Back in the mid-’80s, Paul Simon was in a creative and personal slump. After getting inspiration from a bootleg tape of South African music, Simon flew to Johannesburg and wrote and recorded music ...

What Did Paul Simon’s Graceland Have To Do With Apartheid? For all intents and purposes, Paul Simon probably should not have made Graceland when he did. The album took direct inspiration from the ...

Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland marked an unprecedented intersection of music, culture and politics. In a conversation with World Cafe's David Dye — presented here in four parts — Simon speaks ...

At a point when it looked like his time in the music limelight might be behind him, Paul Simon came roaring back with a major triumph in Graceland. Released in 1986, the album found Simon plopping his ...