The earliest known film of any of my performances, Young Shakespeare was recorded and filmed in January 1971 at the Shakespeare Theater in Stratford Connecticut.

Originally, images from the performance were used to help bring a visual element to Massey Hall. This can be viewed here, with the film re-synced to Massey Hall’s music.

While Massey Hall was a homecoming for me and meant so much at the time, luckily recorded on a 7.5 …

EARTH - Neil Young

released 6-24-2016

Earth is built to listen to. The audience is from the entire animal kingdom. Designed to let you float from place to place with your eyes closed, your spirit imagination open, ‘Earth’ was a critic’s flop. Go beyond expectations, bend the rules of what a live record is. . . . making a live record for wild life, sea life and city life, cars and trucks, insects. . . …

Bluenote Café - Neil Young and Bluenote Cafe

released 11-13-2015

Steve Lawrence was the soul of the Bluenote Cafe Band. Tommy Bray on trumpet. Fumo and Claude. We had a blast playing all this music. Chad and Rick. Check the credits on the info card. I wanted to feel a horn section and great rhythm section, after I wrote the songs on ‘This Notes for You” and ‘Blue Note Cafe,’ so named for a little …

The Monsanto Years - Neil Young + Promise Of The Real

released 6-29-2015

My first album with Promise of the Real, Monsanto Years, is an album i am very proud of making. This company - Monsanto - and its products are responsible for so much death and hardship that it is hard for me to fathom. We played and recorded in a little theater in OXNARD Ca, called TEATRO.
John Hanlon was at the board. …

STORYTONE: DELUXE - Neil Young

released 11-4-2014

Storytone is a record I made for myself. It was a tumultuous time in my life, with my marriage of 35 years crashed on the rocks. Yet miraculously, I had found love and was beginning again, sorting out the intricacies of a huge change.

Some of my oldest friends turned on me, apparently for their own gains, a surprising and game changing turn of events that guaranteed I …

CSNY 1974 - CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG

released 7-7-2014

by Cameron Crowe

It’s a grey, rainy day in Seattle. Looking not unlike their back-cover photos on the first Buffalo Springfield album, Stephen Stills and Neil Young sit at the downtown Hilton’s rooftop restaurant chattering nervously and laughing a little too loudly over their old guitar war days. After a while, Young clams up, staring silently down at the nearby Coliseum and the massing crowds. …

By Luke Hammill

Before KeyBank Center was First Niagara Center, which had previously been HSBC Arena, which had previously been Marine Midland Arena – before nearly every professional sports venue in the United States was named with a corporate sponsorship – there was, simply, the Aud.

Buffalo Memorial Auditorium opened in 1940 after being built at a cost of $2.7 million, or about $48 million in today’s dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s …

By Associated Press

(LONDON) — Surgeons at King’s College Hospital in London removed a brain tumor from a woman who played the violin during the procedure.

Doctors for violinist Dagmar Turner, 53, mapped her brain before the surgery to identify areas that were active when she played the instrument and those responsible for controlling language and movement. Doctors then woke her in mid-procedure so she could play to “ensure the surgeons did not damage any …

A LETTER HOME - Neil Young

released 4-22-2014

This album was made at Third Man Records in Nashville with Jack White. I saw and heard Jack’s “record your own voice” booth, where you could go inside and record a 45rpm record live and take it with you. The sound was a blast from the circus past. Imagine recording your own song inside a box on a noisy midway at the fair! That’s what I saw …

Story by Scott K. Fish
It’s difficult to write about Paul English without mentioning Willie Nelson. Paul says that Willie is his “favorite subject.” But, there’s something admirable about long relationships. For three decades the team of Nelson and English has been on the high and low sides of country and pop music. No drummer can play Willie Nelson’s music better than Paul English because Paul’s drumming is a great part of Willie’s music. You …

PSYCHEDELIC PILL - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

released 10-30-2012

We recorded ‘Psychedelic Pill’ in 2012.
It was the Horse’s second released record since 'Toast,' which had been made in 2000.

Greendale was made in 2003 and released, while Toast’ was finally released in 2022.

The horse had not played in years in 2011, and we first recorded ‘Americana’ that year and then, almost immediately afterward, ‘Psychedelic Pill’ in 2012. Both albums were made on …

AMERICANA - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

released 6-5-2012

We got together at Broken Arrow Ranch and recorded in the white House living room. J Hanlon had the greenboard and the brass board set up in a nearby bedroom which became the control room.

