CD Review: Paul Simon

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Paul Simon
Graceland : 25th Anniversary Edition
Legacy
By David Chiu

Nowadays, Paul Simon’s album Graceland is considered an undisputed classic, and South Africa’s policy of apartheid is ancient history. But it was a much different world back when the album was first released back in 1986. As highlighted in the wonderful new documentary Paul Simon’s Graceland Journey: Under African Skies, the record was initially met with much controversy amid the facts that Simon went to and recorded in South Africa at the time of the UN cultural boycott. Continue reading “CD Review: Paul Simon”

CD Review: Paul Simon

Paul Simon
Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin’ Simon
Still Crazy After All These Years
By David Chiu

Given the body of work that he established in the ‘60s with partner Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon had no problem duplicating that success in the ‘70s as a solo artist. Continue reading “CD Review: Paul Simon”