Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
Miami New Times | Complete Issue (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
As both the precocious bard and poet laureate of the Laurel Canyon elite, Jackson Browne created a late-'60s/early-'70s repertoire that found him standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the other notables of the day. Alongside peers such as Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young...
Rock Turtleneck (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Happy 64th Birthday to genius, hero, iconoclast, guiding light and inspiration Neil Young , born on this day in 1945. Now that he is comfortably in the AARP target demographic, it would be easy to say " Old Man, take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you " or something like that. But in spirit Neil is neither Young nor Old; he is ageless and timeless. In fact, watching this 1971 clip of "Old...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
CBC : Neil Young will be feted with a star-studded concert during the upcoming Grammy Awards weekend, organizers announced this week…Fellow Canadian k.d. lang and peers like Emmylou Harris and Crosby, Stills & Nash will be among the artists set to perform at the tribute gala for Young slated to take place in Los Angeles on Jan. 29…Other performers lined up include James Taylor, Jackson...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News The Red Hot Chili Peppers will make their first post-hiatus appearance early next year when the funky monks join a lineup of all-star acts that will pay tribute to Neil Young . The concert for Young, which honors the rock legend as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year , will take place in Los Angeles on Jan. 29. Aside from the Chili Peppers, who are currently...
If You Have To Ask (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Legendary artist and activist Neil Young will be honored as the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year at a special event celebrating his exceptional artistic achievements as well as his philanthropic work. Proceeds from the annual Person of the Year tribute — now in its 20th year — provide essential support for MusiCares, which ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial,...
cold fury (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
“Find the cost of freedom, buried in the ground. Mother Earth will swallow you, lay your body down. Find the cost of free health care, buried in the bill. Mother Debt will swallow you, swallow this blue pill.” –Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngsters Not Yet Born Who Will Have To Pay For This Monstrosity 2,000 pages. 111 new bureaucracies. Uncounted payoffs to [...]
Proper Course (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I don't usually like books about ocean cruising. All that guff about the wonderful weeks they spent in the doldrums admiring the thirty seven different shades of green of the ocean; or boasting about how the author went up the mast in fifty knots of wind in the Southern Ocean to fix the lower spritbuckle yardfickle that had got tangled with the toplifting shroudbobbin. It does nothing for me. Thankfully,...
Twangville (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Concerts, Night One 29 October 2009 @ Madison Square Garden, New York City Headliners: Crosby, Stills & Nash; Paul Simon; Simon & Garfunkel; Stevie Wonder; Bruce Springsteen Guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Dion DiMucci, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, [...]
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame celebrated a quarter century as the self-appointed, oft-suspect gatekeeper for canonical artists in the rock world (no Guided By Voices, no Replacements, no etcs. -- no vote of confidence, RRHOF dudes) with a pair of concerts at Madison Square Garden this past Thursday and Friday. Never mind that the Hall is technically 26 according to its articles of incorporation;...
The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
This weekend’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th anniversary concerts weren’t just a veritable who’s who of rock, they were also a who’s playing with who collaboration-fest. Friday night kicked off the festivities with performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Bonnie Raitt, and Jackson Browne; Paul Simon played with Dion DiMucci and Little Anthony [...]
rssblogstory.com Music (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash and numerous guests kicked off a two-night celebration, playing
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Performers at Thursday's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame benefit concert included John Fogerty, left, who joined Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band onstage to play tunes by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Roy Orbison. Music Review By JON PARELES NYT History lesson, star showcase, oldies singalong, canonization and romp — on Thursday night, the first of two Madison Square Garden celebrations...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
It was one of the most extraordinary jam sessions in the history of rock’n’roll: Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Simon & Garfunkel, Billie Joel, Crosby, Stills and Nash, Sting and James Taylor — to mention a few — on stage for five hours, playing some of the most iconic songs of modern times.
In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The first of two concerts celebrating 25 years of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was headlined with ‘golden oldies’ Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon and Crosby, and Stills and Nash, which went down ‘a treat’ with audience members. The two concert event, which will conclude tonight featuring U2, Aretha Franklin and Metallica [...]
Vulture (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
It was a long night — close to five hours. By the time Bruce Springsteen came on at 11:45 p.m., it felt like we’d seen Crosby, Stills & Nash the day before. But there were sublime, even transcendent, moments on the first night of the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts at Madison Square Garden (they will air on HBO starting November 29). Also some surprises: We’ve...
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