Young, Springsteen give Hyde Park rock masterclass
LONDON (Reuters) - If Mount Rushmore featured rock 'n' rollers instead of U.S. presidents, the faces of Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen would surely be carved there. The two elder statesmen showed just why they are venerated by fans of all ages at the Hard Rock Calling festival in central London's Hyde Park this weekend in performances brimming with passion, energy and timeless songs. To cap it all, Sir Paul McCartney joined Young on stage for his encore, literally bowing at his feet as the...

Paul McCartney: MJ Was a Talented 'Boy Man'
Paul McCartney , who warred with Michael Jackson when he bought up the rights to The Beatles catalog, released the following statement: " I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. His music will be remembered forever and my memories of our time together will be happy ones ."

Let it bequest - Jackson wants to leave Paul McCartney Beatles back catalogue
Michael Jackson hopes to bury his 24-year feud with Sir Paul McCartney – by leaving his share of The Beatles back catalogue to him in his will. Macca was furious when Jacko outbid him in 1985 to win ownership of the £350million publishing rights to the whole Lennon-McCartney songbook. The stars, once good pals who collaborated on early 80s hits The Girl is Mine and Say, Say, Say have not spoken since. But the debt-ridden King of Pop, now said to be battling a serious genetic lung...

Bob Dylan Talks About Working With Robert Hunter On “Together Through Life” : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily
Bob Dylan ’s latest, Together Through Life , arrives today, but while critics are hailing this fresh batch of hardened, urgent songs, much of the advance chatter surrounding the album centers on the involvement of Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter.

Drone Metal Soundscape Bands SUNN O))), Boris & Earth Featured In Jim Jarmusch's 'The Limits Of Control'
Jim Jarmusch has pretty sharp and discerning taste and his soundtracks over the years have used innovative music and been exquisitely curated:

Coming attractions: When Neil Young was young and going solo ...
The long-buried tapes of Neil Young's pivotal engagements in Ann Arbor, Mich., finally are surfacing on Sugar Mountain: Live ...

New Flaming Lips Video - "Borderline" (Madonna Cover)
If 2008 was about band reunions, 2009 seems to be the year of high-profile compilations. A new entry into the Dark Was The Night/Heroes mix is the dramatically titled Covered, A Revolution in Sound, meant to celebrate Warner Bros. 50th Anniversary. It's unclear if Michelle Branch handling Joni Mitchell or Adam Sandler doing Neil Young constitutes a revolution in sound, but Flaming Lips' heavily psychedelic and percussive take on "Borderline" is at least fun (thanks for the tip, Joey). It's also...

Neil Young's 'Archives' Set For June 2 Arrival
Rocker Neil Young's oft-delayed "Archives" collection will finally be released on June 2, Young's manager Elliot Roberts announced at South by Southwest in Austin, TX today (March 21).

Neil Young debuts 'Fork in the Road' tonight on MySpace
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A New Album, Short Shorts, and Neil Young's Backstage Grub
An exclusive in-studio interview with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy Over the course of fourteen years and seven indispensable albums, Wilco have gone from being an alt-country cult favorite to an arena-filling national obsession. That’s largely because frontman Jeff Tweedy is...

Arctic Monkeys, Ting Tings join BDO (+pics)
British bands the Arctic Monkeys, the Prodigy and The Ting Tings will join iconic rocker Neil Young to perform at next year's Big Day Out music festival in Auckland. Also confirmed for the annual festival, to be held at Auckland's Mt Smart Stadium on January 16, 2009, are indie-rock act TV on the Radio, alt-country band My Morning Jacket, Aussie punk trio the Living End, and metallers Bullet for My Valentine. Sneaky Sound System, Pendulum and Simian Mobile Disco are the dance

Farm Aid's Nelson, Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Urge Congress to Redirect Bailout to Working Men and Women, Farmers
Open Letter to Congress Calls for $1 Billion Investment in Farm Communities to Solve America's Economic, Environmental, Energy and Health Problems SOMERVILLE, Mass., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the $700 billion Wall Street bailout currently being considered by Congress, the Farm Aid Board of Directors Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews sent an open letter to Congressional leaders urging them to redirect funds to farm communities and working men an

Neil Young Harvests His Musical History (Finally)
Longtime Neil Young fans may not believe it until they actually hold it in their hands, but the first volume of Neil Young’s long-awaited musical autobiography is finally seeing the light. “Neil Young Archives Volume 1 (1963-1972),” the beginning of an exhaustive series of releases of audio and video material from throughout Young’s five-decade career, will be released June 2.   Really. The set is one of the most long-rumored and often-delayed...

