The sound of Simon

Genius is too small a word to describe mellow-voiced, melancholic Paul Simon, master guitarist and composer of many of modern music’s most enduring classics; Bridge Over Troubled Water, America, The Boxer, Sound of Silence, Homeward Bound, Only Living Boy in New York. To mark the 25th anniversary of his eclectic, world music-influenced Graceland, his latest tour arrives at Dublin’s O2 next Thursday and Friday. Even without Garfunkel, how truly great thou art, Mr Simon, greater than Dylan and Cohen and everyone else.