Reuters - Feb 9, 2010
Headliners for the 2010 edition of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will include Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder, Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon, in what is the Grammy-winning band's only scheduled U...
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Eclectic rocker Neil Young, who has made no secret of his disdain for the Grammys, finally won a coveted trophy on Sunday for the first time in a career spanning almost 50 years. Fittingly, the Canadian...
More »AP - Jan 30, 2010
Neil Young sat in the audience as 20 of his best known songs were performed on stage. Elton John, James Taylor, Dave Matthews and more than a dozen other artists launched Grammy weekend with performances...
More »Reuters - Dec 2, 2009
Members of Broken Social Scene, Iron & Wine, Sun Kil Moon, Ron Sexsmith and Joan As Police Woman are among the artists confirmed to appear at a concert celebrating the music of Neil Young as part of the...
More »Reuters - Sep 14, 2009
No Doubt, Jimmy Buffett and Adam Sandler are among those on the lineup for the Bridge School Benefit concerts, an annual two-night fundraiser organized by school co-founder Neil Young. Also on the bill...
More »AP - Aug 12, 2009
Neil Young has been named the 2010 MusiCares person of the year. Neil Portnow, president of the MusiCares Foundation and The Recording Academy, named the 63-year-old Young on Tuesday as the honoree for...
More »Reuters - Jun 29, 2009
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...
More »AP - Apr 7, 2009
Neil Young, Fork in the Road (Reprise) Give Neil Young credit for following his muse. Throughout his storied career, Young has never been one to shy away from the idiosyncratic project, whether his...
More »Reuters - Mar 3, 2009
Neil Young's most recent obsession -- a retooled 1959 Lincoln Continental that runs entirely on alternative energy -- is the inspiration behind Fork in the Road, the 63-year old musician's upcoming...
More »AP - Feb 11, 2009
Neil Young will join a slew of other first-time performers at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a bittersweet announcement given that the Queen of Soul canceled her coveted appearance. Jazz...
More »Reuters - Dec 18, 2008
As strange as it is to see a band with its own huge live draw play an opening set, Wilco were the perfect choice to prime the crowd at Madison Square Garden on Monday for Neil Young. In fact, watching...
More »Reuters - Sep 22, 2008
The lineup has been unveiled for the 2008 Bridge School Benefit concert, with school co-founder Neil Young anchoring a bill that features Wilco, Jack Johnson, Cat Power, Sarah McLachlan and Death Cab...
More »Reuters - Aug 19, 2008
Neil Young has snared two of alternative rock's biggest bands to open for his fall North American tour. Death Cab For Cutie will open the first portion, beginning October 14 in Minneapolis, and...
More »Reuters - Aug 12, 2008
Waylon Forever, billed as the final recordings from country outlaw Waylon Jennings, will be released October 21. The eight-song Vagrant Records set features remakes, surprising covers and a new Jennings...
More »Reuters - Jul 23, 2008
There's an odd co-production credit on Nils Lofgren's new album, The Loner -- Nils Sings Neil. It's for David Briggs, the famed Neil Young cohort who passed away in 1995. I kind of produced...
More »AP - Jul 23, 2008
Not every musician will make a film that features a fan facing him from a concert audience with two arms raised, middle fingers extended more than one fan, in fact. Neil Young was singing protest...
More »E! Online - May 12, 2008
Forget that Peter Parker dude, when it comes to spidey sense, he's got nothing on Neil Young. An East Carolina University professor has honored the Godfather of Grunge by naming a new species of...
More »AP - May 6, 2008
Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as movie studios. Blu-ray discs hold much...
More »Reuters - Apr 3, 2008
Neil Young has another unreleased album ready to see the light of day. Indeed, despite the fact that Young still hasn't put out his decades-in-the-works Archives boxed set, he's authorized the...
More »AP - Feb 14, 2008
With his two bandmates and their autocratic leader gathered around a dining table, David Crosby is telling a George Bush joke. Don t you think it d be a good idea, he says, chuckling, if we had a law...
More »AP - Dec 6, 2007
Nominees announced Thursday in top categories for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year: Irreplaceable, Beyonce; The Pretender, Foo Fighters; Umbrella, Rihanna featuring Jay-Z; What Goes...
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