An Excerpt from Miracle And Wonder: Conversations With Paul Simon
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
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🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Justin Richmond shares the first chapter of a new book he's been working on with Malcolm Gladwell and Bruce Headlam. It’s called Miracle And Wonder, Conversations with Paul Simon. Download the audiobook today at miracleaudiobook.com and receive an exclusive listener's guide featuring additional commentary from Bruce Headlam and the producers of Miracle and Wonder.
Miracle and Wonder is culled from 30 hours of conversations between Malcolm, Bruce and Paul himself. Paul breaks down his musical evolution, from the doo-wop he loved as a kid, to the folk music of his teens and early adulthood, all the way to the new music he’s making today at age 80. There are tons of unheard stories and raw moments as Paul remembers how he wrote some of the most famous songs in his catalogue. You'll also hear cameos from artists like Jeff Tweedy and Sting.
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| 0:00.0 | Pushkin |
| 0:07.0 | This is Broken Record, liner notes for the digital age. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm Justin Richmond. |
| 0:23.8 | Hey y'all it's Justin Richmond. |
| 0:25.6 | Today I'm super excited to share something with you that have been working on with Malcolm |
| 0:29.1 | Gladwell and Bruce Hadlam for about the last year and a half. |
| 0:33.1 | It's called Miracle and Wonder, Conversations with Paul Simon. |
| 0:37.2 | In its Malcolm's new audiobook, Cold from 30 hours of conversations he and Bruce had |
| 0:41.8 | with Paul himself. |
| 0:44.1 | In this book, Paul breaks down his musical evolution from the duop he loved as a kid to the |
| 0:48.6 | folk music of his teens and early adulthood all the way up until the newest music that he's |
| 0:53.4 | making today. |
| 0:55.4 | There's tons of unheard stories in here and lots of rock moments with Paul remembering |
| 0:59.3 | how he wrote some of the most famous songs in his catalog. |
| 1:03.2 | We're sharing with you the prologue in chapter one of the book. |
| 1:06.3 | And if you like it, go check out the other nine chapters at miracleaudiobook.com or you |
| 1:11.6 | can also listen unaudible. |
| 1:13.7 | I hope you enjoy this exclusive excerpt of Miracle and Wonder, Conversations with Paul Simon. |
| 1:20.1 | You know, listen to this story. |
| 1:21.9 | This is quite amazing. |
| 1:23.1 | I took a trip on the Amazon and we stopped in this village. |
| 1:28.3 | It didn't even have any roads. |
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