Neil Young Rejects & Protects: KXL Rally - Washington, DC - April 26, 2014

Live reports from rally tonight on Thrasher's Wheat Radio on WBKM.org at 9 PM EST.


Neil Young: Reject & Protect Rally, Washington, DC - April 26, 2014

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(Thanks Hounds That Howell for videography, photography, transportation & cranberries!)

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Reject & Protect Rally - 4/26/14
Washington, DC (Click photo to enlarge)On April 22nd, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal communities from along the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline route, called the Cowboy Indian Alliance, rode into Washington DC and set up camp near the White House to tell President Obama to reject the pipeline.

On April 26th, thousands of people will join them to stand together for a final message that the Keystone XL pipeline and the tar sands must be rejected — to protect this, and future generations.

Reject & Protect Rally

April 25, Friday

Water ceremony, 9-10am – center tipi of tipi camp.

Prayer and song at Sec. Kerry home: Meet at tipi camp 10:00 AM and take bus OR meet at O St. and Wisconsin Ave. NW at 11:00 AM

Painting of Obama tipi, 4-6pm

Music and sharing stories, 6-8pm

Award-winning photographer Garth Lenz presents slides of the tarsands, joined by Crystal Lameman of the Beaver Lake Cree First Nation, 8-9pm

April 26, Saturday

Water ceremony, 9-10am – center tipi of tipi camp.

Painting of tipi canvass liner with general public’s thumbprints, 9:00 am-10:30 am

Group ceremony and procession with tipi, 11am-2pm

Music and sharing stories at tipi camp, 6-8pm

Documentary, 8 PM: White Water, Black Gold – An investigative point-of-view documentary about David Lavallee’s journey down the Athabasca River and across Western Canada in search of answers about the battle between water and oil. Following an imaginary drop of water, and later an imaginary drop of oil, he discovers the threats to the third largest watershed in the world and two separate oceans. Director: David Lavallee, courtesy of The Video Project

April 27, Sunday

Water ceremony, 9-10am – center tipi of tipi camp.

Interfaith prayer ceremony – Lafayette Park, 10-11 am

Closing ceremony – Lafayette Park 11am-noon

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Neil Young's A Letter Home Limited Edition Box Set

A Letter Home (Vinyl Box Set)
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In the category of "didn't see this one coming"... just announced from Warner Bros. Records:

A Letter Home Limited Edition Box Set

Reprise will release the complete box set, which includes a special "direct feed from the booth" audiophile vinyl version and a DVD that captured the original electro-mechanical process, along with comments from the producers and recording engineers. It includes:

• Standard audio LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl
• Audiophile LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl
• Standard audio CD
• DVD with footage from the recording
• 12" x 12", 32-page full color booklet
• Seven 6" vinyl discs pressed on clear vinyl. The 7th disc of this set features a version of Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind" backed with an alternate take / arrangement of "Crazy"

(Also, see Neil Young’s lo-fi cover of Dylan’s ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ part of deluxe box set - National Bob Dylan | Examiner.com. Thanks Harold!)

April 24, 2014 - (Burbank, CA.) - Neil Young will release a CD, digital album and a Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set of his recent vinyl album A Letter Home on Reprise Records on May 27th. The box set is a beautifully packaged expanded version of the vinyl edition first released on February 21stby Jack White's Third Man Records. The Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set will also contain a Download card for the hi-res Audiophile version of the album. Click here to pre-order A Letter Home. Click here to view the album cover art. Click here to view the Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set package.

Young recorded the collection of covers with White on a refurbished 1947 Voice-O-Graph recording booth at Third Man's Nashville headquarters. Imagine a very simple recording studio not much larger than a phone booth and you'll get the idea. He describes the album as "an unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past recorded on ancient electro-mechanical technology captures and unleashes the essence of something that could have been gone forever." Recorded live to track to one-track, mono, the album has an inherent warm, primitive feel of a vintage Folkways recording.

