a full set that lasted until almost 11 p.m.
Read more: http://newsok.com/paul-simon-performs-impromptu-lo
bby-show-at-civic-center/article/3621035#ixzz1dO7j
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from webwizardmi, 2011-10-07
20:04:59 | http://www.archive.org/details/Manao_Radio_Web_Wiz
ard_Mike_Monday_April_25_2011
Use this link to listen to the archive of one of my past 3-hour radio broadcasts consisting entirely of Paul Simon cover songs (all written by Paul and performed by someone else).
Michael Elam hosts a radio show on Maui´s own listener-supported Mana´o Radio KEAO-LP 91.5 FM every Monday evening from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. During this broadcast on April 25, 2011 Mike played many great Paul Simon songs all performed by other artists. From Ray Charles to Peter & Gordon to Alison Krauss to The Ventures to Herbie Hancock and beyond, it was an evening of Simon & Garfunkel/Paul Simon favorites unlike any you’ve ever heard.
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from Bodo, 2011-10-02
23:08:58 | On Saturday night Paul Simon played his 1973 hit American Tune during his induction into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The induction ceremony took place in Sanders Theater at Harvard University.
Founded in 1780, the Cambridge, Mass. based academy is one of the country´s oldest learned societies. Its membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates, some 100 Pulitzer Prize winners and many of the world´s most celebrated artists and performers.
It is nice to see Paul inducted into so many honorable institutions, but did anyone ever realize that Paul Simon has no star on the Walk of fame in Hollywood ? Even musicians from outside the states have their own star on that street...
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