The idea here was to get the Horse together to play, having not recorded since ‘Greendale’ was recorded in 2002.

We had a good time. I thank the Horse for indulging …

A Treasure - Neil Young & The International Harvesters

released 6-14-2011

This record was really the result of an extensive search through all the International Harvesters’ shows by John Nowland at Redwood Digital and myself. The International Harvesters was a truly amazing band. Perfect for me at the time - Hargus ‘Pig’ Robbins on the piano for some and Spooner Oldham for others. It was magic. Rufus Thibodeaux’s mind and soul bending fiddling on all …

LE NOISE - NEIL YOUNG

released 9-28-2010

Recorded in a beautiful old mansion in Silverlake California, Le Noise is produced by Daniel Lanois, the great Canadian artist-producer. Le Noise is a solo record, made with electric guitar and amplified acoustic guitar. The sound of the recording is very original, with Daniel creating a completely unique ambience.

Le Noise is one of my favorite albums because of its originality. There are some of my favorite …

FORK IN THE ROAD - NEIL YOUNG

released 4-7-2009

Deep into the Lincvolt years, I was focused on making my 1959 Lincoln into an electric vehicle. This wild and crazy thought really got a hold on me and I wanted to tell the story of these times in a record. All the songs were written during the period. Not very entertaining it turns out! This is one of my most disliked albums in recent memory. …

Christmas At The Ranch - Ben Keith

released 9-22-2008

This wonderful record is our Christmas gift at NYA. The great Ben Keith made this one and asked me for a little help, which I gladly supplied of course.

In the words of Ben “Longrain” Keith, my old friend, “I sure hope y’all enjoy this ‘un.”

I can’t wait to start playing this one myself. It will make our Christmas ‘round here even more special!
Merry …

DEJA VU LIVE - CSNY

released 7-22-2008

We made this record right after ‘Living with War’ came out. CSN did great versions of the songs on tour and in this film. As expected, the songs showed the widening divide in the country. Some places they stood up and booed! Other places we got standing ovations! It was not easy for everyone to get behind this music. Some of it was very political and …

CHROME DREAMS II - Neil Young

released 10-23-2007

This album is a barely a blur in my memory. Released in 2007, it was recorded in a garage I had built on Broken Arrow Ranch and called “Feelgood’s Garage’. ‘The Way’ was one of Larry Johnson’s favorites, especially the piano at the end of the recording. Ordinary People, here with the Bluenotes, is a big song that I think was written on …

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California, November 13, 1990

Three sets and an encore, this series, produced and directed by LA Johnson, will be presented to you by Shakey Pictures at NYA in 2020.

At the time, the Horse had just released ‘Ragged Glory’ and were preparing to go on the road with the Weld tour, so we booked a small gig in Santa Cruz California to …

Neil Young + Santa Monica Flyers- Rainbow Theatre, London, England, November 5, 1973

Hemmed and hawed a little bit about including a Tonight’s the Night-era show. Anyway, we’ve got Billy and Ralph in the band with Ben Keith, and with Nils brought back into the barn in recent years.

And it’s not as though we really need an excuse to listen to this stuff, right? It’s fucking great. A while back, Neil suggested that he’d …

LIVING WITH WAR - Neil Young

released 5-8-2006

Larry Johnson was with me as I made this album, with its many videos and finally, a film. Larry was an ‘army brat’, he would say happily with his smile lightening the room. This album, the songs and the moment were all shared with Larry.

We had a website - LWW TODAY, where the videos we made for each song were located.

In our treatment of the …

PRAIRIE WIND - Neil Young

released 9-27-2005

Recorded in Nashville, ‘Prairie Wind’ is a personal journey for me. Easier to hear it than to talk about it.

Many friends with me along the way. Still remember Rufus was in the hospital; Ben wanted to go see him and for some reason I didn’t go. I missed that.

Family reflection, history, geographics are all in the air.
Prairie Wind.
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GREENDALE - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

released 8-19-2003

GREENDALE is the story of Sun Green, a young girl growing up on a ranch in the country, trying to make a big difference in her world. The album, written as a story, was made into a SHAKEY PICTURES movie, with Larry Johnson and I shooting super-eight film.

Crazy Horse as a trio, without Poncho on guitar, made this record. I wanted it to be simple …

Mr J. Hanlon is seen here mastering ‘Homegrown’ in an all analog chain. This is the way records were made when we started out. This is the way we made them sound great. We were told that this was impossible now, the Homegrown tapes were too damaged to use; we had to use Digital. We didn’t agree.

