Paul Simon may only be 5 feet tall, but the music he makes is huge. After splitting up with long time friend and band mate Art Garfunkel, he began on a endless pursuit of new sounds. Paul Simon literally searched around the globe for influences. He is often over looked as an artists that "reinvented" himself, but Paul Simon has released album after album in unique new directions.
His post Garfunkel career started (more or less) with his 1972 album Still Crazy After All These Years, which was much like his earlier work as a folk singer-songwriter. In 1986 he fused the rhythms of traditional African music into the album Graceland. He then moved west, fusing Brazilian and South American influences with his own style for the production of 1990 album Rythm Of The Saints. Next he went north, hitting the Spanish ghettos of New York with Song From The Capeman in 1997. His most recent move was to a more modern sound - incorporating a unique blend of techno, folk, and rock in the 2006 album Surprise. All of these albums are exceptional and I highly recommend all of them.
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"Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die." ~Paul Simon
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