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HuffPost Reviews: Neil Young, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, And R. Kelly, Plus An Exclusive Of Neil Young's Live "Harvest Moon"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Billy Altman, Robin Thicke, R. Kelly, Roger Semon, Neil Young, Sun Records, Geffen Records, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, OJ Da Juiceman, Ernst Michael Jorgensen, Keri Hilson, Booket T. And the MGs, Tyrese, Entertainment News, Stax Studios, The Zombies, The-Dream, Jxl, 3 Doors Down, The Whigs, Ruben Studdard, Shakira, Spongebob, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Tom Petty's album Pack Up The Plantation was a somewhat rockin' example of his stage shows. In comparison, that release was nothing more than a handful of crumbs compared to the feast that is The Live Anthology.

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Stop Making Sense With Jerry Harrison & Chris Frantz, Plus a Robert Francis Interview, John Mayer News, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sam Riback, ET Thorngren, Stop Making Sense, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, DVD Audio, Neil Young, Alexander Spence, The Beatles, John Mayer, Rooney, Sacd, Snuggie, Atlantic Records, The Who, Weezer, 5.1, John Martyn, Goldie Hawn, Imax, Blu-Ray, Swing Shift, David Byrne, The Rolling Stones, Karen Dalton, Dave Sardy, David Beal, Jordon Croneweth, Dts, Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, Soul Train, Talking Heads, U2, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Entertainment News, Michael Franti, Beverly Martyn, Robert Francis, Oasis, Jonathan Demme, Glen Gray, The Band, Reverened Gary Davis, Bruce Springsteen, James Walcott, Pauline Cale, Martin Scorse, The Last Waltz, Beyonce, Maxwell, Miley Cyrus, Townes Van Zandt, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year being the 25th anniversary of the release of the Talking Heads' concert classic Stop Making Sense, I spoke with Talking Heads Jerry Harrison and Chris Frantz on the cult favorite.

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HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Black Orpheus, Sarah Cracknell, Linda Ronstadt, Bola Sete, Indigo Girls, Roxy Music, The Eagles, Andrew Gold, Neil Young, Sade, Stan Getz, Alice in Chains, Brandi Carlile, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, J.D. Souther, Peanuts, Dave Brubeck, Stephen Stills, Lisa Germano, Rosanne Cash, Elton John, Dan Fogelberg, Elvis Costello, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kiss, Joan Armatrading, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Fripp, Wal-Mart, Crosby Stills & Nash, Charles Schulz, Vince Guaraldi, Wilco, Mary Travers, Jeff Tweedy, Robbie Robertson, Erroll Garner, Charlie Brown, Astrid Gilberto, Charlie Mingus, Karla Bonoff, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Ray, Sam's Club, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With Layne Staley's death, Alice In Chains was all but done. But fourteen years later, here we are with something that sounds a lot like what the group would have had they returned to the studio a couple years later.

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Watch Farm Aid 2009 Live

Posted 10.04.2009 | Impact

Read More: Farm Aid, Wilco, Dave Matthews, Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Jason Mraz, Impact News

For two and a half decades, the Farm Aid concert has raised money for family farms and promoted local, organic food. All of the usual suspects are the...

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The Beautiful Sound of Musicians and Philanthropy

Shawn Amos | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Philanthropy, Roger Daltrey, Yusuf Islam, Bridge School, Cat Stevens, Barbra Streisand, Herb Alpert, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Elton John, Bono, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Record bins are rife with charity singles and concert history is filled with benefit shows for every imaginable cause. Musicians like to give back. Here, see the most generous musicians ever.

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Fuel Uses Education and Inspiration to Make Impassioned Case for Green Energy

Josh Garrett | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil Refining, Sundance Film Festival, Alternative Energy, Biofuel, Richard Branson, Movie, Neil Young, Film, Pollution, Crude Oil, Algae Biofuel, Fuel, Biomass, Henry Ford, Contamination, Oil, Documentary, Josh Tickell, Algae, Willie Nelson, Green News
Josh Garrett

Fuel does not chastise Americans for using petroleum products, but instead shows that a post-oil nation is well within our grasp -- all we need to do is extend our hands.