As for the track-listing, Young chose songs that have personal meaning for him, such as British folk artist Bert Jansch's "Needle of Death" (which inspired Young to write 1972's "Needle and the Damage Done"), Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," Willie Nelson's "Crazy," Don Everly's "I Wonder If I Care as Much," Bruce Springsteen's "My Home Town," and many others. Click here to watch a video for "Needle of Death"

The album begins with Neil recording a spoken letter to his late mother, informing her of his personal and present state of affairs which sets the tone and atmosphere for the duration of the album. He does this once again at the beginning of Side 2 in a way which could explain why he's selected these particular songs to record. In essence, this presentation is, as its title implies, A Letter Home from Neil. This is a deeply personal and expressive listening experience which is as real and raw emotionally as it is sonically and yet light of touch in its form and flow.

The track-listing for A Letter Home is as follows:

A Letter Home intro

Changes (Phil Ochs)

Girl from the North Country (Bob Dylan)

Needle of Death (Bert Jansch)

Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)

Crazy (Willie Nelson)

Reason to Believe (Tim Hardin)

On the Road Again (Willie Nelson)

If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)

Since I Met You Baby (Ivory Joe Hunter)

My Hometown (Bruce Springsteen)

I Wonder If I Care as Much (Don Everly)

"This is a deeply personal and expressive listening experience which is as real and raw emotionally as it is sonically and yet light of touch in its form and flow."

Nice.


Neil Young performs "Needle of Death," off his upcoming album, 'A Letter Home.'

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Europe Summer 2014 Concert Tour Dates

(Click photo to enlarge)Neil Young and Crazy Horse will be in concert in Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, 3rd August 2014.

Here's the Europe tour dates for Neil Young and Crazy Horse thus far with reviews on links:

2014-07-07, Laugardalshöllin, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014-07-10, Live At The Marquee, Cork, Ireland

2014-07-12, Hyde Park, London, England
2014-07-13, Echo Arena, Liverpool, England

2014-07-15, KüçükÇiftlik Park, Istanbul, Turkey
2014-07-17, Yarkon Park, Tel-Aviv, Israel - CANCELED

2014-07-20, Münsterplatz, Ulm, Germany

2014-07-21, Collisioni Festival, Barolo, Italy
2014-07-23, Wiener Stadthalle, Wien, Austria
2014-07-25, Warsteiner Hockeypark, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2014-07-26, Filmnächte am Elbufer, Dresden, Germany
2014-07-28, Zollhafen - Nordmole, Mainz, Germany
2014-07-30, København Forum, København, Denmark

2014-08-01, Bergenhus Festning - Koengen, Bergen, Norway
2014-08-03, Stockholm Music & Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2014-08-05, Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, Belgium

2014-08-07, Monte-Carlo Sporting Summer Festival, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2014-08-08, Foire aux Vins de Colmar, Colmar, France

Thanks Tom on Sugar Mountain!

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Neil Young, Chicago, IL - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - Concert #2

Chicago Rustfest - Mon. & Tues. at 4:00pm - Emerald Loop Bar & Grill (216 N Wabash Ave)

Photo by Twitter / JoshHunt77

Neil Young performs solo concert at Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL, Monday, April 21 & Tuesday, 22, 2014.

Got a report? Drop us a comment below.

Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates and Chronological Grid, Recording Summary, Statistics and Extras.

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Neil Young, Chicago, IL - Monday, April 21, 2014 - Show #1

Chicago Rustfest - Mon. & Tues. at 4:00pm - Emerald Loop Bar & Grill (216 N Wabash Ave)

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Chicago Theatre,
Photo by E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune

From Neil Young concert review; Young at Chicago Theatre reviewed - chicagotribune.com by Greg Kot:

His eyes shaded by a black fedora, Neil Young strapped on a guitar that once belonged to Hank Williams Sr. and leaned in, as if ready to whisper in someone’s ear.

“Come a little bit closer, hear what I have to say,” he sang near the end of his sold-out concert Monday at the Chicago Theatre.

But even in relatively mellow acoustic mode, the singer conveyed a restless energy. He strolled the stage adorned with two pianos, a pump organ and a half-dozen acoustic guitars as if he were an avuncular landowner surveying his property. He was comfortable in this space, talking easily with the audience between songs, and at one point humorously thanking his “sponsors”: “Water,” he said, “and glass -- brought to you by sand and fire, two other great products.”

