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FOUND: 2 - What They Never Told You

After he had his first hit at 15 years old, Paul Simon became one of the all-time great songwriters, but he’s a remarkable guitar player, too – and he learned his precise fingerstyle approach from the English folk masters

There is a case to be made that Paul Simon is one of the most underrated players ever, but maybe that's because he always foregrounds the song. This lesson shows just what a clever player he is

Guitar World

Tenacious D’s Trump shocker upends a career of perfectly judged musical comedy

Jack Black and Kyle Gass’s duo are on hiatus after an off-colour comment about the Trump shooting – a rare misstep after years of arena-filling antics

The Guardian - US

Paul Simon Reflects On Pivotal Central Park Concert Reunion

Explore the significance of Simon & Garfunkel's 1981 Central Park concert and the complexities of their partnership dynamics.

Top News

‘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

The Guardian - UK

‘He’s a control freak’: 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Oasis to Pink Floyd

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

The Independent UK

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 5-11

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Nov. 5-11 include singer Art Garfunkel, actor Ethan Hawke and rapper Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa

The Independent UK

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Paul Simon admits he’s ‘beginning to’ accept sudden hearing loss

‘You Can Call Me Al’ singer-songwriter, 81, experienced a near-total loss of hearing in one ear in May

The Independent UK

Paul Simon says he is ‘beginning to’ accept his hearing loss

Having a disability ‘changes how you interact with life’, singer-songwriter says, months after revealing he has almost completely lost hearing in his left ear

The Guardian - AU

Watership Down: disturbing children’s film finally loses its U rating

“For 45 years, it has menaced our children, bringing unbridled horror and trauma into countless young lives,” said Robbie Collin in The Daily Telegraph. “But at last, good sense has prevailed” – and “Watership Down” has been regraded from a U to a PG. In its latest annual report, the…

The Week

Simon & Garfunkel Story at the Civic Theatre

'I think that they are timeless and brilliant because of the interesting way that Paul Simon writes songs.'

Newcastle Herald

Paul Simon details mysterious hearing loss and reveals it’s preventing him from touring again

The singer-songwriter has said that doctors had been unable to diagnose the cause of his hearing loss

Evening Standard

Paul Simon opens up about mysterious hearing loss preventing him from touring: ‘Nobody has an explanation’

‘My reaction to that was frustration and annoyance,’ said the ‘Graceland’ artist

The Independent UK

Stadium starstruck by Kidman and Urban glamour couple

THE hallowed turf of McDonald Jones Stadium isn't foreign ground when it comes to star power. It's played host to football icon David Beckham, turned green and gold for the Socceroos and Matildas and been the playground of rugby league Immortal Andrew Johns. But Newcastle isn't LA, or even Sydney,…

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Inspired by a Simon & Garfunkel song, two old friends travel the world to sit on a bench together

MINNEAPOLIS — Larry Bans and Tom Edelstein met crabby.

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