Way back in January 2010 Neil Young was honored as the Person Of The Year by MusicCares, an organization that gives musicians in need financial and medical assistance. A veritable who’s who of artists paid tribute to Young that evening by performing his classic songs. On May 31 we’ll finally get to see what went down that night thanks to a new DVD/Blu-ray containing 17 covers from the event.
Tracks we’re particularly interested in seeing include Wilco’s take on Broken Arrow, Ben Harper performing Ohio, Down By The River by John Mellencamp and T. Bone Burnett and Heart of Gold by James Taylor.
We’ll help you get over the hump with links to six interesting articles…
- The Barn Presents looks at Furthur’s tour by the numbers
- Big Light shares a free download of their most recent album
- Rolling Stone reviews last night’s TV on the Radio concert
- Boing Boing provides operating instructions on system that delivers both music and marijuana [via The Daily Swarm]
- Tea Leaf Green details new album, Radio Tragedy, due 6/7
- Paul Simon explains how he wrote Love And Hard Times
Finally, those hoping LCD Soundsystem will put out their last show on DVD are in luck. According to a response on the band’s official Facebook page, a release is in process and the band’s footage is “much nicer” than the Pitchfork stream. Considering the quality of the stream was pretty damn good, Â we’re in for a treat. No word yet on when the planned DVD will come out. [via CoS]