It was all in service of an evening that might have been described as casual. But beneath the rumpled outfit and graying sideburns, Young still harbors an intensity that surfaced at key points in the two-hour (plus intermission) concert. These moments were all the more striking because of the dynamics in Young’s still-pliable voice, his ability to play with tone and phrasing, and to create atmosphere with the barest essentials.

Photo by Twitter / JoshHunt77

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Neil Young performs solo concert at Chicago Theater, Chicago, IL, Monday, April 21 & Tuesday, 22, 2014.

Got a report? Drop us a comment below.

Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates and Chronological Grid, Recording Summary, Statistics and Extras.

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NEW ALBUM: Neil Young's A Letter Home Vinyl LP Released

Last July, Neil Young traveled to Nashville, Tenn to record an album of covers at Jack White's Third Man Records on a refurbished 1947 Voice-o-Graph vinyl recording booth.

The album titled A Letter Home was something of a mystery in terms of release info for yesterday's International Record Store Day but it now is listed on Third Man Records for ordering as a vinyl only release.

Track Listing:
1. "Changes" (Phil Ochs)
2. "Girl From The North Country" (Bob Dylan)
3. "Needle of Death" (Bert Jansch)
4. "Early Morning Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot)
5. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson)
6. "Reason To Believe" (Tim Hardin)
7. "On The Road Again" (Willie Nelson)
8. "If You Could Read My Mind" (Gordon Lightfoot)
9. "Since I Met You Baby" (Ivory Joe Hunter)
10. "My Hometown" (Bruce Springsteen)
11. "I Wonder If I Care As Much" (Everly Brothers)

Credits: (Thanks Ralf!)
Reproduced by: Jack White III & Neil Young
Recorded at: Third Man Records, Nashville, TA
Electro-mechanically engeniered by: Joshua V. Smith & Kevin Carrico
Recorded by: Joshua V. Smith
Assisted by: Mindy Watts
Recorded to acetate by: George Ingram
Mastered by: Bob Ludwig for Gateway Mastering Studios, Portland, ME
Neil Young: Vocal, Guitar, Harmonica, Piano.
Jack White: Vocal, Piano - "On the Road Again", Vocal, Piano - "I Wonder if I care As Much"
Art Direction & Design: Gary Burden and Jenice Heo for R. Twerk & Co with Neil Young and Jack White
Hand lettering "A Letter Home": Julian Baker
Photo: Front Cover - Will Mitchell, Back Cover - Joe McCaughey
Direction: Elliot Roberts, Lookout Management
Special Thanks: Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, Bert Jansch, Gordon Lightfoot, Willie Nelson, Tim Hardin, Ivory Joe Hunter, Bruce Springsteen, Don Everly
(c) 2014 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WMA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S. - Under license to Third Man Records, LLC, Printed in U.S.A. TMR245


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Jack White's Third Man Record Booth
"An unheard collection of rediscovered songs from the past recorded on ancient electro mechanical technology captures and unleashes the essence of something that could have been gone forever…" —Homer Grosvenor

From Jack White's quest to record and release a record in one day | Music | Entertainment | Toronto Sun by Jane Stevenson:

The event was staged in an effort to get music fans into independent record stores, and the current return-to-vinyl explosion led in no small part by White’s Third Man Records store. The local Nashville shop also sold a Neil Young covers album, A Letter Home, on Saturday, that the Canadian singer-songwriter recently recorded there inside a Voice-O-Graph booth.

“Neil Young just stopped by. He was driving his electric car, the LincVolt, he was driving around town and filming stuff, and he stopped by, checked it out, and me and him were talking about it. We had a curtain set up on the other side,” said White. “And some kid came into the recording booth and recorded a Neil Young song and when he opened the door, Neil Young just peaked his head out."

"It was a pretty beautiful moment. And I think that a few months later he called me and said, ‘Hey man I want to come and record in that booth. Hey, maybe I’ll do my whole next record there.’ I’m like, ‘I’m not going to stop you. Where do you want me to pick you up?’”

And here are some live versions of the songs on Video: Neil Young Releases ‘A Letter Home’ With No Pre-Release Hype | DAYS OF THE CRAZY-WILD. (Thanks Michael!)

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