With a PhD in emotional honesty, she keeps it street and soulful. The best Mary J Blige songs show why the singer remains a unique force in R&B. Over the course of her decades-spanning discography ...
Well, kind of, Simon & Garfunkel weren’t necessarily enraged with Dylan, rather, they just wanted to poke fun at his newfound identity. The song that accomplished just that is the obscure Simon ...
Writing for the Gramophone Newsletter, Simon explained the relatively simple undercurrent that runs beneath music’s greatest songs: “As far as making a good song, it’s not necessary to have anything ...
While some people saw this as controversial, it represents Simon’s open-mindedness as a writer. It started when his friend Heidi Berg gave him a copy of the album Accordion Jive Hits No 2. One of the ...
But I know for certain that the gift of Paul Simon can be found in those fifteen solo albums. So, whether you have them all memorized, or have never heard a single song, come with me on a brief ...