NPR: Paul Simon https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=140377290 Paul Simon en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:34:52 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Paul Simon https://www.npr.org/tags/140377290/paul-simon Paul Simon Tinkers With His Classics On 'In The Blue Light' The famed singer-songwriter says his fourteenth album, out now, will be his last. Simon also tells NPR's David Greene that he's ready to stop touring. Fri, 07 Sep 2018 05:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645272375/paul-simon-tinkers-with-his-classics-on-in-the-blue-light https://www.npr.org/2018/09/07/645272375/paul-simon-tinkers-with-his-classics-on-in-the-blue-light

The famed singer-songwriter says his fourteenth album, out now, will be his last. Simon also tells NPR's David Greene that he's ready to stop touring.

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]]> David Greene Author Robert Hilburn Shares Stories And Revelations Inside 'Paul Simon: The Life' The former Los Angeles Times music critic was given complete editorial control over the singer-songwriter's biography. Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:42:09 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/06/29/624636445/author-robert-hilburn-shares-stories-and-revelations-inside-paul-simon-the-life https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2018/06/29/624636445/author-robert-hilburn-shares-stories-and-revelations-inside-paul-simon-the-life

The former Los Angeles Times music critic was given complete editorial control over the singer-songwriter's biography.

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]]> Stephen Kallao Musical Moment: Paul Simon Sings 'The Sound Of Silence' As we continue to follow the ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, here's another musical moment from the ceremony in New York. Singer-songwriter Paul Simon performed his classic "The Sound of Silence." Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:05:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/11/140377253/musical-moment-paul-simon-sings-the-sound-of-silence https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/09/11/140377253/musical-moment-paul-simon-sings-the-sound-of-silence

As we continue to follow the ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, here's another musical moment from the ceremony in New York. Singer-songwriter Paul Simon performed his classic "The Sound of Silence."

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