Neil Young

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Neil Young

June 18, 2025 Jonathan Aird 4

At first glance, it would seem that I have given myself no challenge here at all. Can’t live without it for Neil Young? Put down “After The Goldrush” or “Everyone Knows This is Nowhere”, and 90% of […]

Sounds from Beyond the Shed 187 – Mr Young and ticket prices

May 30, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 7

I’ve gone on record in this column before about my deep and abiding love for the work of Neil Young. He is far more important to me than Bob Dylan and Bob, to paraphrase Jimmy Webb, […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Gordon Lightfoot “Early Morning Rain”

March 24, 2025 Andy Short 8

If the measure of a song is how often it is covered, then ‘Early Morning Rain’ by Gordon Lightfoot would be high in the chart. Factor in the calibre of the musicians who have embraced the […]

Video: Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts “Big Change”

February 5, 2025 Andrew Frolish 1

Here’s the recent single from the legendary Neil Young and his new band The Chrome Hearts. “Big Change” equals big heart and big sound in this anthem for driving the changes we need in our world […]

Sounds from beyond the Shed 170 – Los Angeles

January 17, 2025 Keith Hargreaves 0

I’ve never been to Los Angeles. I’ve been to San Francisco, and it was a magical place when I visited in 2014 for my fiftieth. I wandered Haight Asbury, went to Ameoba Records, explored the Castro […]

Video: Alex Southey “Green Sunday” – a constant giving-in

July 14, 2026 0

Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has released an absorbing new single. Green Sunday opens with gently insistent guitar before lush layers are introduced and, halfway through, percussion is ushered in, giving the song a greater urgency. […]

For The Sake Of The Song: Roger McGuinn “Car Phone”

July 13, 2026 3

Roger McGuinn has been a musical staple for as long as I can claim to have been making my own choices about what I listen to, through the Byrds and various attempts to put together three-letter […]

Ed Snodderly “ES Pearl Presents Baggage Flies Free”

July 13, 2026 1

No fuss, just an album of beautifully crafted songs straight from the heart. Five decades into a career that has seen Ed Snodderly as a songwriter, performer, actor, and owner of the legendary Down Home club […]