Aly & AJ shine on optimistic new LP
Aly & AJ Music/Courtesy
The album’s title may be a mouthful, but it contains an undeniable truth: A touch of Aly & AJ’s music is sure to get you up on their feet, get you out, and then into the sun.
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Neil Young takes audiences on poetic journey through the past in ‘Young Shakespeare’
Whether he is 25 or 75, Neil Young is a true musical veteran, and if Young Shakespeare is any indication, his poetic prowess stands the test of time.
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Neil Young’s ‘The Times’ is protest tragedy
It is meant to be a reflective experience, examining the way protest music, specifically Young’s, has changed over time, and how it may adapt to the conditions of the 2020s.
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Neil Young’s sorrowful ‘Homegrown’ finally surfaces after 45 years
Neil Young’s new album Homegrown is a time capsule from 1975.
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‘David Crosby: Remember My Name’ offers a frank look at singer’s decades in the spotlight
The film is nostalgic for the time in general, but Crosby maintains a level of self-reflection about his own behaviors to keep it from becoming saccharine.
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Cameron Crowe, you’re my hero
Cutting Room Floor
I consumed Penny Lane’s lines as they spilled into my ears. I was mesmerized by Russell strumming his guitar into a packed stadium.
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Neil Young, Promise of the Real strike golden, gritty sound with new album
“The Visitor” is meant to be played trekking across abandoned highways, the high voice and iconic sound of Young seeping in as you sing along.
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Neil Young supports Standing Rock activists with novelty in ‘Peace Trail’
2016 has been a watershed year for folk music, what with Bob Dylan’s recent Nobel prize for literature, Paul Simon’s latest genre-challenging album and Leonard Cohen’s swan song of a final record. Neil Young joins them now with his upcoming (and 38th overall) album, Peace Trail. As is customary in
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Tunesday: Inspired by solo acts
Solo acts are usually one of two things:a horrendous idea, rooted in anartist’s overconfidence in his or her talent or a way for a musician to break from what he or she knows to experiment a bit. Bands have combusted from one artist wanting to do his own thing, while
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Read Some Books: Music Edition
“Waging Heavy Peace” by Neil Young As an old man, Young is taking a look back at his life in his new autobiography. His tone is conversational and curt, and one doesn’t realize right away that it is Young writing until he opens a paragraph with, “I remember one day
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