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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorJames Blake is one of the most unusual and seemingly contradictory artists to arise in the past decade: an electronic-music auteur whose music is filled of all kinds of odd noises, but he’s also a balladeer with a spine-tingling voice, raised on Laurel Canyon singer-songwriters like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young.

Dave Gahan & Soulsavers have shared their rendition of Cat Power’s ‘Metal Heart’ from their upcoming covers album ‘Imposter’.

Soulsavers have announced a new album ‘Imposter’, which reimagines songs from acts including Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Cat Power, Bob Dylan and more.The latest joint album between the Depeche Mode frontman and Soulsavers (Rich Machin) is described in press material as reinterpretations of 12 songs “from across genres and time periods” rather than a covers album.

David Crosby has labelled Neil Young as the “most selfish person” he knows in a scathing new interview.According to Crosby, the former Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young bandmates are being kept apart by some “petty-assed bullshit.”He told The Guardian: “Neil has got a genuine beef. I did say something bad about his girlfriend [Daryl Hannah].

David Crosby is speaking out against his old bandmate, Neil Young, amid the years of tension between the two musicians. In an interview with The Guardian, Crosby opened up about their willingness to get political about certain issues and said in his estimation, Young is the most "selfish person I know." "I’m a very liberal guy and a modern thinker in terms of politics," Crosby, 80, said.

Neil Young has criticised hosting live shows during the pandemic, and called on big promoters to cancel their planned concerts.In a new blog post on his official website, Young labelled COVID-era gigs as “super-spreader events” and said “the big promoters are responsible” for any rise in cases that come from live shows.“The big promoters, if they had the awareness, could stop these shows,” Young wrote in the blog post.

Neil Young has announced ‘Carnegie Hall 1970’, the first release in his upcoming official bootleg series.The last couple of years have seen Young share a number of unreleased projects from his extensive vault, including 1975’s ‘Homegrown’ and a number of live recordings like 1990’s ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’.Now, the Crazy Horse band leader – alongside Shakey Pictures Records and Reprise Records – has revealed that the first release in ‘The Neil Young Official Bootleg Series’ will arrive on

Neil Young has pulled out of Farm Aid 2021 due to concerns about the ongoing coronavirus crisis.Young, who is a co-founder and board member of Farm Aid, was set to play the festival in Connecticut, US next month alongside Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Dave Matthews, Margo Price, Sturgill Simpson and others.The singer-songwriter explained his decision via his Neil Young Archives website.

Lindsey Buckingham and Blondie, as well as Jimmy Iovine’s worldwide producer royalties and half of Neil Young’s songs in a deal thought to be worth an estimated $150 million (£110 million).Shakira also sold all 145 of her songs, including ‘Hips Don’t Lie’, ‘She Wolf’ and ‘Whenever, Wherever’, all part of the deal.Merck Mercuriadis, Hipgnosis Songs Fund CEO, told Music Week: “We are delighted to announce a strong set of annual results which reports on a remarkable year for Hipgnosis… This strong

Neil Young has provided a fresh update on his upcoming new album with Crazy Horse, saying that “the Horse is back in the barn, shaking off the rust”.The veteran musician announced the record earlier this month, revealing that they already have five songs “ready for the next album”.The follow-up to 2019’s ‘Colorado’ has now been previewed further in a new blog post by Young on his website the Neil Young Archives.“Crazy Horse recording is under way.

Dave Chappelle catchphrase is exactly the kind of emphatic statement that the late “Super Freak” funkster made in one encounter revealed by his former manager Kerry Gordy in the new documentary “Bitchin: The Sound and Fury of Rick James,” which premiered Tuesday night at the TriBeCa Film Festival and will be available to stream on TriBeCa at Home beginning at 6 p.m.

Noel Gallagher has said that he is contemplating selling the rights to his back catalogue in 2025.A number of major artists have sold the rights to their music, either in part or in full, in recent times, including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young.Gallagher was asked in a new interview with Apple Music Hits’ Matt Wilkinson – where he was promoting ‘Back The Way We Came: Vol 1 – 2011-2021’, a ‘Best Of’ album by his High Flying Birds project – if he would ever consider selling the rights to

Neil Young has confirmed a new album is currently in the works with longtime collaborators Crazy Horse.Young and Crazy Horse previously collaborated on the album ‘Colorado’ in 2019, and ‘Americana’ and ‘Psychedelic Pill’ in 2012.

Foxing have announced a new album ‘Draw Down The Moon’ and shared the single ‘Where The Lightning Strikes Twice’.The record is the St. Louis band’s fourth and follows their 2018 LP ‘Nearer My God’.

