Farm Aid
Gets More Acts, Will Be Televised 2008
| August 26 | 4waysite.com
If you won’t be able to make it to Massachusetts this year to see Farm
Aid, fret not, the concert will be televised. DIRECTV’s The 101 Network
will air the show live in HD and commercial free from the Comcast Center
near Boston. The September 20th event features music from Willie Nelson,
Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews. Kenny Chesney will also
perform and more artists that were just announced include The
Pretenders, Jerry Lee Lewis, Arlo Guthrie, Steve Earle, Jakob Dylan and
many others.
Coverage begins at 4 PM. For more info on the festival, head to
FarmAid.org.
Graham
Nash's Solo Debut Finally Gets An Audio 2008
| August 23 | 4waysite.com
There seems to be a flurry of re releases from Rhino in the next few
months.(eg Allies, Right by You, etc).
The first release Graham Nash's brilliant "Sons for Beginners" CD on
Atlantic Records sounded terrible. It is the sort of recording that
makes vinyl enthusiasts blood boil. It had none of the warmth or focus
of the original recording.
That, we expect, will be remedied on 23 September, when Rhino reissues
"Songs" on CD and DVD-A in 5.1 surround sound.
Nash tweaked the vinyl version of "Songs" eight years ago to remedy some
of the harshness and distortion . The album's three best songs- "Better
Days", "Simple Man" and "I Used To Be King" concern his break up with
Joni Mitchell. Musicians on the album include Jerry Garcia playing some
impressive pedal steel guitar. Even Lenny Kaye " kinda sorta" liked it
when it was released 1971.
Of all the solo albums by the CSN guys, this is a true masterpiece.
Early next year Rhino plan to release a three CD retrospective of Graham
Nash's career.
Neil
Young Announces North American Tour 2008
| August 21 | antimusic.com
Neil Young Announces North American Tour was a top story for this week.
Here it is again: (PR) Neil Young will embark on a North American tour
commencing October 14th in St Paul, Minnesota continuing for eight
weeks, culminating at New York's Madison Square Garden on December 15th.
The new tour comes on the heels of Young's hugely successful 2008
European Tour that brought him before audiences in 14 countries over the
course of three months.
This fall's tour includes concert performances in such U.S. markets as
Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Detroit, and Philadelphia. Additionally
there will be multiple stops in Young's native Canada including
Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and
Halifax.
The concerts will feature Neil Young with the same band that so ably
backed him in Europe - Ben Keith, Rick Rosas, Chad Cromwell, Anthony
Crawford and Pegi Young. Song sets are expected to be eclectic,
featuring both newer material and classic Neil Young hits. Death Cab For
Cutie and Everest will support dates from October 14 through November 5;
Wilco and Everest are on the bill for dates starting November 29 through
the tour's conclusion with the exception of the December 9 Chicago date
which will feature (TBD) and Everest in support.
Neil
Young's Archives Gets A Release Date 2008
| August 19 | uncut.co.uk
Neil Young’s much-delayed "Archives" project looks likely to finally get
released on November 3.
"Archives Volume One 1963-1972" will be released as a 10-disc Blu-Ray
and DVD collection and is expected to feature previously released live
sets including "Live At Massey Hall", from 1971, and "Live At The
Fillmore East", from 1970, as well as never released studio tracks,
demos and artwork.
Meanwhile, Young is also apparently due to release "Sugar Mountain" on
September 29. Exact details of what this album will contain are
unconfirmed, but it’s widely presumed to be another set of vintage live
material.
A bootleg album, "Live On Sugar Mountain", recorded at the Dorothy
Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles on the last night of Neil Young's
early-1971 solo tour, has long been in circulation, and it’s likely the
material for this official release may well be drawn from that show.
Apple is
Fisher-Price of Sound Quality, says Neil Young 2008
| July
26 | fortune.cnn.com
Neil Young has slammed Apple's iPods for dumbing music quality down to
"Fisher-Price toy" levels at a technology conference in California this
week (July 23).
Speaking in an interview with Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey at
Fortune's Brainstorm Tech Conference Young said: "Apple has taken a
detour down the convenience highway. Quality has taken a complete
backseat - if it even gets in the car at all.”
Singling out Apple specifically, the singer complained about the quality
of music files on iTunes and iPods and how they have brought down
standards generally.
Young also griped that music is becoming more “like wallpaper” adding
that: “We have beautiful computers now but high-resolution music is
one of the missing elements. The ears are the windows to the soul.”
Neil
Young To Tour "Solidly For The Next Year" 2008
| July
24 | gigwise.com
Neil Young has revealed that he plans to tour “pretty extensively” for
at least the next year.
Young, who played the Hop Farm festival in Kent earlier this month, told
Billboard that he still found touring “very rewarding”.
“It's very good for me - it keeps me in top form physically, and that
makes me feel good,” he said.
"And I've found a way of doing it so I'm on and I'm off and I can get
enough time on that I can focus on (other projects) and then I go right
back out on the road again and take another couple shots at that."
Crosby,
Stills & Nash To Record With Rick Rubin 2008
| July
17 | billboard.com
Crosby, Stills & Nash are plotting their first studio album since 1994
-- a covers set for Columbia Records helmed by Rick Rubin.
"Rick Rubin's a brilliant man," Graham Nash tells Billboard.com, "and
what he wants is an album with no CSN songs. He wants to do an album of
all the songs we love, all the songs we wish we've written. It's
brilliant from this point of view because we usually wait five years to
record an album. This way there's no pressure."
Nash says he, David Crosby and Stephen Stills have had "many
discussions" with Rubin about the project, whittling the proposed list
of songs from 60 down to a current 20, which the trio is rehearsing
after sound checks during its summer tour. Nash declines to name
specific songs but acknowledges most would be considered well-known.
