The Latest Breaking News from Paul Simon

Over lunch as he turns 50, the singer tells a host of wild celebrity tales, involving Ed Sheeran and Bear Grylls, and admits that, just sometimes, the criticism can sting

Writers who know a thing or two about matters of the heart on the love songs they adore – from Sondheim’s bittersweet portrait of a romance sceptic to Roberta Flack’s timeless expression of hope

Besides being first, Iowa's caucuses have marketed the element of surprise. Since their start in 1972, the caucuses' big story has most often been news because it caught many in the media off guard.

Smith was well known and universally respected, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin writes. His southern Illinois drawl gave him local cred, and his family history in the labor movement was legendary.

We count down moments of bass guitar genius from Tal Wilkenfeld, Flea, Victor Wooten, John Myung and many more

Electronic dance music band The Prodigy are the latest act to attract attention for changing the lyrics to a longstanding hit in recent live shows. They now repeat the opening line “change my pitch up” in place of the song’s title “Smack My Bitch Up”. The song’s been a source…

With Hall & Oates now saying ‘no can do’ to their partnership, we look at the other pop pairs who fell out of harmony

Sometimes a petty disagreement can become a lifelong grudge. Louis Chilton picks 11 of the most notorious feuds between musical collaborators

The veteran American snapper won’t surprise fans with his take on the age-old debate but he may still teach them a thing or two, writes Liam James