Sloan Helping Michael Cera's Sex Bob-Omb Band In 'Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World'?
Music is an integral part of Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World," graphic novel. Here's a quick sample:- The Scott Pilgrim name is taken from a song by the now-defunct East Coast Canadian all-girl band Plumtree- There's a least two bands in the books, Sex Bob-Omb and The Clash at Demonhead (both are video gamereferences)- Book #3 “Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness,” is an knowing nod to the Smashing Pumpkins.- Obvious: the character Young Neil is Neil Young backwards...

HMV Canada: "We Are the Same" by The Tragically Hip tops CD sales list
TORONTO - The following is HMV Canada's top 10 CDs based on national sales for the week ending April 7. CDs 1 We Are the Same - The Tragically Hip 2 Sentiments Humains - Pierre Lapointe 3 Fantasies - Metric 4 Quiet Nights - Diana Krall 5 R.O.O.T.S. - Flo Rida 6 Defying Gravity - Keith Urban 7 Live in London - Leonard Cohen 8 The Fame - Lady GaGa 9 Fork in the Road - Neil Young 10 Unstoppable - Rascal Flatts Country 1 Defying Gravity - Keith Urban 2...

Record Store Day @ Other Music, NYC 4/18/09
Record Store Day won't save indie brick-and-mortar music retailers, but we can all agree it was a lot of fun. Between the exclusive releases and in-store performances and DJ sets, hopefully you found a reason to celebrate your favorite local shop on Saturday. In its third year RSD spread internationally, and had some heavy hitters on board: Dylan, Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, The Smiths, Queen, King Crimson ... you know, typical indie stuff. 2009 represent. The...

Neil Young to rock London
The 'Heart of Gold' rocker has been confirmed to play the open-air show in the UK capital's Hyde Park on June 27, with support coming from The Pretenders, Fleet Foxes, Ben Harper's new band The Relentless, and Sea Sick Steve. The Pretenders singer Chrissie Hynde says the group are thrilled to be sharing a bill with the legendary musician. She said: "We would play a garden shed to be on a bill with Neil Young but Hyde Park - summer - with 'The Loner'? "This is what makes a thousand...

Neil Young Brings His Lincvolt To SXSW
Though his participation at South By Southwest has not been announced, Neil Young was spotted strolling around the Four Seasons hotel and tooling around downtown Austin in his environmentally clean Lincvolt car.

Neil Young's early days on CD
In his continuing trek through his vaults, Neil Young will release one of his earliest live solo recordings Nov. 25 entitled Sugar Mountain Live at Canterbury House 1968. The 23-track album was recorded over the course of two nights (Nov. 9-10, 1968) at the Ann Arbor, Michigan venue from a 2-track tape recorder and kept in storage for over four decades. The material includes early recordings of songs Young would later release on solo albums. The title track, I've Been Waiting For You, The Old Laughing Lad

Lineup for Bridge School Benefit announced.
The lineup has just been unveiled for the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert, with school co-founder Neil Young introducing a bill that features Wilco, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Sarah McLachlan and Death Cab for Cutie. Day one of the October 25-26 event at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, boasts performances from those artists plus Norah Jones. ZZ Top performs only on day one, while Smashing Pumpkins and Josh Groban perform only on day two. Neil Young, who hosts the annual, mostly-acous

Willie and Friends Make Plea to Congress
The Farm Aid Board of Directors, Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews have issued a response to the $700 billion Wall Street bailout being considered by Congress. The four sent an open letter to Congressional leaders urging them to redirect funds to farm communities and working men and women, where they can be better used to address our country's economic, environment, energy and health crises. "The proposed $700 bailout asks taxpayers to foot the bill w

Arctic Monkeys join Neil Young at Big Day Out
The acts for Big Day Out 2009 have been announced with the Arctic Monkeys joining the much publicised headliner, Neil Young for the festivals.

Johnny’s XFM Residency
Happy new year We are delighted to announce that Johnny will be taking up a DJ residency at XFM radio for the whole of this month. The first show is this Sunday (today!) 9pm. Johnny kicks off the month playing Tom Waits, Son House, Neil Young, Nick Cave, Dylan, and Iggy and The Stooges amongst others. So catch Johnny every Sunday night on XFM this month! Tune in your wireless to 104.9 or listen online www. xfm. co. uk x

Neil Young To Headline Glastonbury Festival
The singer-songwriter is to join the previously named Blur and Bruce Springsteen at the top of the bill for the three-day Somerset bash this June 26th-28th.

Playlist: Guitars and a New Jerseyan Scream
Booker T. Jones, the organist who led the M.G.’s on their own and as the Stax-Volt studio band on countless Memphis soul classics, sounds more pithy and forceful than ever on “Potato Hole” (Anti-), an album of rock and soul instrumentals. Backed by the Drive-By Truckers with Neil Young adding lead guitar, Mr. Jones still jabs terse, unhurried melodies that sound as if he knows the lyrics but would never tell; one called “Native New Yorker” all but begs for words....