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announced: Bridge School 2012, will take place Oct. 20 and 21 at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View, [see also the Bad-News-Beat tour site]
on the official Neil site:
By Tara Hall, SoundSpike, August 8, 2012
Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Foo Fighters, The Black Keys and more will take to the stage late next month at New York City’s Global Festival, a free event aimed to bring awareness to extreme poverty.
The music extravaganza, which will also feature Band of Horses and K’Naan, takes place Sept. 29 on the Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park.
The Global Poverty Project is hosting the inaugural Global Festival; the international organization works to end extreme poverty worldwide through education and advocacy.
Those interested in free tickets need to visit the event’s website to sign up as a Global Citizen and take action to qualify for the ticket lottery.
“With at least 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty on Earth today, there has never been a better time to become a Global Citizen and do whatever you can to make a difference for your fellow man,” Neil Young said in a press release.
A small number of VIP packages are available now via the festival website, with all net proceeds going to the charity.
” NEW CRAZY HORSE ALBUM IN OCTOBER
August 24, 2012
Psychedelic Pill will be released in October. It was recorded right after Americana at Audio Casa Blanca. A double-CD and triple-vinyl will be released because of the lengths of many of the songs, some of which were previewed in Crazy Horse’s live performances earlier this month. In the spirit of Americana’s release, full length videos for each of the songs will be available and previewed. A recommended high resolution 24/192 full fidelity version of the album Psychedelic Pill will be released on Blu-ray and will include all the videos. The low resolution iTunes downloads will also be accompanied by videos. Thanks for listening.
…from Neil’s site.
Neil Young and Crazy Horse Double-Disc ‘Psychedelic Pill’ Due in October
Album is group’s first collection of original songs since 2003
By Andy Greene
August 24, 2012 12:25 PM ET
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s new LP Psychedelic Pill will hit store shelves sometime in October. According to an update on Young’s official website, “a double-CD and triple-vinyl will be released because of the lengths of many of the songs, some of which were previewed in Crazy Horse’s live performances earlier this month . . . A recommended high resolution 24/192 full fidelity version of the album Psychedelic Pill will be released on Blu-ray.” The group will also release videos for each of the songs.
Crazy Horse guitarist Frank “Poncho” Sampedro told Rolling Stone about the new disc in June. “It’s us jamming and having lots of fun,” he said. “I think that [former Crazy Horse producer] David Briggs would be proud of it . . . Once he was gone, I felt like we lost our compass a bit. We had the sound and we had the big machine, and we could play anything and play pretty good, but we weren’t putting any great records together. I mean, Broken Arrow was OK. It wasn’t like Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere or Rust Never Sleeps or Ragged Glory.”
Earlier this month the group launched their first tour in more than eight years. The setlist features six brand new songs, including the 20-minute feedback-drenched epic “Walk Like A Giant.” “Neil came into the studio and he had that song,” Sampedro said earlier this month. “We played it one time and the next thing we know we’re doing overdubs. Then he played it for us. The playback just blew our minds. We had no idea we’d done something that big. I imagine it’s about Earth being destroyed by this giant, and we’re screening the planet for survivors and shit. I have all these images going through my head. It’s really crazy.”
The guitarist also spoke about the title track “Psychedelic Pill.” “That song began in the studio when Neil sat down at the piano and began playing chords,” Sampedro said. “Ralph [Molina] was on drums and he started this beat on the snare and wouldn’t stop for nearly an hour. We stood up and played it and realized it was a great song. We just haven’t performed it that great yet, but we’re getting more comfortable every night.”
Just three months ago Neil Young and Crazy Horse released the folk covers disc Americana. Surprisingly, they are only playing a single one of those songs, “Jesus’ Chariot,” during their live show this summer. “They just didn’t fit in,” Poncho said.
“Somehow they really sound good when we play them together, but when we play them in a set they just didn’t fit in. I told Neil that I thought it was a lot of fun playing them and they’re great songs, but our soul and our hearts aren’t in them.”
The band is on a break right now, but the tour resumes in late September and runs through early December. They have yet to announce exactly when in October the new LP will be released.
:: read more on Rolling Stone…
Published: 2012/08/22
Relix Premieres Neil Young and The Sadies “This Wheel’s On Fire” from Garth Hudson Presents Chest Fever: A Canadian Tribute To The Band
Garth Hudson Presents Chest Fever: A Canadian Tribute To The Band is set for an October 2 release. On this album, Garth Hudson draws together a variety of musicians to perform the music of his former group. Cowboy Junkies, Bruce Cockburn, Danny Brooks & The Rockin’ Revelators, Mary Margaret O’Hara and Blue Rodeo are among the participants, with Hudson serving as producer and performing keyboards on all tracks. Neil Young and The Sadies have contributed a version of “This Wheel’s On Fire” to the record and that songis currently steaming on Relix.com. The complete tracklisting for Garth Hudson Presents Chest Fever appears below:
Garth Hudson Presents Chest Fever: A Canadian Tribute To The Band
1. Danny Brooks & The Rockin’ Revelators – Forbidden Fruit
2. Mary Margaret O’Hara – Out of the Blue
3. Peter Katz & The Curious – Acadian Driftwood
4. Neil Young & Sadies – This Wheel’s on Fire
5. Suzie McNeil – Ain’t Got No Home
6. Cowboy Junkies – Clothes Line Saga
7. Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckly – You Ain’t Going Nowhere
8. Bruce Cockburn & Blue Rodeo – Sleeping
9. The Road Hammers – Yazoo Street Scandal
10. Raine Maida – The Moon Struck One
11. The Sadies – The Shape I’m In
12. Chantal Kreviazuk – Tears of Rage
13. I Loved Your Too Much – Hawksley Workman
14. Great Big Sea – Knockin’ Lost John
15. Blue Rodeo – King Harvest
16. The Trews – Move to Japan
17. Garth Hudson – Genetic Method (Anew)
18. Ian Thornley & Bruce Cockburn – Chest Fever
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