12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2015

Dad Rock: Neil Young still rocks our world

In a musical career that spans some 50 years, Neil Young has yet to burn out or fade away.
The singer-songwriter has gone through numerous phases — folk, country, hard rock, electronic, rockabilly, blues, grunge — over 36 studio albums as a solo artist, following his time in '60s band Buffalo Springfield.

Lately, Young has been in the news for an album full of pointed social and political commentary, The Monsanto Years. He also has been on a mission to improve the sound quality of digital music, first as an investor in the high-fidelity Pono player and then by pulling his music off Spotify and other streaming music services because he didn't consider the sound up to his standards.
On this week's episode of the Dad Rock podcast, co-hosts Patrick Foster and Jim Lenahan are joined by USA TODAY Executive Editor Beryl Love, a Young fanatic. Love plays guest DJ, picking a handful of tunes that showcase the breadth — if not the depth — of Young's career.
Love remembers how his obsession began, with a trip in a friend's car and Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) on the tape deck.
I was like, 'What is that?' " Love says. "And that set me into this big, deep (journey). I became this student of Neil Young at that time."
 http://www.usatoday.com