Love in Hard Times, The Music of Paul Simon, is produced by my high school friend, Chris Wangro. Go Chris.
This unprecedented month-long residency at BAM begins with Songs From Cape Man from April 1-6.
This month, Paul Simon collaborates with an extraordinary range of artists to offer three musical constellations from the career of one of America’s greatest songwriters.
Latin beats and 50s doo-wop fill New York City’s nights with Songs from The Capeman. In Under African Skies, Simon rekindles a love affair with the sounds of South Africa and Brazil which began with his masterpieces Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints. Finally, Simon revisits the quiet railway stations, urban rhythms, and immigrant dreams of his greatest American Tunes.
For tickets go here.
Saw Paul Simon, American Tunes-RIPOFF-Shame on BAM for dupping hard working people out of $95 a pop for a “cover” show, shame on Mr. Simon for not saying 2 words to his fans, performing ONLY 3 songs and shame on the audience for clapping at the acts because that what there “supposed” to do.
This is true. We saw Under African Skies and the arrangements and performances were great . . . but Simon’s compositions benefit greatly from the nuance and intonation only his voice can bring to the stage and as the evening wore on and we gleaned that this was almost a “cover” artist concert we were not drinking the cool-aid (much of the audience seemed convinced this was a great show, but as I said to my boys: If Simon was on the bill for 4 songs the tickets would NOT have sold!.) Left early and somewhat disappointed. “Boy in the Bubble” was the opening, for instance, following some wonderful choir songs and Paul Simon was not even on the stage. UGH.
Hey, I saw the Songs From The Capeman opening show last night and I’m very disappointed in BAM for this entire production. It is being billed as Paul Simon collaborating with these other artists, but Paul Simon is only performing about two songs near the end of the second half of the shows and the rest of the time is everyone else performing his songs. I think they should have made it more clear that these are not Paul Simon concerts and more other artists doing a tribute to Paul Simon’s music. Beware when buying your tickets or spending big bucks to scalp Under the African Skies because you will not be paying for a Paul Simon concert!