He expects recording to start in early 2009 for a release later in the
year. The covers set, which will be CSN's first new release since 1994's
"After the Storm," is one of many projects on the trio's plate at the
moment. "CSNY: Deja Vu," the documentary of Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young's 2006 Freedom of Speech Tour, opens July 25, with the companion
live album due Tuesday. Nash, meanwhile, is overseeing a number of
archival projects, including his own boxed set, which will be released
in time for his 67th birthday in February.
He's curating a Stills box set as well, and recently discovered an
album's worth of material of Stills playing with Jimi Hendrix that will
be compiled for another release. Nash is also putting together a live
album from CSNY's 1974 stadium tour, a set of Crosby Nash acoustic
recordings and a benefit record for the Children's Defense Fund that
will feature his and Crosby's collaborations over the years with artists
such as Elton John, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Collins, Jackson
Browne and others.
Nash -- who will be touring with Crosby this fall -- says the sonic
spelunking is invigorating.
"You fall back in love with the reason why you wanted to play with Neil
Young in the first place, the reason why you wanted to play with Stephen
Stills in the first place, and with Crosby in the first place," Nash
explains. "You go, '...I remember all this sh*t. That's what we were
trying to concentrate on.' It's very interesting, very enlightening."
CSNY Déjà
Vu CD 2008
| July
12 | antimusic.com
"Déjà Vu LIVE" is a sixteen track audio companion to CSNY: Déjà Vu, the
new documentary film directed by Neil Young that opens in theaters at
the end of this month. The album will be released by Reprise Records on
July 22nd and serves as the film's de facto soundtrack.
The performances are presented as they happened, with no overdubs,
making CSNY: Déjà Vu LIVE nothing less than exactly what its title
indicates, a rarity these days when most "live" albums are tweaked to
perfection in post-production. The only instance of "studio magic," so
to speak is a 100 voice choir which was recorded prior to the tour at
Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood. Concert audiences heard the
choir's performance piped into concert venues so that aspect is retained
in the album as it serves to replicate the actual concert experience.
CSNY: Déjà Vu Live track listing (song writers)
1. What Are Their Names (David Crosby)
2. Living With War Theme (Neil Young)
3. After The Garden (Neil Young)
4. Military Madness (Graham Nash)
5. Let's Impeach The President (Neil Young)
6. Déjà Vu (David Crosby)
7. Shock and Awe (Neil Young)
8. Families (Neil Young)
9. Wooden Ships (David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Paul Kantner)
10. Looking For A Leader (Neil Young)
11. For What Its Worth (Stephen Stills, Richard Furay)
12. Living With War (Neil Young)
13. Roger And Out (Neil Young)
14. Find The Cost of Freedom (Stephen Stills)
15. Teach Your Children (Graham Nash)
16. Living With War Theme (Neil Young)
Lost
Hendrix album 2008
| July
10| Yahoo! Music News
A previously
unheard Jimi Hendrix album has been uncovered and is set for release,
according to reports.
The new recordings are said to have been uncovered by Stephen Stills,
who worked with the guitar legend on the unreleased songs.
Graham Nash says the tapes were recently found.
"In the '70s, he was a recording fool. He just found a bloody album
he made with Jimi Hendrix", Nash told the Las
Vegas Sun.
"We've got to listen to that...I want to listen to every track he
ever recorded in case he recorded with Al Jolson", he
explained.
Jimi Hendrix died in September, 1970, of a suspected drugs
overdose.
Stills announces he will
play extra London date 2008 |
July 5 | uncut.co.uk
At Shepherds Bush Empire on
October 20.
Tickets for the additional gig will go on sale July 5.
He will now play a total of eight dates, kicking off in Brighton on
October 10.
Last year Stills released a collection of demo versions from a lost tape
of a recording he made in 1968 called “Just Roll Tape” and embarked
on an extensive US tour.
On his last tour Stills performed songs from throughout his four-decade
career, including material from his most recent solo album, 2006's
"Man Alive!" and classics from his time with Crosby,
Stills & Nash, CSN&Y, The
Buffalo Springfield and Manassas.
The tour dates are:
Brighton Centre (October 10)
London Shepherds Bush Empire (11)
Manchester Apollo (13)
Birmingham Symphony Hall (15)
Newcastle City Hall (16)
Sheffield City Hall (18)
Glasgow Clyde Auditorium (19)
London Bush Empire (20)
Stills in Europe next
Fall 2008 |
June 6 | 4waysite.com
Stephen
Stills will embark on an European tour.
First he will visit the United Kingdom. Dates include October 10 in
Brighton, October 11 in London, October 13 in Manchester, October 16 in
Newcastle and October 19 in Glasgow.
Stephen will be at the Olympia in Paris on October 5.
Soon more news.
CSN strike classic
chord in Santa Rosa 2008 |
June 2 | pressdemocrat.com
On Saturday night, as Crosby, Stills and Nash kicked off their summer
tour at the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa, it only took a few songs
until someone yelled for them to crank it up.
"You want it louder?" asked Graham Nash.
Stephen Stills flat out refused, "No!"
"We don't want you to become as deaf as we are," said David Crosby.
It's a good thing it wasn't sponsored by AARP because a few songs later,
when someone yelled "don't ever retire," Nash answered back, "we would
if we could spell it."
CSNY Documentary Set
For Summer Release 2008 |
May 30 | livedaily.com
Neil
Young's politically charged documentary film, "CSNY: Deja Vu," is
expected to be released July 25 in the US, according to a press release.
