Neil Young

Why The '60s Really Ended With Carole King's 'Too Late'

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Nick Lowe, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, The Shirelles, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Kinks, Elvis Costello, James Taylor, John Hiatt, The Byrds, Video, Fifty News

Driving home to "Lawn Guyland" the day after graduating from Bucknell U. in Lewisburg, PA and blasting progressive rock station WNEW on the radio, I was struck by one of those other-worldly, pull-over-to-the curb musical moments.

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Storm & Grace: A Conversation With Lisa Marie Presley, Plus A.J. Croce Heads East in May

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.21.2012

Because of the organic-ness and the honesty and the Lisa Marie Presley presence on the recordings, do you feel like this might be the closest to the vibe -- not necessarily the recordings -- of what your dad, Elvis, was trying to do?

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Gil Evans' Centennial Tribute, Plus a Conversation With John Pizzarelli and Jon Cleary's Video Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, Maria Schneider, Steely Dan, Richard Rogers, Christian McBride, Benny Green, Paul Simon, Gil Evans, George Barns, Neil Young, Don Sebesky, Vince Mendoza, Miles Davis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Billy Joel, Joe Pass, The Beatles, Jessica Molaskey, Jay Leonhart, Norman Granz, Johnny Mandel, John Coltrane, Elton John, Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Costello, Tommy LiPuma, John Bunch, Tony Bennett, Jaco Pastorius, Django Reinhardt, Claude Thornhill Orchestra, Donald Fagen, The Way You Wear Your Hat, George Harrison, Radio Deluxe, Paul McCartney, George Van Eps, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Miles Evans, Jobim, Tom Waits, Don Costa, Wes Montgomerey, Duke Ellington, Jackson Browne, Johnny Mercer, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Diana Krall, Astrud Gilberto, Kenny Rankin, Seals & Crofts, Peter Frampton, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Anthony Wilson, John Pizzarelli, Video, Jon Cleary, Entertainment News

John Pizzarelli: Favorite album of all time? ... Abbey Road is pretty close to the top of the list. It's funny. You could say Abbey Road or you could say In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning, because they're the types of records you put on and say, 'Oh, I'll just listen to one or two tracks.'

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May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen Kill Four Students At Kent State, 'The Most Popular Murders Ever Committed in America'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Kent State is America's Tiananmen Square. The photo of a young girl kneeling over the body of a dead student is etched on our collective retinas. But all these years later, it is still hard to comprehend. There is no resolution of this tragedy.

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LISTEN: Neil Young & Crazy Horse Drop New 'Americana' Track

The Huffington Post | Michael Hogan | Posted 05.01.2012

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse are at it again, putting their trademark proto-grunge spin on a song most people associate with banjo-pickers and gold-rush...

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PHOTOS: The Ghosts Of Brownsville's Young Lovers

Randy Fox | Posted 04.04.2012

There hasn't been much activity in Brownsville, Pa. in some years, but to visit the town, it's impossible not to be affected by its remnants and by its ghosts.

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Why Is Neil Young Speaking At Book Convention?

AP | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Stephen Colbert, Neil Young Book Expo, Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young, Video, Jacob Javits Center, Book Expo America, Neil Young Memoir, Books News

NEW YORK -- Neil Young has a special gig in New York City this June – at the annual publishing convention, BookExpo America. The convention's o...

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Wise Words From Our Favorite Rookie

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Women's History Month, Role Model, Cadaver, Rookie Magazine, Tavi Sings, The Style Rookie, Tavi Gevinson, Neil Young, Teenage Girls, Feminism, Femininity, Tavi Gevinson Style Rookie, Video, Style, Coming of Age, Fashion, Slidepollajax, Tavi Gevinson Interview, Arts News

Wunderkind Tavi Gevinson started a style blog when she was only 13. Through her electric granny-chic aesthetic and insightful voice on feminism and gr...

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The Best of Rock 'n' Roll on Film

John Farr | Posted 05.12.2012

For social gatherings at home built around screening movies, outstanding rock documentaries and concert films are virtually guaranteed crowd pleasers, particularly if your home theater set-up includes a quality sound system.

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PHOTOS: Paul McCartney Honored By The Legends Of Rock

HuffingtonPost.com | Sasha Bronner | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Tony Bennett, Duane Eddy, Paul Mccartney Musiccares Person of the Year, Paul Mccartney Gala, Katy Perry, Alison Krauss, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Paul Mccartney Tribute, Eddie Izzard, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones, Alicia Keys, La Around Town, Diana Krall, Coldplay, James Taylor, Los Angeles News

Sure, everyone gets nervous before going on stage. But when you're about to perform some of the most beloved music in history and on a grand stage in ...

