Paul Simon: Stranger to Stranger review – still creative after all these years

(Virgin)Thirty years after Graceland ushered in a phenomenal second act for the already-revered 60s folk hero, 74-year-old Paul Simon remains a class act on the move. There is a constancy to his melodic voice but his albums probe tonal frequencies as though he were a much younger digital wunderkind.At the moment, the singer says, his focus is more on sounds than lyrics. “When words desert me,” he sings on the oscillating reverie Proof of Love, “music is the tongue I speak.â€...

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