Neil Young "rolls with the muse"
Terrie Gross on "Fresh Air" conducted a two-part interview with Neil Young in the past week.
Both parts of this amazing interview are archived. The first, broadcast on March 25, is about his remarkable "Greendale" project (a couple of weeks ago, Madam Cura and I were blown away by the fantastic live show at legendary Radio City Music Hall, and I whole-heartedly recommend the album...er...CD if for no other reason than to get the DVD* of Neil performing the songs solo and acoustic at a club in Dublin which comes as a bonus). In the second interview, aired on March 30, he talks about how his two autistic sons have affected him, he and his wife's work with the Bridge School, and how his voice, guitar style, and approach to his music -- how he "rolls with the muse" -- developed over the past 40 years.
Both are worth a listen.
And I apologize for the rampant use of adjectives in this post.
* Neil issued a "second edition" of the Greendale CD; the CD is identical to the original, but the "bonus DVD" is different. The reviews on Amazon take him to task for this -- a marketing ploy -- but I think it's because he really, really loves this project and wants to give anyone who wants to the opportunity to dig the whole process with him.
Both parts of this amazing interview are archived. The first, broadcast on March 25, is about his remarkable "Greendale" project (a couple of weeks ago, Madam Cura and I were blown away by the fantastic live show at legendary Radio City Music Hall, and I whole-heartedly recommend the album...er...CD if for no other reason than to get the DVD* of Neil performing the songs solo and acoustic at a club in Dublin which comes as a bonus). In the second interview, aired on March 30, he talks about how his two autistic sons have affected him, he and his wife's work with the Bridge School, and how his voice, guitar style, and approach to his music -- how he "rolls with the muse" -- developed over the past 40 years.
Both are worth a listen.
And I apologize for the rampant use of adjectives in this post.
* Neil issued a "second edition" of the Greendale CD; the CD is identical to the original, but the "bonus DVD" is different. The reviews on Amazon take him to task for this -- a marketing ploy -- but I think it's because he really, really loves this project and wants to give anyone who wants to the opportunity to dig the whole process with him.
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