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“My boss said, ‘Paul Simon’s in town, and they’re looking for you in the studio. Here’s the money. Take the bus’”: When Bakithi Kumalo got the call to audition for Paul Simon’s 1986 multi-platinum album

Kumalo had been helping out a local mechanic when he was invited to Ovation Studios in downtown Johannesburg

Guitar World

Beverley Martyn, spirited British folk singer, dies aged 79

Singer-songwriter was known for collaborations with former husband John Martyn as well as star-studded 1960s singles and 2014 comeback album

The Guardian - UK

Cynthia Erivo and Guy Pearce cast in powerful musical drama

Cynthia Erivo, Guy Pearce and Thabo Ramesti will star in upcoming musical drama The Road Home.

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SNL fans predict final season 51 hosts and musical guests hint at Lorne Michaels’ departure

Will Ferrell and Paul McCartney will round out the season’s celebrity guests

The Independent UK

Ladysmith Black Mambazo star Albert Mazibuko dies aged 77

Singer performed with South African choral group for 55 years

The Independent UK

You saw me standin’ alone: songs about the moon – ranked!

As the Artemis II crew prepare for the first moon mission since 1972, we select the best songs about our lunar neighbour, from Ella Fitzgerald’s romance to Gil Scott-Heron’s social commentary

The Guardian - UK

SNL Five-Timers Club: What It Is, Who's In It, And Why It's A Big Deal

Joining the Five-Timers Club is more than a just a fun Saturday Night Live bit.

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Saturday Night Live: Harry Styles pulls double duty in decently silly episode

The star celebrates the release of his new album by playing host and musical guest in another better-than-usual episode with cameos from Ryan Gosling and Paul Simon

The Guardian - US

Harry Styles Has Opened Up About Who Carla Is From New Track, ‘Carla’s Song’

Marie Claire

"We were seen as a band that wouldn't last, so I think they wanted to milk us for everything we were worth." How an off-the-cuff cover of a 60s song became an era-defining hit and an albatross around the neck of the band that recorded it

Recorded and mixed in just three hours, one of grunge's biggest songs was hated by the man who wrote it

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Chaka Khan, Cher, Whitney Houston, Fela Kuti get Grammys Life Achievement Awards

Chaka Khan, Cher, Carlos Santana, Paul Simon, Fela Kuti, and Whitney Houston have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy at the Grammys Special Merit Awards

The Independent UK

Kick off your 2026 in style with our list of the 7 best test tracks getting us through January

New year, new tunes

What Hi-Fi?

’I inexplicably detest Mr Brightside’: John Simm’s honest playlist

The actor first realised what music was when he heard Yellow Submarine and knows a lot of Paul Simon lyrics, but what would he put on at a party?

The Guardian - UK

“He's one of music’s great storytellers… who has shaped modern music for more than six decades”: Paul Simon among artists to be given Lifetime Achievement award at 2026 Grammys

Others include Chaka Khan and Cher

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Reese Witherspoon thinks hosting first Saturday Night Live after 9/11 was 'too much'

Reese Witherspoon made her Saturday Night Live debut on the first episode after 9/11, and she has given the experience "zero stars".

Guitar World

“One of the most visionary and influential bassists in the history of our instrument”: Anthony Jackson, low-end legend who pioneered the concept of the modern six-string bass, dies aged 73

Al Di Meola has led the tributes to a session icon who took the instrument to new frontiers

The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Sabrina Carpenter aces a silly episode that mostly avoids politics

The star pulls double duty for a week that, sans one Trump appearance, sticks to lighter material from office fart jokes to singing washing machines

Louder

“You cannot visit the scene. The scene is now in the bedroom. There isn’t a group of people forcing each other to improve”: Roy Harper wants to hear new ambitious music, but knows why he’s struggling

The folk rock hero reflects on what the world lost when groups of hopeful artists stopped forming their own schools, like he did in the 60s with Bert Jansch, Paul Simon, Alexis Korner, John Martyn, Al Stewart and others

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The Independent UK

Big Thief: Double Infinity review – Band’s latest work is another instant classic

5/5 Despite the departure of their longtime bassist, the indie band manage to find positive answers to their intelligently posed questions

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“Rich People Problems”: Richard Gere’s Home Demolished After Outcry From Paul Simon’s Daughter

Richard Gere’s former mansion was demolished, sparking a bitter reaction from Paul Simon’s daughter Lulu Simon, who called the property her “childhood home.”

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Richard Gere’s former Connecticut mansion demolished to make way for luxury development

Richard Gere's sprawling Connecticut mansion has been demolished.

TechRadar

Kodak made me fall in love with photography, and I can't believe it may not survive

Kodak is in danger of shutting down for good, and even the nostalgia for film can't save it.

Guitar World

“A George Benson, or John Mayer, or B.B. King, or Albert King solo, you can almost sing it”: Isaiah Sharkey on what he learned about guitar soloing – after playing with the likes of John Mayer, D'Angelo and Paul Simon

The singer-songwriter and sideman to the stars insists it all starts with “taking the ego out of it”

The Guardian - UK

The world’s in flames. But these are the ways I’ve found hope this summer amid the gloom

Tentatively, I want to make a moral case for escapism – for allowing oneself a break from world events, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

Guitar World

“Ghost Guitar is a beam of light coming in through a window and illuminating a big empty space”: Rafiq Bhatia breaks down the experimental techniques that earned him an Oscar nomination for his scores – and why it all stems from Jimi Hendrix

The Son Lux guitarist, composer and producer explains his return to improvisation after a decade of studio-based constructs, the pedal he won’t tour without and seeking out the same luthier as Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan and Paul Simon

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