<strong>So Beautiful or So What </strong><br/><strong>Hear Music / Concord Music Group</strong> “How terribly strange to be 70,” sang Simon & Garfunkel on Old Friends back in 1968. Simon is almost 70 himself now, but this playful, sometimes deeply searching album sounds anything but jaded. Striking a neat balance between the more traditional fare of Simon’s early solo records and the world-music tropes of later works such as Graceland, its cast includes a pilgrim contemplating a billboard poster of Jay-Z while crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, and a would-be scriptwriter working at the car wash. Fans will adore the exquisitely orchestrated Love in Hard Times and the joyous, Malian kora-infused Rewrite. The video can be seen on <a href="http://www.paulsimon.com" title="www.paulsimon.com">www.paulsimon.com</a>