PAUL SIMON FETES GRACELAND WITH LONDON EXTRAVAGANZA

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon celebrated the 25th anniversary of his classic album "Graceland" with an African musical extravaganza in London on Sunday night, any lingering memories of the controversy over its creation in apartheid-era South Africa swept away.

Paul Simon fetes Graceland with London extravaganza
Posted 17.07.2012 06:21:04 UTC
Updated 17.07.2012 06:21:04 UTC

Simon reunited the original Graceland band led by Soweto guitarist Ray Phiri for the Hard Rock Calling festival and brought along Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Zulu acapella group whose original rendering of the song "Homeless" shot them to worldwide fame. Reuters