Paul Simon

Congratulations to Paul Simon for nabbing the 2012 Polar Music Prize, which is awarded annually in Sweden to one contemporary artist and to one classical artist. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma grabbed the award on the classical side.

Build yourself a musical career as lengthy as Paul Simon's and chances are, you'll eventually lose track of how many shows you've played, and the performances of your greatest hits will start to blur together. But every so often, a special show comes along -- as Simon demonstrated last week when he delved into his songbook with the aid of some very special guests.

It's technically arriving a year late, but Paul Simon's landmark 1986 album 'Graceland' is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer with a deluxe box set reissue and a new retrospective documentary, 'Under African Skies.' In a new clip from the film, Simon discusses the creative process behind the album.

Paul Simon's classic 'The Sound of Silence' is used to potent and powerful effect in a new video for the Children's Health Fund, which Simon himself co-founded. The fund works to provide pediatric health care to low-income and medically underserved children. The video is an appeal to congress to dissuade them from cutting safety net programs for children, such as Medicaid and CHIP.