The documentary was filmed during Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's
"Freedom of Speech 2006" tour of North America.
The tour featured music from Young's controversial "Living With War"
CD--an album of protest songs written as a rebuke of President George W.
Bush and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Songs from the controversial
album are woven together on the new film with archival material, news
footage, audience reactions and observations of the issues surrounding
the integration of politics and art, according to a statement.
A distribution deal is in the works that will make the film available on
the big screen simultaneously with a video-on-demand release. In
addition, Netflix will air the film on the "Watch Instantly" streaming
service the same day. The band's label is expected to release a DVD
version in the fall--prior to the presidential elections.
HDNet is expected to air the film the day the DVD is released.
Neil Young To Release
Harvest Moon Live 2008 |
May 27 | albumvote.co.uk
Neil Young is set to release two live albums on July 7 as he continues
to plough through he's back catalogue of live recordings and bootlegs.
First up is live recording of the acclaimed 1992 album called 'Harvest
Moon' called 'Harvest Moon Live' which was a follow up to he's 1972
classic 'Harvest'. Secondly is an album of San Francisco studio
recordings from 2000 called 'Toast'. Track listings for both albums are
to be confirmed.
Graham Nash on
American Idol 2008 |
May 27 | 4waysite.com
If you missed Nash on American Idol, here it is. Rumor has it that Nash
did not want to do the program, but his management pointed out the
size of the TV audience and he changed his mind!
Neil Young becomes a
Spider 2008 |
May 16 | Associated Press
RALEIGH,
N.C. (AP) - Celebrities are forever being honored for something by
someone. A North Carolina biologist has named a newly discovered spider
for musician Neil Young.
East Carolina University biologist Jason Bond has named a newly
discovered trapdoor spider found in Alabama for Young. (The actual name
is Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi.)
Bond says Young is worthy of the honor because he's been an activist for
social and political issues.
Bond examined the spider in a collection at the American Museum of
Natural History in New York where it was identified as a new species
that's indigenous to Alabama. Bond has also named a spider species for
South Africa civil rights leader Nelson Mandela. He also named one for
his wife.
David
Crosby and Graham Nash are pleased to announce pre-sale ticketing for
their upcoming Fall 2008 dates. You can buy tickets to select Crosby
Nash shows before they go on sale to the public through
crosbynash.com
and this
webpage.
Crosby Nash Direct Ticketing allows you to buy tickets online for
upcoming shows directly from the artist as an effort to reduce the high
surcharges from other online ticket vendors, and to offer a more
convenient ticketing option.
CSNY Docu headed for
Theaters
2008 |
May 14 | reuters.com
CANNES, France (Hollywood Reporter) - Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions
are finalizing a deal for U.S. rights to the politically charged Crosby,
Stills, Nash & Young documentary "CSNY -- Deja Vu."
Fortissimo Films, which acquired the film from Shangri-La, has sold
rights to 15 more international territories.
The feature, directed by Neil Young, chronicles the rock group's 2006
Freedom of Speech tour in support of Young's "Living in War" album.
A brief overview of
Neil's Archives project
2008 |
May 10 | thrasherswheat.org
Youtube.com
gives us a brief overview of The Archives project:
This information comes from the well informed Neil Young site
thrasherswheat.org and has been provided by a a sharp eyed fan:
"At the end
of the youtube.com preview, there is a shot of 10 title screens of the
10 discs in Volume 1":
Early Years (1963-1965) Early Years (1966-1968) Topanga 1 (1968-1969) Live At The Riverboat Topanga 2 (1969-1970) Live At The Fillmore East Topanga 3 (1970) Live At Massey Hall North Country (1971-1972) Journey Through The Past (the film)
"The Sun JavaOne site has some pictures from the event. Two of the
pictures have shots of the scroll. Here is what I can read of the red
section (Archives Vol 1) of the scroll".
1963 01. Aurora 02. Sulton
1964 03. Mustang 04. I Wonder 05. I Love You Forever
1965 06. I'm A Man And I Can't Cry 07. Hello Lonely Woman 08. Casting Him Away From You 09. There Goes My Babe 10. Sugar Mountain 11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing 12. Run Around Babe 13. The Ballad of Peggy Grover 14. The Rent Is Always Due 15. Extra Extra
(white space/gap in scroll)
16. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong 17. Burned 18. OUt Of My Mind 19. Down Down Down 20. Kahunna Sunset
1967
21. Mr. Soul 22. Sell Out 23. Down To The Wire 24. Expecting To Fly 25. Slowly Burning 26. One More Sign 27. Broken Arrow
1968
01. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 02. The Loner 03. Birds 04. What Did You Do To My Life 05. The Last Trip To Tulsa 06. Here We Are In The Years 07. I've Been Waiting For You 08. The Old Laughing Lady 09. I've Loved Her So Long 10. Sugar Mountain 11. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
(white space/gap in scroll)
12. Down By The River 13. Cowgirl In The Sand 14. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
(gap in scroll/no title)
01. Sugar Mountain 02. The Old Laughing Lady 03. Flying On The Ground Is Wrong 04. I've Loved Her So Long 05. I Am A Child 06. 1956 Bubblegum 07. The Last Trip To Tulsa 08. Broken Arrow 09. Whiskey Boot Hill 10. Expecting To Fly
01. Cinnamon Girl 02. Running Dry 03. Round And Round 04. Oh Lonesome Me 05. Birds 06. Everybody's Alone 07. I Believe In You 08. Sea Of Madness 09. Dance Dance Dance 10. Country Girl 11. Helpless
(gap in scroll/white space)
12. It Might Have Been
(gap in scroll)
01. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere 02. Winterlong 03. Down By The River 04. Wonderin' 05. Come On Baby, Let's Go Downtown 06. Cowgirl In The Sand
(gap in scroll)
01. Tell Me Why 02. After The Goldrush 03. Only Love Can Break Your Heart
04 - 14 : "I can't read these or the rest of the red section...."
