Paul Simon had support from Quincy Jones, Harry Belafonte, and the South African Black musicians’ union to go to South Africa and record Graceland. However, not everyone shared the same ...

The themes of the album were the product of Simon’s own violation of the cultural boycott, supported by both the United Nations (UN) and the African National Congress (ANC), against the white ...

American singer-songwriter Paul Simon of folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel posed with four musicians, all holding gold discs of Paul Simon's album Graceland, on which they contributed, London, 1987.

Released in 1986, the album found Simon plopping his searching lyrics down into World Music settings, with a who’s who of stellar musicians from all over the globe helping him bring it all to life.