🕢 Venue opens - 7:30pm : 🕚 Event finishes - 11:00pm

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A CELEBRATION OF THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON PERFORMED BY

GRACELAND

Formed in 2016 to play Kate Rusby’s Underneath the Stars Festival, Gary Stewart’s Graceland are a seven-piece ensemble that faithfully recreate Paul Simon’s 1986 classic album in all its’ glory.

With layers of guitars and percussion, bouncy accordion, vocal harmonies and many a bass solo, Gary and his band bring the South African rhythms and harmonies to life in concert halls and Festivals all around the U.K.

“Gary Stewart & his band masterfully recreated not just the sound of Paul Simon’s Graceland album but also the energy and soul that makes the original recording such a huge joy to listen to. An ambitious and wonderful feat to achieve in a live performance.” Underneath the Stars Festival

GARY STEWART

Gary Stewart is a Scottish singer/songwriter who has carved out a strong fan-base in his adopted home of Yorkshire with songs about paranoia, love & resilience.

When not playing his own music, the left-hander plays drums for fellow Bandcampers Hope & Social, bass for Leeds-based Fleetwood Mac tribute ‘Weetwood Mac’ and performs regularly up & down the U.K, performing Paul Simon’s classic 1986 album ‘Graceland’ with his seven-piece band.

Paul Simon, one of America’s most enduring songwriters, built his reputation on poetic lyrics, restless curiosity, and a gift for melody that spanned folk, rock, and world music. His 1986 album Graceland stands as his boldest and most influential statement. Recorded largely in South Africa during apartheid, the record fused Simon’s storytelling with township jive, mbaqanga rhythms, and Zulu choral traditions. Featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo and musicians like guitarist Ray Phiri, Graceland won the Grammy for Album of the Year and sparked global conversations about cultural collaboration and appropriation. It remains a landmark in pop music’s cross-cultural dialogue.