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Social Marketing for Celebrities: Five Lessons from Neil Young

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Marketing, Social Media, Musicians, Twitter, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Celebrities, Neil Young, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

Canada's legendary mutton-chopped musician was leveraging 5 key principles of social marketing decades before the Internet came to be.

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Healing America (and What One Man Is Doing)

Beth Arnold | Posted 09.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Delmark Goldfarb, Twitter, Mass Hysteria, Corporate America, Balance the Bucks Concert, Health Care Reform, Portland Oregon, Neil Young, James Morgan, Corporate Greed, Blues, Barack Obama, Politics News
Beth Arnold

A man I've come to know a bit is a blues musician named Delmark Goldfarb from Portland, Oregon. He's producing a concert titled "Balance the Bucks", a rally against greed.

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Dog Days of Summer Playlist: Honoring the late great Les Paul

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Peter & Gordon, The B-52's, india.arie, Wu-Tang Clan, Neil Young, Trans Am, Count Basie & Tony Bennett, Music, Lone Justice, Ray Price, Devendra Banhart, Oscar Brown Jr., Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Weezer, Pete Yorn, Sly & the Family Stone, Anubian Lights, Baby Huey, Mungo Jerry, Donny Hathaway, Noah Georgeson, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Tony Joe White, Jill Scott, Pinetop Seven, George Shearing, Sonny Rollins, Jesse Lenat, Nick Drake, Rod Stewart, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Roger Scannura & Ritmo Flamenco, Led Zeppelin, Danielle Evin, Mudcrutch, Peggy Lee, R.L. Burnside, mp3s, Phil Ramone, Brazilian Girls, Carolina Liar, Dog Ears, Francis Dunnery, Bruce Springsteen, Winterpills, Reilly, Wussy, Califone, Ruru, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by Devendra Banhart, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Jill Scott, Janis Joplin, Weezer and, of course, Les Paul.

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In Honor Of Woodstock, The Best Rock Documentaries and Concert Films By Farr

John Farr | Posted 09.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Roy Orbison, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Emmylou Harris, Muddy Waters, Martin Scorsese, KD Lang, Neil Young, Concert Films, The Who, Best Movies by Farr, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, The Talking Heads, Otis Redding, Elvis-Costello, The Beatles, Monterey Pop Festival, The Grateful Dead, Janis-Joplin, Buddy Guy, Jonathan Demme, Woodstock, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, The Band, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
John Farr

I've found that if you're equipped with a decent home theatre and quality speakers, it's hard to go wrong with a rock concert film.

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WATCH: Pop Music Quiz - Singer-Songwriters

Shawn Amos | Posted 08.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Blunt, Singer-Songwriter, Pop Music, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Rhett Miller, Pop Culture, Neil Young, Elton John, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

I met with Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller to test this guy's Pop Culture I.Q. Here's the test I gave him -- five questions about singer-songwriters.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nikola Tesla, Italian, Brian Jones, Catholicism, Josh Hunter, New Wave, Eric Segalstad, Dolby's Cube, Who, The Magic Show, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Stevie Wonder, Lene Lovich, Dynasty, Margaret Thatcher, Burt Bacharach, Albert Einstein, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Dan Hicks, Peter Ham, The Kushans, Albert Schatz, Jesus, Wicked, Stephen Schwartz, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Mario Puzo, Depeche Mode, Poughkeepsie, Rose Bowl, Prefab Sprout, Thompson Twins, Roger Waters, Foreigner, Entertainment News, Carol De Gierer, Doug Henning, Pink Floyd, Enchanted, Joni Mitchell, Chris Bell, India, Unplugged, Promises in the Dark, Thomas Dolby, Poughkeepsie Journal, Live Aid, Jim Morrison, The Wall, Ronald Reagan, Mephisto on Wing, Latin, Broadway, Neil Young, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Issa, The 27 Club, Janis Joplin, Grand Theft Auto, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Antoinette Pannard, David Bowie, Mtv, MTV Unplugged, Amazon, Kathleen Beller, Bill Clinton, Angels & Demons, Pocahontas, Albert Schweitzer, Kurt Cobain, George Clinton, Bookexpo, Robert Johnson, Grammy Awards, Best Buy, Lois Drake, Pop Music, The Godfather, Jazz, Indiana Jones, Howard Jones, The Betsy, New Age, Def Leppard, Jimi Hendrix, Robyn Hitchcock, Dan Brown, Pippin, Godspell, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