Neil Young has unveiled a mammoth schedule of archival projects that he’s planning on releasing in the near future.The last couple of years have seen Young issue a number of unreleased projects from his extensive vault, including 1975’s ‘Homegrown’ and a number of live recordings like 1990’s ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’.The Crazy Horse band leader has now offered his fans an update on all the archival projects currently in the works, explaining that the events of 2020 brought “the focus, a

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Neil Young has released a new live album and concert film, featuring one of the earliest recorded gigs in his career.Only footage from the musician’s gigs at New York’s Café Feenjon in June 1970 and the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young show at the Fillmore East in March 1970 pre-date the release.‘Young Shakespeare’ was recorded at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Connecticut on January 22, 1971.

Music major BMG, part of German media giant Bertelsmann, and global investment firm KKR said on Wednesday that they were joining forces "to pursue recorded music, music publishing and other music rights acquisitions." The news of the joint approach comes amid a recent wave of music catalog deals, including London-based Hipgnosis Songs Fund's acquisitions of songs by the likes of Shakira, Michael Bublé, Metallica and Neil Young, andUniversal Music Publishing Group's takeover of Bob Dylan's

National Basketball Assn. legend Michael Jordan was not an easy sell on the docuseries The Last Dance. Producer Mike Tollin told a Producers Guild panel of Non-Scripted Television producers that the NBA had kept 500 hours of footage from Jordan’s final season,1997-1998, pending Jordan’s approval to release it.

Peter Csathy What do Stevie Nicks, Chrissie Hynde, Neil Young and Bob Dylan have in common? Apart from being iconic rockers, they are the latest in a seemingly endless stream of superstars who are doing what for many — themselves included — was previously unthinkable: selling their songs and recordings.Who are the buyers? Activist IP aggregators like Primary Wave, which acts as a partner and typically buys a share of rights rather than the full bundle.

The Beach Boys have sold the rights to their intellectual property, becoming the latest artist to hand over their copyright to another party.In recent months, the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have all sold off the rights to their back catalogues.The Beach Boys have now sold the rights to their entire brand to music industry veteran Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group.

NEW YORK -- Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 percent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday.The Hipgnosis Songs Fund said it had acquired half of the copyright and income interests in some 1,180 songs written by the 75-year-old rock star, composer of “Heart of Gold,” “Rockin' in the Free World” and “Cinnamon Girl.”Terms were not disclosed.The deal comes a month after Bob Dylan sold

The Hipgnosis Songs Fund has started the year with a flurry of acquisitions, including a big one that involves taking a 50% stake in the entire global songs catalogue of Neil Young. That’s 1180 songs by Young that Hipgnosis now co-owns, via a deal that reportedly set the firm back $150 million.“I bought my first Neil Young album aged seven”, says Hipgnosis founder Merck Mercuriadis.

filed a lawsuit after his songs “Rockin’ in the Free World” and “Devil’s Sidewalk” were played during the President’s now-infamous rally in Tulsa this summer — which featured thousands of empty seats despite his campaign’s boast it had requests for 1 million tickets.“This is NOT ok with me…,” Young, 75, raged in a tweet at the time.The “Crazy Horse” frontman’s initial complaint in August said he “cannot allow his music to be used as a ‘theme song’ for a divisive, un-American campaign of

Neil Young has dismissed his lawsuit against Donald Trump, meaning that an interesting test case in relation to the outgoing US President’s use of music at his political rallies without the express permission of songwriters will not now proceed.Countless artists, of course, have complained about Trump using their music at the increasingly bizarre political freak shows that he has performed across America ever since making his first move into politics.

Kelsey Waldon, “They'll Never Keep Us Down” (Oh Boy)Kelsey Waldon’s “They’ll Never Keep Us Down” is a serviceable homage release, as the proud Kentuckian covers everyone from Nina Simone to Neil Young, and everything from union labor to feelings of freedom.It’s her own voice and artistry, however, that often struggles to shine though.Last year Waldon became the first artist to sign to John Prine’s Oh Boy Records in 15 years when the late songwriter took Waldon under his wing.

Neil Young, “Return to Greendale” (Reprise Records)Think of Neil Young's 2003 record “Greendale” as the venerable rocker's take on “Our Town,” with a heavy dose of weirdness, environmentalism and anti-war sentiment thrown in.“Return to Greendale” gives listeners, and viewers, a chance to revisit the often overlooked Young record, tour and rock opera film.

Jamie Webster scoops the first ever Number 1 album on the Official Folk Albums Chart with his debut studio album We Get By.

Pearl Jam have announced a special streaming event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their first ever live performance.The band, who made their debut at Seattle’s Off Ramp on October 22, 1990, will be marking the occasion by streaming their April 29, 2016 concert at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center.The three-hour, 32-song Pearl Jam set opened with a performance of classic album ‘Ten’ in its entirety, with covers of Pink Floyd, Neil Young, The Who, and more featuring towards the end of the

Leonard Cohen’s estate said it is exploring legal action following the unauthorised use of the revered singer-songwriter’s music at the Republican National Convention.