Paul Simon has announced his new album 'Seven Psalms', out May 19, which came to him in a dream, Variety reports. On January 15th, 2018, Simon says he had a dream that said "You're working on a thing called 'Seven Psalms'", he wrote it down, without knowing what it meant. Gradually, he would wake up a few times a week at 3.30, and words would come (his debut album in Simon & Garfunkel, was of course titled 'Wednesday Mornin, 3 A.M.'). The album is a 33-minute, seven-movement collection intended to be heard as one continuous piece. Simon shares a video about the album, a trailer for an upcoming documentary about the album’s creation.

Sony Music Publishing has bought the “complete collection” of Pual Simon’s classic songs spanning more than six decades, from his time as a member of Simon & Garfunkel, through his career as a solo artist, Forbes reports. The acquired songs include evergreen hits such as 'The Sound of Silence', 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', 'The Boxer', 'Mrs. Robinson', 'Homeward Bound', 'I Am A Rock', 'America', 'Graceland', and many others. Sony didn’t disclose the price of this deal, but it is believed than it ran into a nine-figure sum.

The "brave" people of Welch NHS have made an "extraordinary" rendition of 'Bridge Over Troubled Water', song's author Paul Simon has said. Medics, construction workers and council staff were filmed for the performance at the temporary coronavirus field hospital built in the north Wales resort of Llandudno.

The idea of being divinely gifted, to such an extent as to dream lucidly of your artistic purpose and material, is a trope that often artists revert to. Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala deployed this routine expertly as the foundational myth of the group - Mail & Guardian says about the South African musician who died Tuesday. Shabalala would say he had these dreams in 1964 over an extended period of about six months. He dreamt of an ensemble dressed in robes, performing a particular repertoire rich in harmony and melody. Musicologist Sazi Dlamini believes Shabalala’s primary legacy is in how he expanded the music’s visibility through his openness to collaboration, especially with his Paul Simon collaboration 'Graceland'. Smabalala himself said this about what they did: “We are not singing this kind of music to make ourselves famous — we are singing to remind our people of who they are.”

On Saturday night, Paul Simon wrapped up his 'Homeward Bound' farewell tour at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Flushing, New York — minutes from where he grow up. The setlist for Simon’s final concert spanned 26 songs, including two separate encores. The show began with Simon & Garfunkel’s 'America', the evening closed with performances of 'Graceland', […]