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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

First Thing: World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds

Campaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges. Plus, the rapid descent of Tucker Carlson

The Guardian - 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

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In Toronto, Paul Simon takes a bow with a new career-spanning documentary

Paul Simon hasn't watched Alex Gibney's new three-and-a-half-hour documentary on his life, but he promises he will work up the courage some day

The Independent UK

Every time the music dies, we lose a little bit of our souls

Robbie Robertson is gone and our world – once again – is diminished

The Guardian - US

Paul Simon: “People have tried to cop that bass solo, but it’s physically impossible” – how engineer Roy Halee created the iconic bass break on Call Me Al

Bakithi Kumalo: “Listening back, I didn’t know what happened – I thought it was from God, you know?”

Guitar World

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

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25+ Fun Facts About Chevy Chase And The Comedian’s Legendary Career

One of the heavyweights of comedy, Chevy Chase has led a fascinating and wild life, here are some of the best facts about it.

Cinemablend

Paul Simon reveals he lost the hearing in his left ear while completing his new album

Paul Simon has revealed that he has lost most of the hearing in his left ear.

Los Angeles Times

His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago

CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the…

Chicago Tribune

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

Paul Simon: Seven Psalms review – a surprise and a revelation

The veteran singer-songwriter ponders faith and mortality in seven beautiful, impressionistic movements

The Guardian - UK

Minichiello's colourful take on home

'The majority of it is a homage to love and friendship.'

Newcastle Herald

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Review: Paul Simon contemplates mortality and God on 'Seven Psalms,' his dream-inspired new album that isn't an 'album'

Paul Simon, "Seven Psalms" (Owl Records/Sony Legacy)

Guitar World

Paul Simon's Graceland: Fretless bass playing would never be the same again

1986's hit album that opened people's ears to African music and the free-flowing fretless lines of Bakithi Kumalo

Tribune News Service

Paul Simon returns to music with ‘seven-movement composition’ titled ‘Seven Psalms’

Paul Simon is marking a return to music with the new opus “Seven Psalms,” described as a “33-minute, seven-movement all-acoustic composition.”

The Independent UK

boygenius, the record review: Indie supergroup are greater than the sum of their parts on spectacular debut

Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus, and Julien Baker deliver and then some on their keenly anticipated debut album

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Music exclusive: punk trio Touts talk pub rock, poetry and Paul Simon

To find out more about the meaning, message and making of their music, lead singer of Irish post-punk band Touts, Matthew Crossan, takes Roisin O’Connor under the surface of their single ‘Old Man’s Land’

The Independent UK

Viola Davis, Paul Simon among finalists for audiobook awards

Viola Davis, Paul Simon and Molly Shannon are among the nominees for prizes given for the spoken word

Roll Call

After 45 years on the Hill, David Carle has seen it all - Roll Call

“There was a lot of manual labor involved with being a press secretary back then,” says the longtime aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy.

Los Angeles Times

The XBB.1.5 variant is taking over on the East Coast. Will it happen in California too?

LOS ANGELES — You may have come home with it after a recent trip to New England. Or you may have gotten it from that friend or family member who flew in from New York over the holidays.

Los Angeles Times

Here's how Taylor Swift's prolific run of albums stacks up against the all-time greats

Taylor Swift is on a tear.

Tribune News Service

Paul Simon’s new house in Wimberley, Texas, has made him the talk of the town

DALLAS — The great Paul Simon once wrote a song titled “Old Friends,” which contains the line: “How terribly strange to be 70.” Well, today is Simon’s birthday, and he is now 81. (That’s one year older than Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, whose birthday is also today.)

Tribune News Service

Jack Johnson on music, longevity and channeling Led Zeppelin by blowing in beer bottles

SAN DIEGO — Many of Jack Johnson's songs are soft and lilting, but he credits being periodically fatalistic as a key to his now 21-year-long music career.

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