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NEWS ABOUT: Neil Young

Neil Young stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - When police detained Bob Dylan last month they may have inadvertently busted up a nine-month rock heritage tour by the music legend, speculates ABC News. Clueless New Jersey cops picked up Dylan wandering around just blocks from a house where Bruce Springsteen penned Born to Run, Thunder Road, and Backstreets... More »

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New Jersey • Bob Dylan • police • John Lennon • Neil Young • Jay-ZTV

 Best Rock Documentaries 


Aug 11, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - In honor of Woodstock—which happened 40 years ago this weekend—and the “seminal documentary” that captured it, John Farr shares his list of the 10 best rock concert/performance films—all of which are “meant to be played loud,” he writes on the Huffington Post. “So... More »

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music • Rolling Stones • Bob Dylan • list • documentary • rock and roll • concert • Elvis Presley • Beatles • rock bands • Neil Young • Jay-ZTV

MUSIC REVIEW

 Neil Young's 
 Latest Redefines 
 Compilations 

10-disc set bursting with music, photos, video

Jun 17, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Young leaves other retrospectives in the dust with a look back at his career that spans 10 Blu-ray discs or DVDs, or eight CDs, the Chicago Tribune reports. Neil Young Archives: Volume 1, 1963-1972 contains everything from high school band recordings through Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to his... More »

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entertainment • music • DVD • Neil Young • rock music • Blu-ray • Jay-ZTV • Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

(Newser) - Neil Young puts down his guitar and picks up his pen today on behalf of family farmers. In an essay in the Boston Globe, Young argues that tight credit, declining prices, natural disasters, and the overall economic gloom has many of them on the brink. The situation is as dire... More »

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agriculture • singer • Neil Young • bailout • farmers

Neil Young: Detroit's Dinosaurs Can Go Electric

Rocker makes the case for drivers going big and going green

Nov 21, 08 8:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Motorists considering electric cars can hang on to their Cadillac dreams as well, writes Neil Young at the Huffington Post. Barack Obama's plan to get a million electric vehicles on American roads within a decade is possible—and the cars don't need to be tiny or even have new designs,... More »

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fuel efficiency • SUV • electric cars • auto industry • Neil Young • vehicle • cars

Musicians Plug Upgrades
to Flat-Sounding Digital

'Unacceptable quality compromises' key move to improved downloads, CDs

Jun 4, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Musicians dissatisfied with the sound of digital media are releasing albums as higher-quality downloads, on high-definition DVDs and even on vinyl, USA Today reports. Last year, Amazon and iTunes agreed to boost the quality of their MP3s, but some groups are using even better versions to eliminate what Neil Young... More »

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music • music downloads • CDs • quality control • Neil Young • MP3s • vinyl

Neil Young Steering His '59 Lincoln Green

Hopes to be rockin' the greenie world with electric car prototype

Jun 3, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Neil Young has shifted gear in his quest to make the world a better place, reports the AP. The Canadian rock legend known for his protest songs is working with a Wichita mechanic to convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental to run on an electric battery. Young hopes the prototype could... More »

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environment • rock stars • battery • electric cars • hybrid car • Neil Young

 Hey Hey, My, My, It's Spider Man 

New arachnid species named for rock legend Young

May 12, 08 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new spider species has been named for rocker Neil Young, an outspoken advocate for environmental issues, Reuters reports. A biologist and Neil Young fan who discovered the species named it Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. It's not the first such honor for a singer. A beetle was recently named Orectochilus orbisonorum after... More »

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Alabama • Neil Young • spiders • Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi • Jason Bond • East Carolina University • Orectochilus orbisonorum • Roy Orbison • beetle

Blu-Ray
Never Sleeps

Young goes digital
with complete archive, new material on interactive discs

May 7, 08 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of Neil Young will soon be able to buy his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, the AP reports. The first 10-disc set, out this fall, will cover the prolific rocker’s career from 1963 to 1972 and will include some previously unreleased songs, videos, and handwritten manuscripts. Buyers... More »

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music industry • music downloads • DVD • rock and roll • memorabilia • Neil Young • Blu-ray

 Protest Songs Get Tuned Out 

Downloading, disconnection leaving generation without a soundtrack

Mar 29, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - So where are all the anti-war anthems? Opposition to the Vietnam War spawned a genre of classic counterculture songs, but not so the Iraqi war, despite widespread opposition. The main reason, Politico notes, is the narrowed scope of the music industry today. Singers still sing protests songs, but only their... More »

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music • protests • song • Eddie Vedder • soundtrack • Neil Young • rock music • Iraq war • Tomas Young

Young's Latest Wanders

Oct 16, 07 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The tracks on Neil Young’s new Chrome Dreams II alternate between “bursts of earnest declarations” and “epic, slow-burn rockers”—including the 18-minute “Ordinary People,” says the Boston Globe. Some show the bravado of last year’s barnstormer, Living With War, but Shakey sometimes ends... More »

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music • Neil Young • Farm Aid • Living With War • Chrome Dreams II

Fogerty Comes Home on Revival

Or maybe the
CCR frontman
never left

Oct 2, 07 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heartland rock legend John Fogerty is finally reclaiming his Creedence Clearwater Revival youth with an excellent new solo record, aptly titled Revival. The release marks a major turning point in the CCR frontman’s story, as he’s back with original label Fantasy Records and is finally discussing his old... More »

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music • Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • John Fogerty • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Fantasy Records • Neil Young • music review • George W. Bush

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