When he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, President Obama said of Bob Dylan, “There is not a bigger giant in the history of American music.” Hailed as the voice of his generation, Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016 but his greatest achievement may be his influence on musicians […]
“I adore her,” Chrissie Hynde says of fellow rock legend Stevie Nicks, on whose current tour Hynde’s band the Pretenders are filling the supporting slot. “Stevie’s shows are great, and she’s a darling. She’s got an incredible voice, and it’s a good audience.” While the Pretenders have been fitting in the odd headlining show while […]
Rock and Roll: Music for the neck downwards. – Keith Richards Below, enjoy Frank Mastropolo’s new Top 11 Rock N’ Roll Songs, but note: The absence of Bob Seger’s “Old Time Rock and Roll” is not an egregious omission, but a conscious choice. You see, that song appeared on our Top 11 Geezer Songs list […]
The ceaseless Neil Young is back again — his new album, Peace Trail, was released on Friday. A mostly stripped-down affair, the sparse record is the follow-up to Earth, an ambitious project Young also released in 2016. Stream Peace Trail below, via Spotify:
The unparalleled career of Neil Young will be commemorated in a fantastic new photography exhibit being put together by the Morrison Hotel Gallery, and just in time for Young’s 71st birthday on November 12. Titled “Long May You Run,” this exhibit will make an appearance at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in Los Angeles (running from […]
On December 9, Neil Young will release a stripped-down new album called Peace Trail. On Friday, he premiered the title track from the collection, and made it available for streaming on platforms such as Spotify: In fact, Young’s expansive back catalog also made its return to Spotify, Apple Music and other digital services, a little over […]
Somehow, despite decades of music and activism (and with several albums linking the two), Neil Young hasn’t released a record titled Peace Trail — until 2016. Young, fresh off another great Bridge School Benefit and Southern California’s Desert Trip Music Festival, announced that he will release the new album on December 2 via Reprise Records. […]
Over the weekend, the annual Bridge School Benefit concert took place at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. As is always the case, the multi-day festivities featured amazing sets from living legends such as Neil Young, Roger Waters, Willie Nelson and Metallica — and it was Young and ‘Tallica who teamed up for a […]