Paul Simon
Tanglewood
Koussevitzky Music Shed
Lenox, Massachusetts
June 27, 2026

source: Zoom H1essential (32 bit floating, 48khz sample rate) > GoldWave (convert to 16/44.1, MaxMatch, volume adjustments, track splits, clap reduction) > MVSep (crowd noise removal using Ensemble BS Roformer model) > GoldWave (add back desired crowd noise) > MP3tag (file tagging) > Trader's Little Helper (SBE correction, flac level 6)

taper: DavePas63

The touring band includes: Edie Brickell (vocals), Mark Stewart (guitar), Bakithi Kumalo (bass), Andy Snitzer (saxophone), Jamey Haddad (percussion), Mick Rossi (piano, keys), Gyan Riley (guitar), Matt Chamberlin (drums), Nancy Stagnitta (flute), Caleb Burhans (viola), and Eugene Friesen (cello).

Notes:

Paul Simon's first appearance at Tanglewood. Excellent performance. Recorded from the lawn, to the right of the stage. The first 35 minutes or so of the show consists of the 2023 Seven Psalms album performed in its entirety without breaks between songs (as per the album). After a short break, the second set was the expected greatest hits along with a few deeper cuts.

A shout out to the guy with the hat and mustache sitting directly behind us, who despite requests and glares insisted on talking throughout the show in the apparent belief that we and those near him were there to hear him and not Paul Simon. We greatly enjoyed listening to him, and once we know the next concert he'll be talking through, we'll be there.

A second shout out to the screeching/yelling woman also sitting behind us, who apparently believed that notwithstanding Paul Simon being an almost 85 year old mostly deaf man performing a couple of hundred yards from us with a full band behind him, he would be inspired by her screeching and yelling. If we ever need someone to screech or yell, we know who to turn to.

Fortunately, thanks to modern technology (MVSep in this case), while my group had to put up with this nonsense, you don't have to. Once the crowd noise was addressed and about five hours of post-production work, it turned out to be an excellent recording.

Enjoy the show and support the artists.

Samples included in comments (including a sample of removed crowd noise), cover artwork included in torrent.

Set One:
01 intro
02 The Lord
03 Love is Like a Braid
04 My Professional Opinion
05 Your Forgiveness
06 Trail of Volcanoes
07 The Sacred Harp
08 Wait

Set Two:
09 Graceland
10 Slip Slidin' Away
11 Train in the Distance
12 banter 1 (guitar figures)
13 Homeward Bound
14 banter 2 (intro to The Late Great Johnny Ace)
15 The Late Great Johnny Ace
16 Father and Daughter
17 banter 3 (Graceland album)
18 Under African Skies*
19 banter 4 (intro to Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War)
20 Rene and George Magritte With Their Dog After the War
21 banter 5 (intro to Rewrite)
22 Rewrite
23 Spirit Voices
24 The Cool, Cool River
25 Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes
26 crowd 1
27 Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard*
28 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
29 banter 6 (I don't do requests)
30 Mrs. Robinson (snippet)
31 Something So Right
32 The Boxer
33 crowd 2
34 The Sound of Silence

* - with Edie Brickell (including whistling on Me and Julio)

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