Paul Simon - A Quiet Celebration

Paul Simon – A Quiet Celebration brings the songwriter’s catalogue into focus at Falkoner Salen, Frederiksberg, on April 18, 2026. First known as half of Simon & Garfunkel, Simon helped shape the folk-rock songbook of the 1960s before opening a solo path where folk, pop and rock meet close-up storytelling. Over time he folded in gospel harmonies, soul inflections and global rhythms, from the South African guitars that animate Graceland to the Brazilian percussion coloring The Rhythm of the Saints.

This evening traces those chapters: early solo landmarks like Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin’ Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years; detours for film and stage with One-Trick Pony and The Capeman; and later work that pares back or pushes the studio forward — You’re the One, Surprise, So Beautiful or So What, Stranger to Stranger, In the Blue Light and the recent Seven Psalms. The songs lean on narrative detail, quiet hooks and supple grooves, carried by a voice that favors nuance over display.