Remembering the guitarists we lost in 2023 We had to say goodbye to a staggering number of guitar geniuses this year. We salute those players and their contributions to the instrument Guitar World · Dec 26, 2023
Beyoncé and Blondie song fund Hipgnosis delays results amid valuation concerns Company says songs have been assessed as worth more by independent valuer than recent transactions in the sector The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023
“I didn’t expect some of the backlash. But then you get the Neil fans, who were rabidly protective”: the story of America, the 70s soft rockers behind the greatest Neil Young song Neil Young never wrote America evoked the wild romance of the West with timeless melodies and harmonies – and served up a 70s soft rock classic in the process Louder · Dec 16, 2023
Beyoncé and Neil Young song fund Hipgnosis sells 20,000 songs for £18m London-listed music investor sells ‘non-core’ rights at a discount to raise cash as it battles debt pile The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023
"The overall effect is hypnotic, mesmeric – a musical montage that has no start or end point": Neil Young's Before And After Before And After finds Neil Young turning acoustic re-recordings of some of his past songs into a single music montage Louder · Dec 10, 2023
Neil Young: Before and After review – an acoustic solo trip down memory lane The veteran rocker reworks favourite songs from his six-decade career in this intimate, imaginative solo set The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023
From Wonka to Nicki Minaj: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment Timothée Chalomet stars in the eccentric chocolatier’s origin story, while the rapper finally releases the sequel album to her 2010 debut The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2023
Neil Young: Before and After review – with age comes tenderness Gentle melodies and minimal instrumentation grace this live album of mostly lesser-known songs from the seven decades of Young’s career The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023
Neil Young - Before and After album review: plenty of deep-cuts here An intriguing selection, but newbies may be best starting elsewhere Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2023
Music Review: Neil Young's 'Before and After' offers one continuous stream of rarities Leave it to Neil Young to give streaming songs a whole new meaning with “Before and After.” The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023
Singer-songwriter India Naia releases debut EP inspired by 2000s R'n'B Singer-songwriter India Naia is of German-Algerian heritage and spent some of her childhood in France before moving to Florida, where she grew up listening to the "crème de la crème" of hip-hop and R'n'B. Several years ago she moved to Paris, where she began writing music. She popped by Arts… France 24 · Dec 4, 2023
Warren Haynes lends his epic solo chops to Dinosaur Jr. as he jams Neil Young and the Cure with J Mascis The Gov’t Mule frontman became the latest high-profile guest on Dinosaur Jr.’s tour celebrating 30 years of Where You Been, when he joined them at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in New York Guitar World · Dec 4, 2023
“Christine had been killed. The studio was somewhere I could go where I’d feel something other than lost”: how David Crosby turned grief into hazy magic on his solo masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name “Christine had been killed. The studio was somewhere I could go where I’d feel something other than lost”: how David Crosby turned grief into hazy magic on his solo masterpiece If I Could Only Remember My Name Louder · Dec 2, 2023
The magic of the FA Cup third round and how Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham changed Marine AFC forever Marine manager Neil Young remembers every kick of their 2021 FA Cup run, which saw Jose Mourinho, Gareth Bale and Tottenham visit Rossett Park in a transformational third-round tie The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2023
Guitar World · Nov 29, 2023 10 essential live rock and metal albums from the ’90s The ’90s were a golden era for box office productions from Page & Plant and AC/DC, not to mention a certain era-defining acoustic set from Nirvana
Guitar World · Nov 28, 2023 Neil Young showcases his savage overdriven tones and channels Hendrix in the most menacing solo rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner you’ve ever heard Wielding his legendary 1953 Gibson Les Paul, Old Black, Young put his own spin on the US national anthem, nodding to a certain Woodstock performance along the way
Evening Standard · Nov 21, 2023 Neil Young announces boycott of X over 'anti-Semitic' Elon Musk tweet The music legend slammed Musk for agreeing that Jews have a ‘dialectical hatred against whites’
MusicRadar · Nov 21, 2023 "Even before we got to the day of the show, there was a ‘concern’… a concern with Liam" – the story behind the farce and the glory of Oasis’s infamous 1996 MTV Unplugged performance Riding high after playing to 250,000 people at Knebworth, Oasis set about rehearsing for a very different kind of show – an intimate MTV Unplugged performance from the Royal Festival Hall. But within days, it was clear all was not going to plan…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2023 Neil Young boycotts X over antisemitic Elon Musk tweet Singer-songwriter joins chorus of disapproval over Musk’s agreement with tweet that accused Jewish communities of ‘dialectical hatred against whites’
Cinemablend · Nov 20, 2023 32 Great Songs Featured In Almost Famous Almost Famous is jam packed with carefully chosen classic rock tracks and other favorites.
Louder · Nov 10, 2023 "A young buck trying to find his musical feet as he flits through styles": Neil Young's Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) 2009’s mammoth box Neil Young: Archives Vol. 1 (1963-1972) reprised as an eight-CD set
Guitar World · Nov 9, 2023 “People have said, ‘Oh, man, you gotta play the Gibson, that’s the real deal.’ But there’s something about the Ibanez… I prefer the evenness of it”: John Scofield on working with Miles Davis, covering Bob Dylan and the agony of writing music The jazz improv virtuoso returns with Uncle John's Band, an album that finds him covering Bob Dylan, Neil Young and, of course, the Grateful Dead
Guitar World · Nov 6, 2023 “I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists
Louder · Nov 5, 2023 From Bruce Springsteen to Beyonce: 10 Eddie Vedder duets you need to watch Springsteen, the Stones, Neil Young, R.E.M., Coldplay, QOTSA, The Doors, Beyoncé... the Pearl Jam frontman has sung with them all.
Fortune · Oct 27, 2023 Owners of Beyoncé and Justin Bieber's music on verge of shutting down Hipgnosis failed in its bid to receive a new mandate from investors as share prices tanked and its portfolio devalued.