Singer/songwriter Neil Young is still blazing trails. This time around he's on his own Twisted Road Tour, which recently opened on May 18 in Albany, N.Y. Neil Young fans were undoubtedly treated to his smashing electric chords, intertwined with soft acoustic notes and that same somber voice that has harmonized us all for years. At the recent New York concert, Young let loose several of his classic ballads like "Cinnamon Girl," "After the Goldrush" and "Ohio," but he also gave his true diehard followers a wealth of new material, including the tune "Sign of Love."
A review in the timesunion.com notes that: "The evening flirted with brilliance, and on the whole was one of the most satisfying and challenging shows the artist has offered in the region." Young is hardly a newcomer to the scene, but his live gigs are most often a refreshing glimpse into what true songwriting should be about. Catch him perched on the stage at one of his many upcoming performances on the Twisted Road Tour. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stubhub.com/neil-young-tickets/">Neil Young tickets</a> to concerts can be found at http://www.stubhub.com.
In other related Neil Young news, there is a new book about to hit shelves called Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History by Daniel Durchholz. After doing extensive research on the musician, Durchholz was compelled to write the story and says of his subject, "The things that endear [Young] to me frustrate other fans. He's stubborn, and he does what he wants to do and doesn't explain himself. Either you get him or you don't." It seems to be an astute assessment of Young, who has managed to produce a vast catalog of work over the past few decades and remains one of music industry's true geniuses.
Neil Young arrived on the music scene in the 1960s and quickly took an interest in the sounds of folk. Making his base in California, he and Stephen Stills traveled around the state in their Pontiac hearse, performing as Buffalo Springfield. He went on to play with Crosby, Stills and Nash and continued to perfect his skills as a solo artist. He struck gold, perhaps fittingly, with the number one hit single "Heart of Gold" from the 1972 album Harvest. For the rest of the decade Young continued to record and tour, performing songs from follow-up albums like Tonight's the Night and Long May You Run.
Over the next decade Young experimented with a variety of different music styles and gave fans further proof of his dominance on the charts and in the industry; even today he continues to attract new listeners. His most recent releases were Fork in the Road, which arrived in 2009 and the first installment in his much discussed Archives series, Archives, Vol. 1.
Revisit the sounds of the seventies and get a dose of the modern-day Neil Young, a musician who has managed stay relevant and revered all these years. Neil Young tickets for the Twisted Road Tour can be found on StubHub today.
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