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The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars

Levi Novey | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Rainforests, Amazon Rainforest, Amazon Deforestation, Rainforest, Deforestation, Amazon, Ecuador, Peru, Electric Cars, Neil Young, Guyana, Brazil, Green News
Levi Novey

Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"

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HuffPost Review: Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 - 1972)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Record Companies, Music Business, Blu-Ray, Cd, Neil Young, Grammy, Miles Davis, 5.1 DTS, Dvd, The Beatles, Crazy Horse, Buffalo Springfield, Compact Disc, Stephen Stills, Tony Stark, Major Labels, Graham Nash, The Squires, The Rolling Stones, David Crosby, Journey Through the Past, Nirvana, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Bob Dylan, The Stray Gators, Iron Man, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Filmore East, Dvd-A, Woodstok, Sacd, Winnipeg, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

In the world of box sets, it would be impossible to find something better than Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963 - 1972).

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New Tunes On Monday: Yusuf (Cat Stevens), Ben Harper and Relentless7, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, New York Dolls, and Paul Potts

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conor Oberst, Mick Jagger, Steve Miller, A&M Records, Hayley Westerna, Dave Matthews, Briatain's Got Talent, James Morrison, Josh Groban, Bobby Ewing, David Johansen, ZZ Top, Lumberjack Records, Ewan McColl, Elvis Costello, Glam, Simon Cowell, Classic Rock, Cats, Saddle Creek Records, Jason Boesel, Roberta Flack, J. Geils, Terry Sylvester, Punk, Johnny Thunder, Cat Stevens, Nina Rota, The Hollies, Pam Ewing, Sylvain Mizrahi, Omaha Beach, Justin Oberst, Pop, Steve Conte, Sarah Brightman, Classical, Nebraska, Procol Harum, Neil Young, Rock, Yusuf, Franco Zefferelli, Matthew Sweet, Dallas, Nik Freitas, Macey Taylor, Teaser and the Firecat, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Brian Delaney, Chris Cornell, Taylor Hollingsworth, Sami Yaffa, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Gunnar Nelson, Bright Eyes, Paul Potts, Tracy Chapman, Ernest Hemingway, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Hunter S. Thompson, Todd Rundgren, Ben Harper, Nelson, The Animals, Indie, New York Dolls, Ennio Morricone, The Rascals, Bob Dylan, Nathaniel Walcott, Tea for the Tillerman, Romeo & Juliet, Sylvain Sylvain, Buddha and the Chocolate Box, The Band, The Wallflowers, Album Reviews, Huffpost Review, Music Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Ever since Cat Stevens embraced Islam, the West has been clueless when it comes to accepting the former superstar. His latest release, Roadsinger, is a good start in rebuilding that emotional bridge to Stevens.

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Ford's Giant Green Leap

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 06.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Walletpop, Southern California Edison, Andrea-Chalupa, Who Killed the Electric Car, The Jetsons, Smart Grid, Ford, Susan Cischke, The Electric Car, WalletPop.Com, Neil Young, All in the Family, Ford Motor Company, Southern Cal Edison, 2012, Andrea Chalupa, Green News
Andrea Chalupa

Given the crisis we face, we should all be driving around in zero-emission vehicles. Forget the flying car and living like the Jetsons! We need cars that don't emit C02, now.

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Make Neil Young's Video, Support Electric Conversion Cars (VIDEO)

treehugger.com | Dave Burdick | Posted 05.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Jonathan Goodwin, Lincvolt, Johnny Magic, Motorhead Messiah, Neil Young, Green News

Treehugger reports that Neil Young, rock legend and proud owner of the LincVolt electric conversion car, is putting out a call to his fans: But here ...

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10 Lessons from Anvil!, the Greatest Heavy Metal Band You've Never Heard Of

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Robb Reiner, Sacha Gervasi, Neil Young, Metallica, Music, Glastonbury Music Festival, Bruce Springsteen, Bush, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Lips, Anvil, Anthrax, Scorpions, Guns N' Roses, Whitesnake, Entertainment News
Ariston Anderson

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?

