Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger review – a five-star tour through new sounds

(Virgin EMI) Related: Simon and Garfunkel: 'To a degree, our hostility is a setup' – a classic interview from the vaults “It’s hard working the same piece of clay, day after day, year after year,” sings Paul Simon on the title track of Stranger to Stranger, his first album since So Beautiful Or So What in 2011. But his tenacious pursuit of new sounds, such as the unique microtonal instruments of composer Harry Partch on Insomniac’s Lullaby, and juxtapositions suc...

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