‘A sense of Ocean’s 11’: the fascinating true story behind We Are the World
In the Netflix documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, A-listers from Stevie Wonder to Michael Jackson come together for the recording of an iconic song
November 2023
‘He’s a man with a fork in a world of soup’: the bitterest music-duo spats
With Hall & Oates now saying ‘no can do’ to their partnership, we look at the other pop pairs who fell out of harmony
September 2023
‘The most fun!’ Paul Simon unveils collaboration with The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse illustrator
Paul Simon says he is ‘beginning to’ accept his hearing loss
May 2023
Paul Simon: Seven Psalms review – a surprise and a revelation
The veteran singer-songwriter ponders faith and mortality in seven beautiful, impressionistic movements
August 2022
Mo Ostin, US record exec who signed Jimi Hendrix and the Kinks, dies aged 95
Headhunted by Frank Sinatra, the head of Warner/Reprise oversaw classic releases by the likes of Neil Young, Fleetwood Mac and Prince
February 2022
Lord of the bling: Peter Jackson tops Forbes highest paid entertainer list
Get Back and Lord of the Rings director made an estimated $580m last year, topping annual list that also features Bruce Springsteen, Dwayne Johnson and Kanye West
September 2021
Global Citizen Live: Lizzo lets us know pop and protest still go together
Unlike the Covid comeback gig last month, the annual concert-with-a-message survived the climate crisis
April 2021
Paul Simon sells song catalogue to Sony for undisclosed sum
Singer-songwriter joins Bob Dylan, Neil Young and more by cashing in on their intellectual property
February 2020
Joseph Shabalala, Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder, dies aged 78
South African government pays tribute to singer whose group gained worldwide fame after collaborating for Paul Simon’s Graceland
August 2019
Outside Lands: Paul Simon gives a performance befitting of American cultural history
After marking his final tour last year, the 77-year-old musician returned with his classics songbook and the Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir
March 2019
Be My Baby to Bridge Over Troubled Water: Hal Blaine's greatest performances
Hal Blaine, one of pop’s most prolific drummers, has died. Whether it was raw garage rock or jazz experimentation, he was seemingly capable of anything
October 2018
Saturday Night Live recap
Saturday Night Live: Kanye and Trump leave Seth Meyers asking REALLY!?!
The rapper has dominated the season – it would have been fitting to end on Paul Simon and Bridge Over Troubled Water
September 2018
Sound of Silence: Paul Simon bows out with final concert in Queens
Paul Simon: In the Blue Light review – wistful new treatments of old gems
August 2018
Autumn arts preview 2018
Big noise: the essential pop, jazz and folk music of autumn 2018
And the band played on: how to grow old gracefully in pop
July 2018
Readers recommend
Readers recommend playlist: songs about obsolete things
From Paul Simon’s Kodachrome to Nick Lowe’s Switch Board Susan, a journey back in time
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Paul Simon review – a poet and his 15-man band
If Paul Simon has anything left to prove after six decades in music, his final live tour of Britain dispels all doubts
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The 10 best Paul Simon albums – ranked!
As the singer plays his last ever UK shows this week, we rank his greatest albums, from 1965’s Paul Simon Songbook to 2016’s Stranger to Stranger