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Lady Gaga, Jack White, Norah Jones And More: 10 Musicians OK With Piracy

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis and Catharine Smith | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Music Piracy, Video, Piracy, Musicians Piracy, Pipa, Illegal File-Sharing, Online Piracy, Pro-Piracy, Lady GaGa, Neil Young, Megaupload, Sopa, Jack White, Norah Jones, Technology News

Following the massive web protests over Congress' online copyright protection bills SOPA and PIPA, as well as the high-profile takedown of file-hostin...

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Neil Young: Steve Jobs Did Not Listen To Music On An iPod

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 04.01.2012

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DANA POINT, Calif. -- Legendary rocker Neil Young took his campaign for higher-fidelity digital sound to the stage of a technology conference Tuesday,...

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John Mayer & Martin Guitar: Chats With Chris Martin & Fred Greene, Plus Chatting With Alyssa Graham (Video Exclusives)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Jesse Harris, Merle Haggard, Neil Young, Joan Baez, The Kinks, The Avett Brothers, John Mayer, The Beatles, Keefus Ciancia, Serge Gainsbourg, Bryan McCann, Seth Avett, Joao Gilberto, David Piltch, Michael Jerome, Meshell Ndegeocello, Chris Martin, Steven Elliot, Leave It to Beaver, Billie Holiday, Jane Birkin, Nick Drake, Doug Graham, Alyssa Graham, Chris Bruce, Carole King, Bob Dylan, Chet Baker, David Garza, The Mamas & the Papas, Martin Guitar, Francoise Hardy, Craig Street, Greg Gold, Video, Entertainment News

Here Fred Greene goes into Martin's new John Mayer Signature Guitar and explains what it is that separates it from all others.

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Neil Young's Belongings Destroyed In A Fire

AP | Posted 01.21.2012

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SAN CARLOS, Calif. -- A company founded by Neil Young is facing a lawsuit over a fire in the San Francisco Bay Area that authorities say started in a ...

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Weekend To-Do: Cheer For Boxing Elvis, Take In Some Art (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 01.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- After some bitterly cold weather this week, daytime temperatures are going to be unseasonably warm this weekend. While it'll be tempting...

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Dog Ears Music: What We Really Want For ChristmasChanukahKwanzaa

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Pegi Young, Claudine Longet, Albert King, Neil Young, Music, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Ben Taylor, Big Star, The Beatles, Emily Greene, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Spike Jones & His City Slickers, Graham Central Station, Lene Lovich, Bronski Beat, Cheap Trick, The Blue Nile, Big Joe Turner, Nine Inch Nails, Rod Stewart, Donald Fagen, Bon Iver, Hafdis Huld, Danielle Evin, Bobby Womack, Big Maybelle, Air, Maria McKee, mp3s, Robert Anderson, Bessie Smith, Ringo Starr, Peter Bjorn and John, Al Green, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Joni Mitchell, Brian Eno & David Byrne, The Black Keys, Lucille Ball, Dog Ears, Trio Los Panchos, Ugly-Casanova, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Neil Young, Bronski Beat, Cheap Trick, Hafdis Huld, The Beatles, and other artists.

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Wallace Berman: The Aleph Male

Tom Teicholz | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Cubism, Robert Heinecken, Picasso, Surrealism, Beat, Jazz, Russ Tamblyn, Pacific Standard Time, Neil Young, Dennis Hopper, Allen Ginsberg, Pornography, Assemblage Art, Topanga, Dada, Wallace Berman, Charlie Parker, Bracque, Arts News

All too rare is an art exhibition that invites the viewer to share in the joy of discovery, engaging us as confidants in new revelations that suddenly seem self-evident. "Speaking in Tongues: Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976," is just such an exhibition.

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Neil Young's 66th Birthday: 10 Best Musical Moments

Posted 01.12.2012

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Neil Young was born November 12, 1945 in Toronto, Canada, and his songwriting and music performances have been delighting American audiences since the...

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Dog Ears Music: Born in November Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Krzysztof Penderecki, Scarface, Paul Bley, Francy Boland (& Kenny Clarke), Joe Bushkin, John Philip Sousa, Danielle Evin, Neil Young, Music, Dr. John, John Hammond, W.C. Handy, Donna Fargo, mp3s, Mose Allison, Ray Coniff (& Mindy Carson), Hoagy Carmichael (& Ella Logan), Buck Clayton, Phil Ramone, Fabolous, Randy Newman, Gordon Lightfoot, Dog Ears, Gato Barbieri (& His Orchestra), Gigi Gryce, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Neil Young, Fabolous, John Hammond, Scarface, and other artists.

