Neil Young, Green Day on as Headliners for Voodoo Experience : May 17, 2012

New Orleans’ Voodoo Experience Festival will return once again this year, and Green Day and Neil Young & Crazy Horse will perform as headliners at the event. As [...]

Neil Young, Stevie Wonder, Metallica Featured at Outside Lands Festival : April 18, 2012

This year’s Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco may be the festival’s greatest year yet. A large part of the reason for this are the recently annou [...]

Neil Young and Crazy Horse Have Two Albums Set for Release : March 20, 2012

Neil Young has once again worked with his on-again-off-again backing band Crazy Horse to produce a new album, Americana. And June 5 has now been set as the official relea [...]

Bridge School Finalized with Dave Matthews, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons : September 10, 2011

This year's Bridge School Benefit Concert lineup has been announced. The Neil Young annual event has a gigantic bill to celebrate the silver anniversary of the concert. [...]

Buffalo Springfield to Tour for First Time in Half a Decade : March 30, 2011

Following months of speculation, Buffalo Springfield will be going on a tour for the first time since the group broke up in 1968. Original members Stephen Stills, Richie [...]

Neil Young, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper Get Rock N Roll Hall of Fame Induction : March 15, 2011

At the Induction Ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night in New York City, Alice Cooper was inducted by Rob Zombie, Neil Diamond was welcomed by Paul Simon [...]

Neil Young Goes Solo for 10-city Tour in April : March 07, 2011

Neil Young will be touring in 11 United States venues beginning on April 15 and going through the early part of May. The first concert will be in Durham, NC. There will [...]

Buffalo Springfield, Elton John on Deck for Bridge School Benefit : September 14, 2010

Neil Young’s annual Bridge School Benefit, which is on its 24th year, will feature a reunion performance from Young’s former rock country band, Rock and Roll Hall of [...]

Neil Young Slates Gulf Concert to Aid Hungry in Region : August 12, 2010

In September Neil Young, the rock legend, will be heading for the Gulf Coast to perform four benefit shows which aim at helping fight hunger.  The region is still trying [...]

Farm Aid Returns with Heavyweights Kenny Chesney, Dave Matthews : August 10, 2010

This year's lineup for the benefit show Farm Aid, which will include mainstays Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson, recently got much bigger. [...]

Neil Young Strips Down for Acoustic Solo Concert Tour : April 05, 2010

Venerable rock elder Neil Young is plotting a summer tour for 2010 which will feature just him and the guitar. It will be the first solo-acoustic jaunt for Young in the p [...]

Jimmy Buffett, No Doubt Join in on Neil Young’s Bridge School Benefit Show : September 15, 2009

Monsters of Folk, Gavin Rossdale, Sheryl Crow, Wolfmother, Fleet Foxes, Chris Martin- Coldplay's frontman, No Doubt and Neil Young will be performing both nights at this [...]

neil young Biography

The Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young was born in Toronto, Ontario on November 12, 1945. He is considered by many to be one of his generation's most influential musicians. In 1960 Young started to perform as a solo musician in Canada. In 1966 he moved to California and he and Stephen Stills founded Buffalo Springfield. Later Young joined the group Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969 as the fourth member. Young has also had a very acclaimed and successful solo career. In 1968, he released his first album and has released 34 studio albums over the course of his 40 year career. Young was inducted twice as a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: in 1995 as a solo musician and in 1997 as a Buffalo Springfield member.

The music of Neil Young is known for his signature tenor/falsetto singing voice, deeply personal lyrics and distinctive guitar work. He also plays several other instruments, including harmonica and piano. His idiosyncratic clawhammer acoustic and electric guitar playing are distinct characteristics that define his melodic and varying ragged sound. Throughout his career Young has experimented using different music styles, including electronic music and swing. However he is best known for employing country rock and acoustic folk along with amplified hard rock while collaborating with his Crazy Horse band. In additional, Neil Young has also incorporated elements from grunge and alternative rock and other newer musical styles.

Neil Young has also been a co-director or director of several films under the alias of Bernard Shakey, including 1973's “Journey Through the Past,” 1979's “Rust Never Sleeps,” 1982's “Human Highway,” 2003's “Greendale” and 2008's CSNY/Deja Vu.”

Young is also involved in environmental causes and small farmer welfare. In 1985, he co-founded “Farm Aid,” a benefit concert for small farmers. In 1986 Young helped to establish The Bridge School, which helps children with severe physical and verbal disabilities.