Paul Simon
Kodachrome singer-songwriter
Paul Simon is an American singer-songwriter who rose to fame as half of the folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel before a prolific solo career.
His work spans folk, rock, and world music, notably the South African-influenced album *Graceland*.
Songs like "The Sound of Silence," "Bridge over Troubled Water," and "You Can Call Me Al" are cultural touchstones: My dad's a huge Paul Simon fan.
Recording achievement trophy
- Rock and Roll Hall of FameMuseum honoring influential musicians
- soloPerformance by one
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- concertLive musical performance
tour · Central Park · Saturday Night Live · Broadway · influential · legend · pioneer · acclaimed
Written words for music
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- imageryVivid descriptive language
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
verse · chorus · bridge · melody · craft · Kodachrome · storytelling · introspective
Township near Johannesburg
- South AfricaRainbow nation
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- anti-apartheidOpposing racial segregation policy
- ZuluBantu language of Natal
gumboots · Afropop · world music · cultural fusion · Brazilian · accordion · zydeco · Cajun
- Scarborough FairEnglish folk song
- acousticRelating to sound
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- Greenwich VillageManhattan's bohemian quarter
coffeehouse · folk-rock · harmonica · troubadour · protest · Dylan · Joan Baez · Mrs. Robinson
Grammy
Recording achievement trophy
- Rock and Roll Hall of FameMuseum honoring influential musicians
- soloPerformance by one
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
concert · tour · Central Park · Saturday Night Live · Broadway · influential · legend · pioneer · acclaimed · celebrated
lyrics
Written words for music
rhyme · verse · chorus · bridge · melody · craft · Kodachrome · storytelling · introspective · literary
Soweto
Township near Johannesburg
- South AfricaRainbow nation
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- anti-apartheidOpposing racial segregation policy
Zulu · gumboots · Afropop · world music · cultural fusion · Brazilian · accordion · zydeco · Cajun · Chevy Chase
Art Garfunkel
- Scarborough FairEnglish folk song
- acousticRelating to sound
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
Greenwich Village · coffeehouse · folk-rock · harmonica · troubadour · protest · Dylan · Joan Baez · Mrs. Robinson · The Graduate
- songwritersBob Dylan, songwriter, lyricists, composer, lyricist
- Jewish MusiciansLeonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Barbra Streisand, Benny Goodman
- Grammy WinnersAdele, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin
- Illinois PoliticiansBarack Obama, Abraham Lincoln
- Simon & GarfunkelMrs. Robinson, Scarborough Fair, The Boxer, Cecilia, Homeward Bound
- Acoustic GuitaristsJohn Williams
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