"There is a shot of the 1994 - 2000 section of the scroll, but it is
merely a listing of the albums released in that period. So, it looks
like the contents of that section of the Archives hasn't been decided".
Neil Young - Innovation & Music - JavaOne 2008 - Part 1:
Neil Young - Innovation & Music - JavaOne 2008 - Part 2:
Neil Young to release
music video archive on Blu-ray DVDs
2008 |
May 7 | news.com
SAN FRANCISCO--At JavaOne, Neil Young showed off his multimedia project
that chronicles his music career and uses Java to do so.
Young said he tried to do the project on DVD, but users couldn't watch
the high-resolution video and listen to the music at the same time. With
Java and Blu-ray, the content can be updated and offer the best viewing
and listening experience, as well as great navigation and design.
"Storage is the only limit," Young said, and recommended the Sony's
PlayStation 3 as the best way to view his project.
Users will be able to download any archival materials, which are
automatically assigned to their place in a chronological time line,
Young said.
In a meeting with a few press members following the JavaOne keynote,
Young talked about the Archive project, which goes back to the late
1980s. The first stage, he said, was collecting the materials.
Neil Young and Sun
CEO Jonathan Schwartz
(Credit: Dan Farber/CNET News.com)
"I am kind of a pack rat," he said, adding that over the years he's
accumulated a lot of unreleased material. "I only give the record
company what I want people to hear at the time. So I have a lot of
unreleased material. Putting it all together tells a much different
story than just what has been produced (for public consumption)."
Is Neil Young About To
Endorse A Product? 2008 |
May 3 | undercoverhd.com
"Ain't
singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody,
makes me look like a joke". That was from Neil Young's 'This Notes For
You'. Neil has also been outspoken about mixing products with artists.
He has never had a sponsor. But on Tuesday morning, he will be singing
for Sun.
Neil Young has been announced as keynote speaker at the conference for
Sun Microsystems executives next week.
According to the Sun Microsystems note for you, "Neil Young and Sun will
make an announcement during the event, and provide a special
demonstration of a new multi-media music project. Come hear and see what
Java technology means to Neil Young".
So what is Neil up to?
Sun Microsystems produce the Java platform that powers around 5.5
billion devices in mobile phones, smart cards, blu-ray players, set-top
boxes, PCs and car navigation systems.
We can only assume at this stage that Young will be using their
technology to reach his audience for his next album 'Toast', due soon.
All will be revealed at the conference on Tuesday morning at the Moscone
Center in San Francisco from 8.30AM.
CSN web site is asking
for suggestions 2008 |
April 29 | crosbystillsnash.com
What is your
idea of what CSN should sing this tour? The official CSN web site is
asking for suggestions for their set list.
Neil Young Video Night
in Italy 2008 |
April 21 | stefanofrollano.com
Tonight
on April 21st, there will be a Neil Young Video Night in Milan, Italy,
at the venue called Spazio Oberdan.
A two hours
video retrospective will include many videoclips from the whole career
of Neil and some footage took from weird audience recording and tv
broadcast.
The video
selection was assembled by the long time italian fan Cristina Guenzi and
his own husband Gianmarco Picuzzi along with Stefano Frollano. The show
will be hosted by an Italian music writer and journalist, Enzo Gentile.
During the
night there will be the chance to buy the Neil Young - Discografia
Illustrata - book written by Stefano Frollano (see picture).
Crosby & Nash announce
Fall Tour 2008 |
April 17 | crosbynash.com
David Crosby
and Graham Nash will not have much time to rest after the CSN Summer
Tour: they announced their Fall Tour!
Check the Tours
section for more details.
Stories (and songs)
from David Crosby 2008 |
April 10 | aspentimes.com
David Crosby’s appearance at Belly Up Aspen Tuesday night was part of
the Aspen Writers’ Foundation’s Lyrically Speaking series, and
interviewer Paul Zollo got quickly to the topic at hand, probing at the
outset Crosby’s thoughts on the songwriting process.
Graham Nash's sister
dead at 53 2008 |
April 8 | dailybreeze.com
Graham Nash said today that his youngest sister died last weekend.
Sharon Barritt was 53, and died in their hometown of Manchester,
England.
In a statement released by his Los Angeles management office, Nash said
he is "deeply grateful for all of the thoughts and kind wishes being
expressed at this time as we remember dear Sharon and mourn her passing.
Thank you most sincerely." Barritt near where she and her brother grew
up as children. She is survived by her husband, Brian Barritt, and their
children, son Phillip and daughter Emma Louise.
A Toast From Neil
Young 2008 |
April 4 | 4waysite.com
Neil
Young is completing an aborted Crazy Horse album from 2000 for his next
release. The origins of the 'Toast' album began in the Toast studio in
San Francisco. Crazy Horse recorded there for a few months but the only
track to surface was 'Goin' Home' on 'Are You Passionate'.
For 'Are You Passionate', Young jumped ship from Crazy Horse and worked
mainly with Booker T and the MGs. Some of the Toast songs were
re-recorded with the MGs.
'Toast' is once again in production with original producer John Hanlon
working on the mixes. The album will be the first in a series of Neil
Young archive Special Edition unreleased albums.
Interview with David
Crosby for the Barack Obama Music Coalition 2008 |
April 2 | barackobamamusic.com
Steve Silberman
(contributing editor for Wired magazine and the author of several CSNY
album notes) conducted an interesting interview with David Crosby. The
focus is on Barack Obama.