We did not accept. We painstakingly restored the analog masters of Homegrown.

Homegrown will be our …

ARE YOU PASSIONATE? -
Neil Young

released 4-9-2002

This album, recorded in late 2001, is a collection of songs that I recorded first with Crazy Horse in an album called ‘Toast’, that is unreleased at this writing (released 7-8-2022). I was not feeling good about those ‘Toast’ sessions with the Horse in San Francisco, although they do stand up now. The problems I had were mostly in my own head, it being a tough time …

Road Rock Vol. 1: Friends & Relatives - Neil Young

released 12-5-2000

‘Big Island Transmission’, shown here recently, is the rehearsal session for the tour this is from. One night’s performance from this tour was made into a film “Live at Red Rocks.”

The band, a great group of musicians featuring Duck Dunn on bass, Ben Keith on steel and slide, Jimmy Keltner on drums and Spooner Oldham on piano and organ, with singers Pegi …

Silver & Gold - Neil Young

released 4-25-2000

Produced by myself and Ben Keith, this album is mostly acoustic, recorded in my studio at Broken Arrow Ranch and at Arlyn Studio in Austin Texas, ‘Oscar Butterworth’ aka Kenny Buttery, played drums in Austin on Buffalo Springfield Again and The Great Divide.

Jimmy Keltner played drums on all other tracks. Duck Dunn bass, Ben Keith steel and slide, Spooner Oldham piano and organ. Linda Ronstadt and …

Looking Forward - Crosby, Stills,
Nash & Young

released 10-26-1999

This record was made with CSNY. We have made some incredible music together and felt like giving it another round. There’s nothing like the first time. There are a lot of beautiful parts to this record and I am glad we got to make it.

My favorite song from this album is Stand and Be Counted, one of Crosby’s great songs.
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Year Of The Horse - Neil Young & Crazy Horse

released 6-17-1997

The soundtrack for a movie made about Crazy Horse by the great filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, the film features David Briggs, my dad Scott Young, and countless other characters,

The horse rocks through the whole movie! I love my dad in this one.
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Broken Arrow - Neil Young with Crazy Horse

released 7-2-1996

Broken Arrow was the first album Crazy Horse made after David Briggs passed away. We loved making ‘Scattered’ and ‘This Town’, as well as all the others. Briggs was with us in spirit and his friend was doing the engineering and producing with us.

Mixed and recorded by Greg Archilla, who David Briggs recommended, Broken Arrow was over analyzed by some. Slip away. Plain and …

Neil Young
Dallas 18 April 2014
photo by Sten Thorborg

By now, we must have read a million Neil Young concert reviews -- or at least it feels like it.

So when we come across a review that really strikes us, we like to share it with our friends who "get Neil". So it is with great pleasure that we bring to you one of the finest Neil Young concert reviews we've ever read.

So …

36,000 celebrate Family Farms. Willie Nelson family and friends celebrate with them. There’s more to it than that.

We had a great set in Indianapolis. What a wonderful theater! Stained glass windows . . . and the audience . . . you were so incredible.

When you don’t play for a while and then you do play, everything is a little more as it comes back like an old friend, or way of life. It’s the crowd, the sound of the crowd.
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Farm Aid 2019 is this Saturday, September 21st in East Troy Wisconsin!

Fans can watch the live webcast of the show from anywhere in HD from 2pm-11pm CDT here: https://www.farmaid.org/webcast/

Starting at 12 pm, SiriusXM subscribers can listen to Farm Aid 2019 live on Willie’s Roadhouse (channel 59) via SiriusXM radios.

You can also watch AXS TV’s broadcast of the show beginning at 6:30 p.m. CDT.

For more information about how to see and …

We have a new guest album available to hear.

Nils lofgren co-wrote a lot of great songs with Lou Reed and has made a soulful new album of them. Check out Nils in the guest artist area right at the top of the NYA file cabinet.
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NYA exclusive pre-sale begins Friday August 9th, for our September 19th performance in Indianapolis! This is our first performance since Kilkenny. NYA subscribers have first shot at the best seats in the house!

Neil Young and Promise of the Real will play Indianapolis at the Murat Theater at Old National Centre. It’s right on our way to Farmaid and we couldn’t resist! Tickets go on pre-sale here at NYA this Friday, August 9th. It’s one …