Graceland is famous for two reasons: being Elvis Presley’s home and being mentioned in songs like Paul Simon’s “Graceland.” During an interview, Simon discussed why he thought Graceland could offend ...

It was Talking Heads man David Byrne who said what bass players all over the world were thinking: “The [Paul Simon] albums before Graceland had great songs, but this one had a little bit more low end ...

Elvis Presley’s Graceland inspired the name of a Paul Simon album. Graceland has been the subject of historical misconceptions. Simon cleared up one of these misconceptions to someone’s face. This was ...

Paul Simon needed the talents of others to create Graceland. Not in an abstract, inspirational kind of way, according to many of the artists who worked on the record, but in a much more literal sense.

There are many meanings within the title track of Paul Simon’s 1986 magnum opus, Graceland, but there is one that eclipses them all. While “Graceland” at times plays nonsensical with illustrations of ...

"It was the perfect storm." Whoopi Goldberg's description of Paul Simon's 'Graceland' may be a fondly remembered and heartfelt one but the history of Simon's seminal album was so much more complex ...

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 ...

“The Mississippi Delta was shining like a national guitar.” So begins Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” and my trip of a lifetime. Deb and I were following the river, just like Paul, through the cradle of 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 ...