Kate Scuffle welcomes award-winning bassist Bakithi Kumalo and Dr. Jill Sperandio of the Bethlehem Fine Arts Commission to talk about Bakithi's appearance at this summer's Sculpture Garden Concert Series.
At a point when it looked like his time in the music limelight might be behind him, Paul Simon came roaring back with a major triumph in Graceland. Released in 1986, the album found Simon plopping his searching lyrics down into World Music settings, with a who's who of stellar musicians from all over the globe helping him bring it all to life. There aren't any flawed songs in the album, which makes choosing the top five songs from it a tough task. But that's what we're here to do, so let's give it a whirl.
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The South African bassist helped create one of the most distinctive tones and techniques of the era, but maintains the decision was a very happy accident