Spending 10 minutes
with Stephen Stills 2008 |
March 31 | cleveland.com
Stephen Stills
recently chatted by phone from his home in Los Angeles with PDQ's
Michael Heaton. They talked about Stills´ son Henry who has Asperger
syndrome. Stills will be in Cleveland on Saturday, April 12, to perform
with Michael Stanley in a benefit for Autism Speaks.
Today Neil Young’s
"Greendale" at Undermain Theatre in Deep Ellum
2008 |
March 29 | 4waysite.com
Undermain
Theatre, through special arrangement with Wixen Music Publishing, is
pleased to announce its cast for the theatrical premiere of Neil Young's
Greendale.
The rock opera by the legendary singer - songwriter will be adapted for
the stage by Undermain Theatre on March 29-May 3, 2008.
This song cycle has been compared to Thornton Wilder's Our Town and
Sherwood Anderson's Winesberg Ohio as a portrait of the changing face of
small town America.
Henry Stills, 11,
takes a bow
2008 |
March 28 | People magazine and autismspeaks.org
From the latest issue (March 31, 2008) of People magazine — Henry
Stills, 11, takes a bow in the March 25 HBO documentary "Autism: The
Musical," which follows five autistic kids as they put on a show.
When Henry
Stills was invited to perform in a musical with the Miracle Project, a
Los Angeles theater group that includes kids with special needs, "he was
ambivalent at best," says his dad, Stephen, 63, of Crosby, Stills, Nash
& Young.
Adds mom
Kristen, 41: "I figured he was not going to engage at all." Turns out
Henry (who has Asperger's, a high-functioning form of autism that
hinders social interaction) thrived in the creative environment. So did
the four other autistic children whose rehearsals, home lives and
performance (which they helped script) appear in the documentary.
"People will really be able to learn from it," says Stephen. "They're
just kids. Watching them, it's like, 'We're gonna do the school play.'
Some wander off, some are loud, and it's just wonderful."
Henry
Stills is the boy on the cover of the CSNY CD "Looking
Forward."
An event to
raise money for autism research has become so big, it will move to the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum this year.
Autism Speaks'
Rock 'Til It Stops concert is set for April 12 at the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame and Museum. The evening will include special performances by
two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Stephen Stills and
Cleveland's own Michael Stanley, tours of the exhibits, and delicious
food and drinks. "Twenty percent of the money raised will stay in the
Northeast Ohio Cleveland chapter," said Shari Goldberg, event
co-chairwoman and president of the local chapter. "We also have an
autism treatment network."
Neil Young back to the
Garden
2008 |
March 17 | joongangdaily.joins.com
Woodstock
will be revived in Korea with a participant from the original event,
Neil Young. The concert in Seoul, titled Flower Power Peace Festival, is
May 4 and 5 at Jamsil Olympic Stadium.
The festivals spirit of peace will be nurtured at the upcoming show in
Seoul, which is aimed at promoting peace on the divided Korean
Peninsula, the last divided nation in the world. The Flower Power Peace
Festival means more than just another rock concert, said Han Sang-ryong,
chairman of the culture committee at Gangwon Television Broadcasting,
sponsor of the festival in Korea.
The event is meaningful as Korea marks 55 years after the [Korean War]
truce was signed. It also marks 60 years since South Korea was founded.
Neil Young's "Summer
Festival Tour" in Europe - England
2008 |
March 15 | 4waysite.com
This summer
Neil Young is the headliner of a one day festival in England taking
place at Hop Farm Country Park on Sunday 6th July.
The festival
takes place in Paddock Wood which is a small town in Kent, about eight
miles South West of Maidstone. Hop Farm is set in 400 acres of unspoilt
Kent countryside, and was once a working farm and is now one of Kent's
most popular tourist attractions in the Garden of England.
More
information in the Tours section.
Women cover Neil Young
Songs for Charity
2008 |
March 9 | nydailynews.com
It's
a low-budget project, created to benefit a breast cancer charity
(Casting for Recovery). So the names here aren't looming. Jill Sobule,
Lori McKenna and Tanya Donelly stand out as stars in the company of
names like Kate York and Julie Peel.
But they all do
fine work, even if none does a single daring thing with the tune or
arrangement.
The women stick to Young's acoustic ballads, losing his proto-grunge or
"Guitar God" sides entirely. Even the take on "Like a Hurricane" takes
it slow.
CSN Summer Tour -
James Raymond
2008 |
March 7 | 4waysite.com
It
has been confirmed that James Raymond will be on the CSN Summer Tour, in
lieu of Mike Finnigan.
Michael
Finnigan is going back out touring with Joe Cocker for the remainder of
the the year.
CSN Summer Tour -
Pre-Sale Announcement
2008 |
March 7 | crosbystillsnash.com
CSN is pleased
to announce pre-sale ticketing for their upcoming Summer 2008 dates.
Crosby Stills & Nash Direct Ticketing allows you to buy tickets online
for upcoming shows directly from the artist as an effort to reduce the
high surcharges from other online ticket vendors, and to offer a more
convenient ticketing option.
The
pre-sale for 6-06-08 Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery, Woodinville, WA,
has begun.
The
pre-sale for 7-23-08 Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion will begin
Monday, March 10, 2008 at 10:00 AM EASTERN.
You can buy
tickets to select CSN shows before they go on sale to the public, at
this
webpage.
