Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Phil Ramone, noted music producer whose music mixing mastery for Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Paul Simon and Billy Joel and many others, who helped fashion some of the most lucious and top-selling albums... ... more info

Starpulse — Simon & Garfunkel's classic track The Sound Of Silence has been selected for preservation by the Library of Congress, sealing the song's status as a national treasure. Paul Simon and Art Garfunke... more info

Mjsbigblog — Justin Timberlake hosted Saturday Night Live for the 5th time this week (If I find a clip of “5th Time Club” skit with Steve Martin, Dan Akroyd, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Paul Simon, Candice Bergen and Alec Baldwin, I’ll post it here. I got g... more info

Chorus.fm — Las Vegas' *Avalon Landing (http://avalonlandingmusic.com)* have created a studio blog. The band is currently working on their debut album with producer Bryan Russell (Straylight Run, Envy on the Coast, Coldplay, Paul Simon, Steely Dan ). The album i... more info

USA Today Music — Pivotal albums by Paul Simon, Eric Clapton and Michael Jackson hit big milestones. more info

The Independent — Paul Simon performed heart-rending ballad “The Sound Of Silence” at the funeral of a teacher who died at the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting last Friday. more info

411 Mania — Simon was a friend of the family... more info

ContactMusic — Paul Simon paid his respects to a teacher killed during Friday's (14Dec12) Connecticut school massacre by performing at her funeral on Wednesday... more info

Mercury News, California — Eric Church, Grateful Dead, Lupe Fiasco, Jason Aldean discs also rank on our gift guide more info

Guardian Music — Louis de Bernières on how finding a wooden flute in a car boot sale led to his new play about the composer's life and worksIt is not often that one is asked to write a play for chamber group and solo actor, and I took it on in a mood of amused curio... more info