IN THE NEWS:
Neil Young wants us to throw out the CDs and go back to vinyl.
Jason Mraz, Jamey Johnson, Jakob Dylan and Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have been added to the lineup for Farm Aid 2011, set for Aug. 13 at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park in Kansas City, KS.
Neil Young is too weird to be a good redneck. Oh, sure, he wore a bandana, played Hank Williams' guitar and threw his support behind Ronald Reagan in the '80s, but at the end of the day he's still just an eccentric, hippie genius who doesn't belong in Nashville any more than he does at a royal wedding.
Forty years after a now legendary 1971 concert at Toronto's Massey Hall, Neil Young has returned to the venue for two concerts that are being filmed by Jonathan Demme for a movie.
This year's Farm Aid benefit concert -- to feature longtime supporters Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews, along with others to be announced -- has been scheduled for Aug. 13 in Kansas City, KS.
Buffalo Springfield, the folk rock '60s supergroup that previously announced plans to perform at this year's Bonnaroo festival in Tennessee, will tune up for that gig with two-night stands in three California cities.
Neil Young has lined up an 11-city U.S. theater tour that kicks of April 15 in Durham, NC, and runs through early May,
When the 53rd Grammy Awards are handed out on Sunday (2/13), a number of veteran acts are in line to receive their first Grammy Awards for their music.
Simply put, the major Grammy nominations are all about the kids this year. No legends received nominations in the general categories, so album, record and song will not be used as "lifetime achievement" awards to honor an overlooked musician. Still, many music vets did get their acknowledgment in several other categories.
Neil Young's prized "LinkVolt," a 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible that he and a team rebuilt into what they described as a "micro-turbine powered bio-electro-cruiser," was severely damaged last week in a warehouse fire, but Young vows that the car will be back on the road.