News on Neil Young's
"Summer Festival Tour" in Europe
2008 |
March 6 | 4waysite.com
After his
appearance at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, it is also confirmed
that NY will play the following venues:
Rock in
Rio, Madrid, Spain on 27 June
Malahide
Castle, Dublin, Ireland 29 June
Live at
the Marquee, Cork, Ireland on 30 June
Rock 2008
Werchter Festival, Belgium on 4 July
Roskilde
Festival, Denmark runs from July 3rd-July 6th
Arena
Leipzig, Germany on July 8
König-Pilsener-Arena, Germany on July 9
Bospop
Festival, Holland on July 11
Optimus
Alive, Portugal on July 12
More
information in the Tours section.
Neil Young To Join
Radiohead At European Festival
2008 |
March 4 | 4waysite.com
Neil Young has
been confirmed to play this year's Roskilde Festival as his only
Scandinavian outdoor appearance in 2008.
Young’s appearance at the festival, which runs from July 3rd-July 6th,
will be his first performance in Denmark for seven years. He joins
Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine and The Chemical Brothers as the main
acts at this year’s event.
Tickets for last week's Copenhagen shows, his first in seven years,
sold-out within minutes, and Young's Roskilde appearance will be the
last time local fans will get a chance this year to see the legendary
singer.
CSN Summer Tour -
Updated
2008 |
March 3 | 4waysite.com
We
can now confirm our earlier rumors: the CSN 2008 tour will go ahead!
Check the Tours section for the
complete schedule.
Tickets are not
yet available.
Chris Stills Release
and Tour
2008 |
February 27 | fanista.com
Fanista.com
today announced the U.S. release of an exclusive self-titled second album
from musician Chris Stills.
With music running deep in Stills' family tree, the maturity and triumph
of his new album comes as no surprise. While his father, Stephen Stills,
is celebrated for his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young, his mother Veronique Sanson is a Pop legend in France.
Chris will tour to promote his new album from March 11, 2008 – March 24,
2008, playing in several cities across the United States, including Los
Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and more.
Tour dates are as follows:
March
11, 2008 – LOS ANGELES, CA – Viper Room
March 12, 2008 – SEBASTOPOL, CA – Ace in the Hole Cider Pub
March 13, 2008 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The Lodge
March 17, 2008 – MONTREAL, QUE – La Sala Rossa
March 19, 2008 – BOSTON, MA – Paradise Rock Club
March 20, 2008 – NEW YORK, NY – Blender Theater at Gramercy
March 22, 2008 – NORTHAMPTON, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall
March 23, 2008 – ALEXANDRIA, VA – The Birchmere
March 24, 2008 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – World Café Live (WXPN
Studios)
Chris Stills: "It's
taken some time, but I'm thrilled my new album is finally being released
in the U.S.. I am confident that hosting it exclusively on Fanista.com
will help me reach true fans who are passionate about high-quality
music."
CSN Summer Tour
2008 |
February 26 | 4waysite.com
It would appear from our usually very well placed sources that we are,
in fact, to be treated to a CSN tour this summer.
The usual venues will be used as the tour sweeps through CT, MA, NH, NJ
and NY.
Lets hope they
bring out some of those old forgotten gems on the tour that CSN wrote
way back and... some NEW songs.
Details still to be announced ...
Neil Young and Bruce
Springsteen join anti-war soundtrack
2008 |
February 25 | reuters.com
Neil
Young, Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam have contributed tunes to the
anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in
Iraq.
The 30-song, two-disc album "Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq
War Veteran" will be released March 18 via Warner Music's Sire Records
label. All proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit Iraq
Veterans Against the War.
"Body of War" focuses on Tomas Young, an Army soldier paralyzed upon
arriving in Iraq. It will open on March 13 in Austin, Texas, and expand
nationally in subsequent months. Talk show veteran Phil Donahue directed
the film with Ellen Spiro.
The album, put together by Young, features the single "No More," which
Pearl frontman Jam Eddie Vedder composed specifically for the film.
Pearl Jam's live version of Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" also graces the
soundtrack.
Springsteen contributed "Devils & Dust," and Neil Young "The Restless
Consumer." Other tracks include "Yo George" from Tori Amos, "Son of a
Bush" from Public Enemy, and "Bushonomics" from Talib Kweli & Cornel
West.
CSNY on British radio
2008 |
February 19 | bigl.co.uk
International
radio station, Big L 1395AM will be continuing its highly successful
programme, This Sunday At Nine with a look at the music and career of
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Hosted by former Radio 1 DJ, Mike Read, the hour-long programme will
feature classic CSN&Y tracks, forgotten gems, as well as a choice cuts
from their respective solo careers.
Big L 1395 probably plays more CSN&Y than any other commercial radio
station. The show airs this Sunday (24 February) at 21.00. It repeats
next Wednesday (27 February) at 21.00.
Big L is available on 1395AM/Sky Digital 0190/www.bigl.co.uk
Neil Young Kicked off
in Europe
2008 |
February 15 | 4waysite.com
This week Neil Young kicked off at Stadschouwburg, Antwerpen in Belgium.
Soon We will offer this show in the MP3s section, but the concert is now
streaming on Rust
Radio.
Photo: BBC NEWS
Set listing:
From Hank To
Hendrix / Ambulance Blues / Sad Movies / A Man Needs A Maid / No One
Seems To Know / Try / Harvest / After The Gold Rush / Mellow My Mind /
Love Art Blues / Don't Let It Bring You Down / Cowgirl In The Sand / Old
Man // Mr. Soul / Don't Cry No Tears / Dirty Old Man / Spirit Road / Bad
Fog Of Loneliness / Winterlong / Oh, Lonesome Me / The Believer / No
Hidden Path // Cinnamon Girl / Rockin' In The Free World // The Sultan
Change the World?
