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“Paul Simon told me what key the song was in, turned off the vocal track and counted me in”: He’s been sampled by Kanye West, and played with Paul Simon, The Black Keys and Tame Impala – yet Delicate Steve is still the best-kept secret in indie guitar

Steve Marion tells us why his career highlights include a severely negative Pitchfork review, making an album he hated and Kanye sampling him… then not releasing the track

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"I was in the hallway with Slipknot and I got screamed at." Vended might have big links to heavy metal royalty, but that doesn't mean they're getting an easy ride

Vended feature two spawns of Slipknot, but they're attempting to build their own legacy through their own terms. We head to LA to find out more

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TV tonight: a supercharged ‘format-breaking’ Casualty special

Real-life testimonies about the miracle of blood will have you weeping. Plus: Strictly’s not over just yet! Here’s what to watch this evening

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“The next thing I knew, I burst into tears... then there were hugs”: Art Garfunkel tells more about his reconciliation with Paul Simon

The old friends were set up by Simon’s son, Harper

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“I don't look at the fingerboard, I listen to it. All of my fretless basses have no fret lines. I can't play on a lined fingerboard”: How Bakithi Kumalo’s swung, fretless bassline helped create one of Graceland’s defining sounds

Like much of Paul Simon’s Graceland, the 1985 session for The Boy In The Bubble took place at Ovation Studios in downtown Johannesburg

Guitar World

Georgia Mom Who Murdered Toddler Son Haunting Message: 'I Want My Baby Home'

Leilani Simon, 22, was found guilty on all 19 charges brought against her.

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Paul Simon performs with hearing loss

The singer also revealed the song that's no longer part of his repertoire because of his hearing challenges

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Eight of the best project homes on the market now – all under the new London average of £526k

These tired homes and time capsules come with attractive price tags – just the thing for those with the renovation itch

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Paul Simon names the fan-favorite song he’ll never perform again

The folk rock icon said his hearing loss has limited the songs he can perform live

The Independent UK

“I was very angry at first that this had happened”: Paul Simon talks about his hearing loss

He has just 6% left in his left ear

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“Teenage Dirtbag has always felt like a bit of a queer anthem to me, even if it wasn’t meant to be - I love that I didn’t have to change a single lyric”: Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s 2000 hit

A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down

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Art Garfunkel wants to work with Paul Simon again

Art Garfunkel would relish the opportunity to work with Paul Simon again.

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Art Garfunkel: ‘I’m in the mood to work with Paul Simon again. We’ll see...’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: The singer has joined forces with his son to record a new album. He talks to Mark Beaumont about their need to record together and the emotional end to his feud with former singing partner Simon – ‘It’s now a thing of the past’

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“What we are after is not perfection. You’re looking for the flaws… the noise… earth hum. You’re looking for the arm-tight playing… the human aspect”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt on inspirations, intuition, shred, and the problem with modern metal

A sprawling story of dark familial secrets, freewheeling prog and Åkerfeldt death growls, solos inspired by Peter Green and Ritchie Blackmore, Opeth bequeath everything a prog-metal fan could ever want on The Last Will And Testament

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Art Garfunkel cried during reunion with Paul Simon

Art Garfunkel has admitted he broke down in tears during a reunion lunch with his longtime collaborator Paul Simon and confessed he was a "fool" for hurting his friend during years of estrangement.

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‘I was a fool’: Art Garfunkel describes tearful reunion with Paul Simon

Singer describes recent meeting where Simon said he was offended by an old interview, and pair reconciled

The Independent UK

‘I cried when he told me I’d hurt him’: Simon reunites with Garfunkel

Former bandmates appear to be building a bridge over troubled water, after years of silence

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“It was very, very warm and wonderful. I was crying at a certain point because I felt that I had hurt him”: Simon and Garfunkel have patched up their old friendship

Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have met up and patched up their friendship

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Simon and Garfunkel in emotional reunion as pair put troublesome past behind them

Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon recently met up for lunch to put their troublesome past behind them.

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“You get that Guild sound at an incredibly accessible price”: The 300 Series brings that rich Guild tone, prized by everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan to Paul Simon and Eric Clapton to a $299 acoustic build

The new highly-affordable 300 Series offers solid wood tops and classic dreadnought and OM shapes alongside a tone that will turn heads

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In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon review – heartfelt portrait of a generational talent

From his era-defining work with Art Garfunkel to the sometimes problematic legacy of 80s hit Graceland, Alex Gibney’s documentary strikes a pure and personal note

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“The Sound of Silence was the first song I wrote which seemed to come from some place that I didn’t inhabit”: Paul Simon tells all in a new three-and-a-half-hour documentary

The master singer songwriter is back and despite losing his hearing in one ear, is determined to keep making music

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Israeli strikes hit Beirut as key route out of Lebanon cut off

Israel has ordered people in 20 more towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate immediately. Plus: the future of the death penalty in Japan

The Guardian - UK

Paul Simon ‘optimistic’ about returning to live shows despite hearing loss

Speaking to the Guardian, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter says he hopes to play full gigs again following retirement from touring

The Guardian - UK

‘I never said I was going to retire ...’ Paul Simon on disability, drive and the mystery behind his greatest songs

He halted his career after decades of hits, then a dream one night changed everything. From New York to swinging London and apartheid South Africa, he explains his epic journey

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