Paul Simon has announced a new album, In The Blue Light. The 10 track LP will feature reworked versions of songs from his catalogue.
In a statement Simon writes “This album consists of songs that I thought were almost right or were odd enough to be overlooked the first time around, redoing arrangements, harmonic structures and lyrics that didn’t make their meaning clear gave me time to clarify in my own head what I wanted to say, or realize what I was thinking and make it more easily understood.”
Paul Simon, The Story of in The Blue Light
The album will be recorded with trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, guitarist Bill Frisell, drummers Jack DeJohnette and Steve Gadd and will be produced by long-time collaborator Roy Haylee.
Simon’s fourteenth studio album In The Blue Light will be out on September 7th through Legacy records. Its release will coincide with the leg of his farewell tour.
Into the Blue Light Tracklist
- “One Man’s Ceiling Is Another Man’s Floor”
- “Love”
- “Can’t Run But”
- “How The Heart Approaches What It Yearns”
- “Pigs, Sheep and Wolves”
- “René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War”
- “The Teacher”
- “Darling Lorraine”
- “Some Folks’ Lives Roll Easy”
- “Questions For The Angels”