Well, Maybe Not
2008 |
February 9 | nytimes.com
Neil
Young said on Friday that he had lost all hope that music can change the
world, as he presented a documentary about 2006 antiwar concert tour by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at the Berlin film festival, Agence France-Presse
reported.
“I know that the time when music could change the world is past,” Mr.
Young said. “I really doubt that a single song can make a difference. It
is a reality.” Mr. Young made no distinction between the Vietnam War,
during which Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young earned a reputation for
political activism, and the war in Iraq, which their tour condemned with
songs like “Let’s Impeach the President.” “It is all the same war, and
it hurts everybody,” he said.
“It’s a wrong way to solve a problem,” he said, adding that Americans
were deluded if they thought they were liberating Iraq.
"CSNY: Déjà Vu"
screening at Berlin Film Festival
2008 |
February 8 | 4waysite.com
There are several music-related films screening at this year's festival,
including the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young documentary "CSNY: Déjà Vu"
which premiered at Sundance last month. Neil Young will be in Berlin to
help promote the film which documents the band's reunion in 2006.
The Berlin Film Festival opens today with Martin Scorsese's Rolling
Stones documentary 'Shine A Light' - which includes archive footage as
well as new.
The festival runs until February 17.
Happy Birthday Graham!
2008 |
February 2 | 4waysite.com
Best
wishes and many happy returns to an amazing songwriter and complete
gentlemen -- Happy 66th to Mr. Graham William Nash!
Rock Station is
featuring Neil Young as its artist of the month
2008 |
January 30 | 4waysite.com
In
February, Planet Rock - The UK’s Classic Rock Station is featuring Neil
Young as its artist of the month. With his upcoming UK tour, the station
is celebrating his visit with a variety of on-air specials including
interviews and live music. There will be competitions to win Neil
Young’s back catalogue, tickets to his upcoming UK shows and each day in
February, Planet Rock will be giving away the full ‘i-tunes’ back
catalogue of his albums (over 270 tracks).
- Saturday Feb
3rd 6pm UK time (repeated Thursday 7th 11pm UK time)
Greendale – A look at one of Neil Young’s recent masterpieces.
- Saturday Feb 10th 6pm UK time (repeated Thursday 14th 11pm UK
time)
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – His years with CSN.
- Saturday Feb 17th 6pm UK time (repeated Thursday 23rd 11pm UK
time)
Neil Young live – A Set List special.
Online, rock journalist, Dave Henderson has written a fascinating
article on the uncompromising genius that is Neil Young. He takes a look
at his staggering back catalogue and his life after his near death
experience. The Planet Rock website will also have a buyers guide to his
music, the top ten most sort after collectables, an album quiz. Plus
vote for your favourite electric and acoustic songs.
First volume of the
Neil Young "Archives" release due on February, but...
2008 |
January 28 | billboard.com
Another year, another new twist in the saga of Neil Young's
long-in-the-works "Archives" series.
The multi-disc first volume of the project, which has shifted release
dates countless times in the past two years, was most recently scheduled
to arrive Feb. 19. But Young told Billboard last week that a new
technological twist is responsible for the latest delay...
Sundance Film Festival 2008 |
January 27 | 4waysite.com
Herewith an
interview and
some clips from
the movie
"CSNY Déjà Vu".
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Review Sundance Film
Festival
2008 |
January 26 | 4waysite.com
CSNY fan
Gary Goltz
was one of the privileged few to witness CSNY's contribution to
the Sundance Film Festival two days ago. He wrote a review for
4waysite.com:
"It was a great night, a movie with CSNY. The audience looked like a
concert crowd, lots of fans. CSNY came out at the beginning led by Neil
and said a few words.
The movie was well done with clips from the tour and some early stuff
most I've seen. It really explained the relevance of the group from many
different points of view. It showed CSNY and the connection between the
Viet Nam fiasco and the Iraq disaster with interviews and TV news
reports and of course, their songs. After the movie CSNY took the stage
again to answer questions.
One Vet came forward and said he had a loved one killed in the current
war and Neil didn't know what he was talking about. Neil with total
empathy told him he was right and acted most humble. It was a raw
vulnerable emotional moment. Neil looked like he was teared up. The key
was having an honest dialog he said. Nash urged everyone to vote.
< Neil with his hand on his
heart was his reaction to the Vet.
I felt proud to be a long time CSNY fan. You gotta give it to Neil. What
a night. Glad I made the trip from Southern CA. I give the movie a big
thumbs up"!
Concert film "Déjà Vu"
polarizes CSNY fans
2008 |
January 25 | usatoday.com
PARK
CITY, Utah — A concert film closes the Sundance Film Festival tonight,
and the subject is the group CSNY. That's Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- and you...
Turning the lens from the stage to the seats was a way to find out why
people felt the way they did about the fiery new anti-war songs, whether
they liked or hated them.
"They are my own personal songs," Young says. "Even though it
was such a heartfelt thing, and I really believe what I believe, the way
we presented it allowed everybody to say what they felt. The idea of the
whole project was just to stimulate debate."
Stephen Stills and
Cleveland's Own Michael Stanley Headline April 12 Event
2008 |
January 17 | autismspeaks.org
Autism Speaks will host a special one-night-only benefit concert,
featuring performances by Stephen Stills and Michael Stanley, at the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday,
April 12 from 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. “Rock ‘Til It Stops” will be an evening
of food, music and fun as the Cleveland community joins together to
raise awareness about autism and funds to support Autism Speaks' local
and national research, education and outreach initiatives.
April is national Autism Awareness Month. Read the
article>>>
Stills Recovering from
Surgery
2008 |
January 3 | The Associated Press
LOS
ANGELES—Stephen Stills has undergone surgery for prostate cancer in Los
Angeles.
