Both Kinds of Music

Sounds exciting - as long as it’s not in the vein of that 37 minute jam referenced at the bottom of the post.

mojomagazine:

Neil Young and Crazy Horse - New Album Arrives In June

Neil Young and Crazy Horse will release their first album since 2003 on June 5, according to Rolling Stone. Americana will feature 11 tracks primarily made up of old time US folk songs as well as covers of Led Zeppelin’s take on Gallows Pole and (we presume) Sex Pistols’ God Save The Queen. Speaking at Slamdance Film Festival earlier this year, Young revealed that “they’re songs we all know from kindergarden, but Crazy Horse has rearranged them, and they now belong to us.”

The Americana press release states:

“What ties these songs together is the fact that while they may represent an America that may no longer exist. The emotions and scenarios behind these songs still resonate with what’s going on in the country today with equal, if not greater impact nearly 200 years later. The lyrics reflect the same concerns and are still remarkably meaningful to a society going through economic and cultural upheaval, especially during an election year. They are just as poignant and powerful today as the day they were written.” The album was recorded at Audio Casa Blanca and was produced by Neil Young and John Hanlon and assisted by Mark Humphreys.

Here’s the full album track list:

Oh Susannah
Clementine
Tom Dooley
Gallows Pole
Get A Job
Travel On
High Flyin’ Bird
She’ll Be Comin ’Round The Mountain
This Land Is Your Land
Wayfarin’ Stranger
God Save The Queen

This is the first of two new Neil Young and Crazy Horse releases expected to emerge over the course of the next year. A 37-minute electric jam was posted on Young’s official site last month, hinting at another album made up of original material. You can hear it here.