Country : United States Label : Owls Records Genres and styles : Folk / Folk Rock / Singer-Songwriter Year : 2023

PAN M 360 / TOP 100 : Paul Simon – Seven Psalms

· by Michel Labrecque

Over the past few weeks, our most active record reviewers have had the task of choosing their 5 favorite recordings of 2023, and here they are. This selection is unique and quite different of all you can find on the web or through traditional medias.

Paul Simon is one of the most influential American songwriters of his generation. Following the great success of Simon & Garfunkel, his solo career has explored a wide range of musical universes, notably South African, while at the same time carving out an intimate, brilliant and very special poetic universe. Seven Psalms is his fifteenth and latest opus. Paul Simon himself said so. Like the vast majority of his previous albums, it is a remarkable terminus. Paul Simon is stripped bare here: his voice, his acoustic guitars, accompanied by a few discreet but inventive bells and keyboards. You can hear a little flute, vibraphone and strings. His wife, singer Edie Brickell, appears twice, along with a British Voces8 choir. This album is a meditation on life and death, which is just around the corner. At eighty-two, Paul Simon speaks of the “great migration”, forgiveness, love and the “trail of volcanoes”. “No one can die of too much love”, says this man who has lived through many dark periods despite his great popular success.

Latest 360 Content

About Kendrick’s Reproval at Super Bowl LIX

About Kendrick’s Reproval at Super Bowl LIX

Black History Month | Time to Celebrate for Naya Ali

Black History Month | Time to Celebrate for Naya Ali

IGLOOFEST | Continuation and End with Four Tet

IGLOOFEST | Continuation and End with Four Tet

Three historic days with Franghiz Ali Zadeh and the Molinari Quartet in Montreal

Three historic days with Franghiz Ali Zadeh and the Molinari Quartet in Montreal

TAVERNE TOUR I The Drin at Le Ministère

TAVERNE TOUR I The Drin at Le Ministère

PRO MUSICA | Sophia Shuya Liu, the next big thing in piano music from Montreal

PRO MUSICA | Sophia Shuya Liu, the next big thing in piano music from Montreal

TAVERNE TOUR I Bad bitch vibes and hyperpop madness at O Patro Vys

TAVERNE TOUR I Bad bitch vibes and hyperpop madness at O Patro Vys

TAVERNE TOUR I Motherhood is a cacophonus explosion of sounds

TAVERNE TOUR I Motherhood is a cacophonus explosion of sounds

TAVERNE TOUR I Gondola is starting to make waves

TAVERNE TOUR I Gondola is starting to make waves

M/NM | Il teatro rosso, a tribute to Montreal’s legendary Red Light era

M/NM | Il teatro rosso, a tribute to Montreal’s legendary Red Light era

Serving Ennio Morricone

Serving Ennio Morricone

TAVERNE TOUR | Quai des brumes sold-out for Tabi Yosha, DJ Moses Bélanger at Rau_Ze

TAVERNE TOUR | Quai des brumes sold-out for Tabi Yosha, DJ Moses Bélanger at Rau_Ze

TAVERNE TOUR | Chandra, La Sécurité, The Gories… taverne tour de force

TAVERNE TOUR | Chandra, La Sécurité, The Gories… taverne tour de force

TAVERNE TOUR | When he cries, he’s happy… and so are we

TAVERNE TOUR | When he cries, he’s happy… and so are we

TAVERNE TOUR | The Drin, distraction4ever, anarchy… darkwave

TAVERNE TOUR | The Drin, distraction4ever, anarchy… darkwave

Malika Tirolien on Reimagining HIGHER with a Full Orchestra

Malika Tirolien on Reimagining HIGHER with a Full Orchestra

TAVERNE TOUR | Prewn in dungarees, VioleTT Pi on fire

TAVERNE TOUR | Prewn in dungarees, VioleTT Pi on fire

TAVERNE TOUR |  On a Cold February Night

TAVERNE TOUR | On a Cold February Night

TAVERNE TOUR | Ada Lea reunites with her bandmates at the Sala Rossa

TAVERNE TOUR | Ada Lea reunites with her bandmates at the Sala Rossa

TAVERNE TOUR | HRT + God’s Mom

TAVERNE TOUR | HRT + God’s Mom

TAVERNE TOUR | A Thursday evening on Saint-Laurent

TAVERNE TOUR | A Thursday evening on Saint-Laurent

Alicia Clara – Nothing Dazzled

Alicia Clara – Nothing Dazzled

FILMharmonique Pays Tribute to Morricone: Francis Choinière Tells Us About It

FILMharmonique Pays Tribute to Morricone: Francis Choinière Tells Us About It

Subscribe to our newsletter