Outside Graceland with Aimee Palmer. This week the New Zealand Herald published my article on Memphis, focusing on my stay at a brand new Elvis-themed hotel called The Guest House At Graceland. Click here to link to the article which explains all the cool things about the hotel (TVs on the ceiling! Soap with Elvis’s…
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Paul Simon’s Graceland Turns 30 – The Album’s Key Moments & Where It Still Always Takes Me
Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Paul Simon South African rhythms, Americana lyrics and an album that always takes me back to Malaysia, last week marks 30 years since the release of Paul Simon’s Graceland. 30-years-old and 30 years of being a mainstay of virtually every “top 100 albums of all time” list published since. And the…
The Shooting In South Africa – Paul Simon & The 25th Anniversary Of Graceland
South Africa has been on my mind lately for a number of reasons and all of that has been tragically brought to the fore with the gun massacre at a mine near Johannesburg just a couple of days ago. Striking miners had allegedly armed themselves with machetes, but I don’t know if I’ll ever…