Blog: Neil Young News

This Saturday, the 6th annual Kneel To Neil benefit in Milwaukee, WI will be held in celebration of Neil Young's birthday. The event showcases some of our favorite Wisconsin musicians (Jeremiah Nelson, Chris DeMay, Trapper Schoepp) tackling Shakey's catalog. This event of great music supports the radio station 91.7 WMSE and Young's own Bridge School Foundation. $10 gets you through the door,

Fans React to Rumors of a "Possible" Buffalo Springfield Reunion Tour No too long after the triumphant reunion of The Buffalo Springfield at the 2010 Bridge School Benefit Concerts, rumors began to swirl about a possible Buffalo Springfield Reunion Tour.The Los Angeles Times got the rumor mill started with the provocative headline "More Buffalo Springfield reunion shows on the way in 2011?" in

PHOTO BY Misha Vladimirskiy | SPIN.comSo here's the essence of the Bridge School Benefit Concerts summed up very nicely in the following in-depth review.From All About Jazz by Lloyd Peterson:The Bridge School has been instrumental in developing augmentative and alternative communication techniques. This provides children who cannot communicate verbally or in written form, the ability to meet

After this week's fire that has heavily damaged LincVolt, this video honoring her mechanic "Johnny Magic" seems appropo.Here's the first version, which was shot entirely in Neil Young's heavy metal hybrid Lincvolt. (Sorry about commercial pre-roll).The video is rather extraordinary. The four minute video was filmed as a single take while Neil drives LincVolt on the streets of Wichita, KSAnother

Neil Young, Ben Keith, & Pegi YoungBen's Birthday - March 6, 2010Photo by Ernie Hernandez JrNeil Young is 65 years young today. So Happy Birthday Neil!!!2010 has been the best and worst of times for Neil.So let us just be thankful for all the goodness that has happened this year:Neil Young Honored As MusiCares Person Of The YearNeil Young Plays Olympics Closing CeremoniesTwisted Road/Le Noise/

Neil Young, Rick "The Bass Player" Rosas, Richie FurayPhoto by Joe "The Drummer" VitaleIn an interview with Rick Rosas -- mostly recently the bass player in The Buffalo Springfield -- he reflects on Neil Young's Year of 2010.From the interview with Rick in Tintamarre: Tintamarre: Recently, Neil Young lost two of his closest friends, Johnson and of course Ben Keith, who you knew well too… Now, we

"What we lose in the fire, we gain in the flood" by The MynahBirdsThe fire at Neil Young's warehouse - while devastating -- is not as terrible as we had feared.So, as The MynahBirds sing: "What we lose in the fire, we gain in the flood".We are ships on an ocean,passing on our way back home.We collide for a minute,then we move on, we move on.But I got something I don't wanna lose.I'm not ready to

Here is an official statement by Neil Young on yesterday's fire from Lincvolt - Repowering the American Dream - Blog: "My wife Pegi and I would like to thank the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Dept for doing such an exemplary job at our recent warehouse fire. A lot of archival items were threatened and the fire department did a first class job protecting them. We are lucky to have these professionals in

Laura Marling, 'The Needle And The Damage Done' by Tim Chester NME Don't ask us why, but somehow this cover of Neil Young's "The Needle And The Damage Done" by Laura Marling seems to feel right just about now.Produced by Jack White, of the White Stripes, this is helping a bit given yesterday's fire at Neil Young's warehouse.in so many words, can YOU tell ME why?

UPDATE: Rolling Stone | Three-Alarm Fire Severely Damages Neil Young's WarehouseFoster City Fire Department fight warehouse firePhoto by Peter Mootz - Belmont, CA Patchabc7news.com / San Jose Mercury NewsAll day long news feeds, reports and rumors and even posts of grief and mourning have been circulating about the fire at Neil Young's warehouse earlier this morning.First, we'll just say that

Heavy fire damage to San Carlos warehouse full of Neil Young's stuff. Cars, music gear, paintings. - Twitter / @KCBS 740AM/106.9FM From Fire in in San Carlos warehouse damages Neil Young's property | abc7news.com by Teresa Garcia:SAN CARLOS, Calif. (KGO) -- Shortly before 3:00 Tuesday morning, firefighters started battling a stubborn fire at a 15,000 square foot warehouse on the 500 block of

Part 1 of Neil Young's keynote address from the Driving Green Performance Seminar at the SEMA convention in Las Vegas, Nov. 2, 2010.In this series of videos, Neil explains the Lincvolt project, the technologies used and created in the development of the car and unveils Lincvolt for the SEMA community.Lincvolt is the world's first Micro-Turbine powered Bio-Electro-Cruiser.She draws her power from

"One Of These Days" - Bridge School Benefit Concert 2010 Film While a lot has been said about Bridge 2010 over the joyous reunion of The Buffalo Springfield, their was still a bit of an air of bitter-sweetness during the concerts.The somber ghosts of the late Ben Keith (1937 - 2010), Neil Young's long time band mate and dear friend, and the late Larry "L.A." Johnson (1947 - 2010), Neil Young's

An amazing video of Neil Young's Le Noise film at the Nuit Blanche Festival in Toronto, October 6, 2010 projected onto 12 film screens.Here's the Comment of the Moment on Neil Young's "Le Noise"by D.I. Kertis: The first time I heard an excerpt of the Walk with Me, I got chills. It sounded like something Neil could have recorded in 1975. I was reminded of Danger Bird. It was that really heavy,

The Buffalo Springfield, v. 2010Joe Vitale, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Neil Young and Rick RosasPhoto by Eleanor Stills (via Rick Rosas | Facebook)Quite a lovely portrait of The Buffalo Springfield circa 2010 by Ms. Stephen Stills.Definitely check out high resolution version of this superbly beautiful black & white portrait profile on Rick Rosas | Facebook page.Also, see complete reports on

Welcome to the 2010 Annual Bridge School Benefit Concert by Bridge KidsWe've spent a considerable amount of blogging on trying to convey what we experienced at the 2010 Bridge School Benefit Concerts.Probably nothing really captures the spirit of the Bridge Concerts than this tribute video to the late Larry "L.A." Johnson (1947 - 2010), Neil Young's long time film maker and producer.Remembering

Pearl Jam w/Neil Young BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT '10 "Walk With Me"This version is from the 2nd night and is the heavy feedback version. Much more feedback than the Saturday night version.Also, see complete reports on 2010 Bridge School Benefit Concert (24th Annual) with reviews, photos, YouTube videos and commentary.Also, see The Triumphant Reunion of The Buffalo Springfield, Pearl Jam and Neil

Toronto's 6th Annual Neil Young Birthday Tribute will be this Saturday, November 6 at The Drake Hotel, Toronto, ON.This will be a full evening of Neil Young songs to celebrate his birthday. This year's lineup includes the outstanding talents of:Dave BorinsSarah BurtonMJ CyrTiger LilMyke & the Mod VillainsAndrea RamoloDetails and RSVP on Facebook | Neil Young Birthday Tribute (6th Annual). Full

"Gone To Shiloh": Leon Russell, Elton John & Neil Young with Speaking Clock Revue at 2010 Bridge School Benefit Concert 10/24/10 on YouTube.Thanks George!Also, see complete reports on 2010 Bridge School Benefit Concert (24th Annual) with reviews, photos, YouTube videos and commentary.Also, see The Triumphant Reunion of The Buffalo Springfield, Pearl Jam and Neil Young @ 2010 Bridge School Benefit

24th Annual Bridge School PumpkinHappy Halloween!Build a bridge.peacethrasher & thrashetteps - sanity or fear?