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Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Walmart, Al Gore, Philippe Starck, Environmentalists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biofuel, Economy, Agriculture, Green, Neil Young, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Jones, Coal, Barack Obama, Bruce Nilles, Steven Chu, Solar Energy, Michael Pollan, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Rolling Stone, Environment, Sierra Club, Bonnarroo, Green Living, Green News
Avital Binshtock

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

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HuffPost Reviews: Neil Young - Fork In The Road / Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Graduate, Pegi Young, The Weepies, Paul Simon, Gas Guzzler, Larry Knechtel, Blues-Rock, Rosetta Stone, Iraq, Obama, Neil Young, Rock, Matthew Sweet, Battery Powered Car, Bush, Lincvolt, Fuel Efficiency, Living With War, Middle East, Joe Osborn, After the Gold Rush, Legacy Sttudios, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Simon & Garfunkel, Anthony Crawford, The Everly Brothers, Mother Nature, Retro, Chad Cromwell, The Raiders, Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Fred Carter Jr., New York City, Bio-Fuel, Niko Bolas, RAK Studios, Mike Nichols, Jazz, Kings of Convenience, Wall Street, Grunge, San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Irwin, Entertainment News, Youtube, Rick Rosas, Afghanastan, Hal Blaine, Starbucks, Itunes, Lincoln Continental, Art Garfunkel, Al Saracevic, Harvest, Brazilian, Trans, Bach, BartóK, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Many will appreciate Fork In The Road's altruism, and it would be refreshing if Neil Young disciples dedicated whole projects like this to the causes of their hearts.

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HuffPost Premiere: "Native New Yorker"

Booker T. Jones | Posted 06.17.2009 | New York

Read More: 9/11, Neil Young, Booker T. Jones, New York, New Yorkers, New York City, New York News
Booker T. Jones

The idea was to paint a picture of a post-9/11 New Yorker, born and raised, who knew the pain but was moving ahead. Neil Young joins me on this track.

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HuffPost Video Premiere: "Johnny Magic"

Neil Young | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Neil Young Video, New Neil Young Video, Johnny Magic Video, Neil Young, Johnny Magic, Neil Young Johnny Magic Video, Neil Young Johnny Magic, Entertainment News
Neil Young

2009-03-11-youngimagepull.jpgThis is a song about people and heroes and change. Life in America. I hope you enjoy it as much as my dog.

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Fork In the Road

Neil Young | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Fork in the Road, New Neil Young Video, Neil Young Video, Neil Young Fork in the Road, Neil Young, Neil Young Song, New Neil Young Song, Entertainment News
Neil Young

This song popped up at the end of a session in NYC last month. We recorded it that night before we went home. Hope you enjoy this little Shakey Pix video we did last week. I'll be with you on the 20th.

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Why Are Gay Marriage Advocates Not Defending Polyamory?

Lee Stranahan | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Gay Marriage, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Melissa Etheridge, Polygamy, Ani Di Franco, Lindsay Lohan, David Crosby, Polyamory, Lindsay Lohan Samantha Ronson, Stephen Stills, Civil Rights, Neil Young, Living News
Lee Stranahan

I'm in favor of real marriage equality. Love the one you're with -- love the two or more you're with, if you can work that out. Marry them if you're into that kind of thing.

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Reflections on Graham Nash's Reflections Box Set

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: David Lindley, Bonnie Raitt, Air America, Bono, Madison Square Garden, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Whales, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Nicolette Larson, Rhino Entertainment, Rita Coolidge, Atlantic Records, ABC Records, Allan Clarke, Chaka Khan, Stephen Stills, Carly Simon, The Rachel Maddow Show, John Hall, Congreeman John Hall, Dan Fogelberg, The Byrds, Nuclear Power, Graham Nash, Cass Elliot, David Crosby, Gil Scott-Heron, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jerry Garcia, Entertainment, Crosby Stills & Nash, Alternative Energy, Rhino, Carole King, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Crosby & Nash, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Muse, Tom Petty, Dave Mason, Ry Cooder, New York City, New York, The Mamas & the Papas, The Grateful Dead, Rhino Records, U2, Rachel Maddow, The Doobie Brothers, Environment, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Socially-Conscious, The Hollies, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Jessie Colin Young, Csny, Raydio, Csn, Poco, Traffic, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Nash's trademark high harmony vocals and impressive writing talents fluidly traverse the box set's newly-mastered, 64 tracks with career highlights... and remixes galore.

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