In a statement, Stills' wife, Kristen Stills, said the "procedure
went remarkably well and he couldn't be better. He will be home by noon
tomorrow and the pain will be minimal."
The statement said the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame artist and
guitarist is scheduled to attend the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for
the Jan. 25 world premiere of "CSNY / Deja vu."
The feature movie, directed by Bernard Shakey, which is Neil Young's
cinematic alter ego, was filmed during the 2006 Freedom of Speech tour
by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Stills is also scheduled for a North American solo tour
this spring in support of his recently released "Just Roll Tape" album
on Rhino Records.
Graham Nash to 4 WaySite: "Stephen is doing very well. His procedure
was successful and he wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and
good wishes."
World premiere CSNY
Documentary
2008 |
January 3 | uncut.co.uk
As we have mentioned before, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are the
subject of a new documentary that receives its world premieres later
this month at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.
Called "CSNY Déjà Vu", it's directed by Neil Young under his Bernard
Shakey alias. The film takes place against the backdrop of the
supergroup's 2006 Freedom Of Speech Tour, during which the band were
joined by Mike Cerre, a veteran correspondent of the Iraq and
Afghanistan conflicts, who conducted many interviews with CSNY fans
about the war in Iraq and the Bush administration.
The film, which is expected to get a full theatrical release later in
the year, also features music from Young's 2006 Living With War album.
Neil Young has directed films before under the Shakey pseudonym,
including Journey Through The Past, Human Highway and Greendale.
Stephen
Stills' Birthday and Surgery
2008 |
January 3 | 4waysite.com
Today is Stephen Stills' 63rd birthday. All of his fans around the world
are thinking of him as he undergoes surgery for prostate cancer in Los
Angeles today.
Heal well, Stephen.
Happy New Year!
2008 |
January 1 | 4waysite.com
Firstly, we hope that Stephen will recover soon.
Stephen, you and your family are in the thoughts of every CSNY fan
worldwide!
The 4waysite.com team wishes
all fellow fans a very happy & healthy 2008 and of course we look
forward to another year of surprises and great (live) music.
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to help support
4waysite.com: place your Amazon.com
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Thank you very much, Dolf van Stijgeren.
Neil
Young Announces North American Tour
A previously
unheard Jimi Hendrix album has been uncovered and is set for release,
according to reports.
The new recordings are said to have been uncovered by Stephen Stills,
who worked with the guitar legend on the unreleased songs.
Stephen
Stills will embark on an European tour. 
Neil
Young's politically charged documentary film, "CSNY: Deja Vu," is
expected to be released July 25 in the US, according to a press release.
The documentary was filmed during Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's
"Freedom of Speech 2006" tour of North America.
RALEIGH,
N.C. (AP) - Celebrities are forever being honored for something by
someone. A North Carolina biologist has named a newly discovered spider
for musician Neil Young.
David
Crosby and Graham Nash are pleased to announce pre-sale ticketing for
their upcoming Fall 2008 dates. You can buy tickets to select Crosby
Nash shows before they go on sale to the public through
"Ain't
singing for Pepsi, ain't singing for Coke, I don't sing for nobody,
makes me look like a joke". That was from Neil Young's 'This Notes For
You'. Neil has also been outspoken about mixing products with artists.
He has never had a sponsor. But on Tuesday morning, he will be singing
for Sun.
Neil
Young is completing an aborted Crazy Horse album from 2000 for his next
release. The origins of the 'Toast' album began in the Toast studio in
San Francisco. Crazy Horse recorded there for a few months but the only
track to surface was 'Goin' Home' on 'Are You Passionate'.
Undermain
Theatre, through special arrangement with Wixen Music Publishing, is
pleased to announce its cast for the theatrical premiere of Neil Young's
Greendale. 
ASPEN
— David Crosby, who canceled his scheduled appearance last August in
Aspen because of a respiratory infection, has rescheduled his date. 
Woodstock
will be revived in Korea with a participant from the original event,
Neil Young. The concert in Seoul, titled Flower Power Peace Festival, is
May 4 and 5 at Jamsil Olympic Stadium.
It's
a low-budget project, created to benefit a breast cancer charity
(Casting for Recovery). So the names here aren't looming. Jill Sobule,
Lori McKenna and Tanya Donelly stand out as stars in the company of
names like Kate York and Julie Peel.
It
has been confirmed that James Raymond will be on the CSN Summer Tour, in
lieu of Mike Finnigan. 
Neil
Young, Bruce Springsteen and Pearl Jam have contributed tunes to the
anti-war soundtrack for a documentary about a U.S. soldier paralyzed in
Iraq.
International
radio station, Big L 1395AM will be continuing its highly successful
programme, This Sunday At Nine with a look at the music and career of
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
Neil
Young said on Friday that he had lost all hope that music can change the
world, as he presented a documentary about 2006 antiwar concert tour by
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young at the Berlin film festival, Agence France-Presse
reported. 
Best
wishes and many happy returns to an amazing songwriter and complete
gentlemen -- Happy 66th to Mr. Graham William Nash!
One Vet came forward and said he had a loved one killed in the current
war and Neil didn't know what he was talking about. Neil with total
empathy told him he was right and acted most humble. It was a raw
vulnerable emotional moment. Neil looked like he was teared up. The key
was having an honest dialog he said. Nash urged everyone to vote.
PARK
CITY, Utah — A concert film closes the Sundance Film Festival tonight,
and the subject is the group CSNY. That's Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- and you...
LOS
ANGELES—Stephen Stills has undergone surgery for prostate cancer in Los
Angeles. 
Stephen
Stills' Birthday and Surgery
Happy New Year!