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Neil Young has decided to embark on a political music journey with his new protest LP, 'The Monsanto Years,' with the help of Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah in Promise of the Real. The LP is due out on June 16 but a video for "Rock Starbucks" has been unleashed on the Internet via Democracy Now. -
Sharon Robinson Discusses Solo Album 'Caffeine,' Leonard Cohen, and Starbucks Coffee [EXCLUSIVE CONTEST]
Sharon Robinson has been in the music industry for a long time, songwriting for and performing with Leonard Cohen primarily, as well as Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle, Don Henley, Michael Bolton and others. It's only in the last decade that she's gotten around to building a solo portfolio however, which she adds to with 'Caffeine,' her 2015 release. She joined Music Times to discuss the big issues—ranging from unleashing yourself as a solo performer, to the positives and negatives of Starbucks coffee. -
Neil Young, Jerry Garcia, Ozzy Osbourne and Other Sing to Mother Earth on Her Birthday
METoday is Earth Day and another big day is approaching as well—Mother's Day on May 10 (don't forget to call mom guys) so Music Times decided to bring both together and look up the music acts that have paid tribute to the most important mother of them all: Mother Earth. We've got performances from Grateful Dead affiliates, Neil Young and Ozzy Osbourne. -
Neil Young Performs Secret Concert with Willie Nelson's Sons Lukas and Micah; Nine New Songs Played
Neil Young had previously announced that he was working on new music with the sons of Willie Nelson—Lukas and Micah—but the world got the first live preview of that album when the performers took to the stage for an unannounced concert in California last Thursday. -
Steve Jobs Biography: Apple Co-Founder Reportedly Hated Neil Young, Held a Grudge Against Google
A new biography written about Steve Jobs reportedly shows the Apple co-founder in an unflattering light. According to The Daily Beast, friends like current Apple CEO Tim Cook and design guru Johnny Ive have praised the new biography, Becoming Steve Jobs. The new book delves deeper into the icon's famous anger, which Neil Young and Google were victims of at different points. -
Bob Dylan Receives MusiCares Person of the Year Award; Bruce Springsteen, Beck and Jack White Pay Tribute
A star-studded lineup showed up at the MusiCares Person of the Year ceremony Friday night, Feb. 6, to pay tribute to Bob Dylan. Bruce Springsteen, Beck and Jack White paid tribute by performing renditions of some of the folk legend's classic tunes before Dylan himself gave a speech filled with attitude. He thanked famous musicians who covered his songs in the past -- like Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Nina Simone -- while telling off critics like Lieber & Stoller and Merle Haggard. Unfortunately for fans, Dylan did not perform. -
PonoPlayer All Hype According to Tests Run by Yahoo; Average Listener Can't Seem to Hear Difference
The much-hyped PonoPlayer developed by Neil Young and others to supposedly blow away iTunes and other compressed music formats may be just that: hype. A test run by Yahoo's tech writer David Pogue suggests that the average listener not only can't tell the difference between Pono and iTunes...they even prefer the latter. -
Tim Drummond, Bassist For Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Dead at 74
Bassist Tim Drummond, who ascended to music fame while playing with Bob Dylan and Neil Young, among others, passed away on Jan. 10. -
PonoMusic Rumored to Have Acquired Rights to Beatles Catalogue; 'Revolver' And More May Be On PonoPlayer Soon Enough
Just last week Music Times came up with a short list of relatively recent albums that we'd like to see get the full hi-res treatment at Pono, assuming that our vinyl copies of older records would do for the time being. Apparently not however, as rumors suggest CEO Neil Young and the team at PonoMusic have gotten ahold of the rights to The Beatles catalogue and are working to remaster it in full 192 kHz. The new version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is "going to blow your mind," reportedly. -
Neil Young Recording New Album with Willie Nelson's Sons: Singer Also Talks About Pono Service [WATCH]
Neil Young's new Pono music player debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently. The guitarist sat down with "Rolling Stone" to discuss the new service, which launched this week, but naturally the conversation covered other areas. He revealed that his next album will be a collaboration with Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah.Young and the Nelson boys have performed together previously at the Harvest the Hope and Bridge School benefits as well as Farm Aid."I'm working on another album now that I'm going to do be doing with Willie Nelson's sons," the singer said, adding that the record may have something to do with the Monsanto agriculture company — Young has been critical of the organization in the past.Past that album, Young does not have anything else lined up. -
Kickstarter Funds More Music Projects Than Any Other Category during 2014; Neil Young and 'Meow The Jewels' Big Earners
Kickstarter and crowd funding in general had their biggest year ever during 2014 and no subject matter was more popular on crowdfunding's most popular platform than music. More than 4,000 project were successfully backed on the site, more than any other category, including film & video, art and publishing. More than 18 percent of all Kickstarter campaigns finder during 2014 were tied to music. -
Neil Young's PonoMusic Catalogue Available Online, Actual PonoPlayers Available for Sale at Fry's Electronics Locations Next Week
If you take digital audio quality as seriously as Neil Young does, then your time has finally come: His PonoMusic player will go on sale starting next week, and in the meantime you can peruse the songs and albums available for purchase via the PonoMusic online catalogue.
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