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Yellowcard's Audio Exclusive, Chatting With Pegi Young, Van Hunt and Tommy Keene, Plus PopMarket and Girl Talk's Halloween Playlist

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Pegi Young, John Hampton, Alan Ginsberg, Prince, Los Lobos, The Ramones, Tommy Keene, Merle Haggard, Occupy Wall Street, Neil Young, Live Nation, Girl Talk, The Heartbreakers, Danny Whitten, Lincvolt, Crazy Horse, The Beatles, The Who, Don Dixon, Robert Pollard, David Bowie, Ben Keith, The Bridge School, Van Hunt, James Brown, The Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Elliot Mazer, T-Bone Burnett, The Beats, Muddy Waters, Jack Kerouac, Thelonious Monk, The Stooges, The Keene Brothers, Paul McCartney, Iggy Pop, Roy Thomas Baker, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Es Sullivan, Chuck Berry, Rick James, Pearl Jam, Guided by Voices, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Berlin, Gillian Welch, The Sex Pistols, Brian Eno, Sly Stone, American Idol, Mathieu Bitton, Bruce Springsteen, The Replacements, Popmarket, Grin, Entertainment News

With Yellowcard's release of the acoustic version of their critically-acclaimed album When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes last week, it only proved that Yellowcard is indeed back.

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Arcade Fire And Neil Young Cover 'Helpless'

Posted 12.23.2011

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Arcade Fire and Neil Young joined forces for a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Helpless" at the Bridge School Benefit, an annual concert orga...

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"Communion" Video Exclusive and Chatting With Mumford & Sons' Ben Lovett

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Ian Grimble, Kevin Jones, Nathaniel Rateliff, Mumford & Sons, Matthew Hegarty, The David Mayfield Parade, Noah & the Whale, Neil Young, Michael Kiwanuka, Communion in the Redwoods, Laura Shera, Marcus Foster, Lauren Shera, Matthew and the Atlas, Bridge School, Bridge Benefit, Laura Marling, Entertainment News

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Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art: Chatting With The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Paul Chastain, David Connor, Linda Ronstadt, The B-52's, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, Winnona Ryder, Girls Like US, The Beach Boys, The Cruzados, Buzz of Delight, Austin Powers, The Who, Peter Buck, Crowded House, Yes, Velvet Crush, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, The Bangles, The Velvet Underground, Fred Armisen, Ming Tea, Hanson, George Harrison, Lulu, The Pretenders, Soul Asylum, Debra Winger, Led Zepplin, Kimberley Rew, Joni Mitchell, Sheila Weller, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, The Ramones, Debbi Peterson, Brendan O'Brien, Neil Young, Matthew Sweet, The Beatles, Big Star, Ric Menck, Carly Simon, James Brooks, Guitar Hero, Toni Stern, Tony Marsico, The Rasberries, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Carole King, The McKinley Sisters, Todd Rundgren, Terms of Endearment, Patti Smith, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan, Community Trolls, The Talking Heads, Vicki Peterson, Diana Ross, The Sex Pistols, Mitchell Froom, Robert Plant, Randy Newman, R.E.M., Lloyd Cole, David Letterman, Jimmy Page, Oh-Ok, Nazz, Entertainment News

"I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models. They were strong women, but their power was very much connected to their creativity and their voice."

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Boardwalk Empires, Mockingbirds, Concertos & Rocket Science: Conversations with The Jayhawks, Bela Fleck and Vince Giordano

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Diane Lane, Howard Levy, Ginger Baker, Martin Scorsese, Garrison Keillor, The Aviator, Mamie Smith, Dick Hyman, Phish, Gary Louris, Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, The Byrds, Roy Wooten, A Prairie Home Companion, Martha Wainwright, Ghost World, Bela Fleck, Peter Gelb, Edgar Meyer, Michael Penn, Earl Scruggs, Evelyn Glennie, Zakir Hussain, Rufus Wainwright, Bela Bartok, The Beverly Hillbillies, Captain Kirk, Zelig, Lewis Rusell, Mark Olson, Leon Redbone, Jane Green, Aztec Two-Step, Steve Buscemi, The New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, Woody Allen, Neil Young, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Miles Davis, Star Trek, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, The Cotton Club, Louis Armstrong, Buffalo Springfield, Jerry Douglas, Richard Gere, Mark Twain, Charlie Parker, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Ray Bradbury, Dve Matthews, Randall Poster, Nellie Mckay, Victor Wooten, The Jayhawks, Joshua Bell, Boradwalk Empire, Kathy Brier, Catherine Russell, Sophie Tucker, Leonardo Dicaprio, Saturday Night Live, Richard Thompson, Mark O'Connor, Stewart Lerman, Johnwilliams, Entertainment News

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Arlo Guthrie, Carol Channing, Charles Mingus, Rob Wasserman, Pete Seeger, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes, Neil Young, Edie Brickell, Joan Osbourne, Bobby McFerrin, The Blind Boys, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bruce Hornsby, Matthew Broderick, Lou Reed, Woody Guthri, Chris Whitley, Tom Morello, Suzanne Vega, Studs Terkel, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Sheryl Crow, Del Fuegos, Nora Guthrie, The Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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