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• Steve Martin brings bluegrass to Tilles

  she'd have lyrics for it the next day.") That collaboration, hatched via email at the suggestion of Brickell's husband, Paul Simon , will be called -- wait for it -- Steve and Edie. Was it more exciting for you to hear the Dixie Chicks sing your lyrics [on   Read more »

• Paul Simon, Yo-Yo Ma share Swedish music prize

  -- Singer-songwriter Paul Simon and cellist Yo-Yo Ma have won the 2012 Polar Music Prize, Sweden's most prestigious award for musicians.Simon and Ma will receive 1 million kronor ($166,000) each and an invitation to the prize ceremony in Stockholm Aug. 28.The   Read more »

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• Gershwin Prize-winner Paul Simon’s Song Notes Added to Music Division Collection

  The Library of Congress will receive the works-in-progress manuscript in which Paul Simon worked out the lyrics for his song "Graceland," Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced upon awarding the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to Simon durin 10:50 AM from East Chicago Public Library Read more »

• Star-Studded Lineup Confirmed for Library of Congress Concert Honoring Gershwin Prize Recipient Paul Simon

  A star-studded cast of performers and presenters has been confirmed, with more to come, to pay tribute to Paul Simon as he receives the first annual Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song on Wednesday, May 23 at 8 p.m. at the Warner Theatre 10:50 AM from East Chicago Public Library Read more »

• Watch Brett Dennen Perform “Crazy Love, Vol. II” Off Paul Simon’s Graceland

  “Graceland is my all time favorite album,” Dennen tells American Songwriter. “You can probably hear it in my music. It came out when I was really young, my parents were big Paul Simon fans, and the album shaped my whole taste in music. I think ‘Crazy Lov 10:47 AM from American Songwriter Read more »

• The New York Times Should Fire Tom Friedman and Let Paul Simon Write His Column Instead [Video]

  Which, whatever — what's the point of having a Times op-ed column if you can't brag about your famous friends? — because what the column really does is draw attention to the fact that Friedman and Simon have been writing about the same thing for years no 5/30/12 from Gawker Read more »

• Paul Simon opens up about hit songs' inspiration

  (CBS News) For 50 years, Paul Simon has been a leader in American pop music. He's written dozens of classic songs like "The Sound of Silence" and "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and "You Can Call Me Al." Famed jazz instrumentalist and composer and CBS News 5/30/12 from CBS News Read more »