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Neil & Petro Producers did not meet

“It is like a war zone, a disaster area from war, what’s happened up there,” Young told a news conference ahead of his Winnipeg concert.

Thespec.com is reporting that Neil Young did not accept an invitation from a petroleum producers group to meet before his final concert to raise money for opponents of Alberta’s oilsands.

The Hamilton Spectator is located in  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers issued a statement today (Sunday Jan. 19)  saying it offered to “have a balanced discussion” Young and the chief of a first nation that is fighting oilsands development, according to Thespec.com.

But a representative of Young and Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam offered an alternative that was unacceptable, CAPP said.

“Young’s representative suggested oilsands producers participate in Neil Young’s media conference today, but when CAPP requested a neutral moderator and equal representation, the organizer said this was not acceptable,” the CAPP statement said.

His tour wraps up tonight in Alberta, the province with the most at stake in the debate over the economic and environmental effects of oilsands development.

Young remained unbowed throughout the week of benefit concerts for the Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation and warned on Thursday that Alberta could end up looking “like the moon” if land isn’t preserved.

Read more at:

http://www.thespec.com/whatson-story/4324064-neil-young-concludes-anti-oilsands-concert-series-with-show-in-calgary/

Tags: Alberta oil sands, Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation, crazy horse, Honor the Treaties
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse in Israel

one website reports it, first time Neil Young and teh Horse will play in Israel, 17 July 2014:

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4474937,00.html

“Summer 2014 warming up: Ynet has learned that Canadian rock singer Neil Young expected to perform in Israel, to be held on July 17 in Hayarkon Park. Ticket sales have been set off”

“Update, 8:54:’s production company Shuki Weiss, who is responsible for bringing the Young Israel issued an official statement on the show – to be held on July 17 in Hayarkon Park. At this opens early sales network, with ticket prices ranging from 340 normal grass, NIS, and NIS 1,400 VIP card. “

Tags: Alchemy Tour 2014, crazy horse, Israel
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Psychedelic Pill nominated for Grammy

On Jan. 26 Neil Young will most likely be sitting in the audience at the 56th annual Grammy Awards.

His album with Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill is nominated for Best Rock Album.

The songs on the album were highly promoted in a whirlwind tours Neil & the Horse made in the U.S.; Australia and Europe.

Neil Young has previously won Grammy’s for the song “Angry World” (Best Rock Song  2010) and Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package in 2009 for “The Archives” http://www.grammy.com/artist/neil-young

What will he wear to the Grammys this time,  along with Ralph, Billy and Poncho?

Speculation at Human-Highway.org. http://www.human-highway.org/2013what-will-neil-wear-to-the-grammys

Here are all nominees in that category:

Rock album

13, Black Sabbath

The Next Day, David Bowie

Mechanical Bull, Kings of Leon

Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin

… Like Clockwork, Queens of the Stone Age

Psychedelic Pill, Neil Young with Crazy Horse

Read about other nominees here:

http://o.canada.com/entertainment/music/canadian-grammy-nominees-2014/

Tags: crazy horse, GRAMMY, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Psychedelic Pill
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Neil Young: “You can’t worry about what people think. I never do…” — UNCUT

Neil Young and Crazy Horse were due to return to the UK this week, but have cancelled their European shows after Frank ‘Poncho’ Sampedro reportedly broke his hand. So to salve the disappointment, in this week’s archive feature, from our August 2012 issue (Take 183), Uncut is granted a rare audience with the remarkable Young, busier than ever.

To be discussed: the return of Crazy Horse, Americana and what would become Psychedelic Pill; his autobiography; his new movie; Archives; his family. What motivates an inexhaustible genius? “I spend money as soon as I get it…”

Story: Jaan Uhelszki

read all:
uncut.co.uk/neil-young/neil-young-you-can-t-worry-about-what-people-think-i-never-do-feature

Tags: Americana, crazy horse, Psychedelic Pill
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Uncut reviews Year of the Horse

The October 2013 issue of Uncut features a DVD review of  Jim Jarmusch concert documentary “Year of the Horse”  shot in 1996.

They write: “This isn’t older musicians trying to sustain some delusion of youthful potency;  this is a bunch of middle-aged men, led by a surly, stomping guitarist in baggy  knee-length shorts and a nondescript T-shirt.

” But the very lack of  self-conscious stagecraft carries with it the implication that what you’re being  given is something purely musical, unmediated by modern digital strategies that  demand everything be a multi-platform, multi-media, interactive experience. It’s  pure rock’n’roll, as the introductory tagline explain:

“Made loud to be played  loud. CRANK IT UP!”.
It’s far from the ideal Neil and Crazy Horse setlist, Uncut opines,  with only a handful of  classics – including a version of “Tonight’s The Night” following a segment  about the deaths of Danny Whitten and Bruce Berry – sprinkled  parsimoniously through the show.

But it barely matters: as Young maintains,  “It’s all one song,” an ongoing flow of music hewn into eight-to ten-minute  chunks. And any technical effects are kept to a minimum, and used subtly, as  when stage footage of the band playing “Slips Away” is blended with a tour bus  shot of passing sky and landscape.

Read more at http://www.uncut.co.uk/neil-young-crazy-horse-year-of-the-horse-review#oOLywI4sU8cO2VW0.99

Tags: crazy horse, Jim Jarmusch, movie, review, Year of the Horse
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