Paul Simon’s Graceland Problem

What happens when incredible music collides with impossible politics?

In this episode of Tape Spaghetti, Scott and Blake dive into the tangled history of Paul Simon's Graceland, tracing how one bootleg cassette led to a Grammy-winning masterpiece... and an international controversy.

When Simon laid his ears on some extremely jive hits from South Africa, it helped him break a wicked creative slump and create an all-timer album featuring some righteously amazing South African artists. Sounds groovy, right?

Well, it mostly was. Except, by ignoring a United Nations boycott and recording in apartheid South...