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Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Daryl Hannah wants to bring husband Neil Young's ‘vulnerability' to cinemas
A music documentary about singer-songwriter Neil Young to be shown in cinemas will highlight his 'authenticity, openness and vulnerability as a person, musician and performer', director and wife Daryl Hannah has said. Titled Coastal, the film covers the touring life of Canada-born Young, 79, and is directed by Kill Bill actress Hannah. The 64-year-old said: 'With Coastal I wanted to highlight Neil's authenticity, openness and vulnerability as a person, musician and performer. 'He is as pure and honest as they come. Deeply devoted to his musical muse, which at times presented a challenge in capturing the songs, as we never knew what he might play or what instruments he'd pick up next. 'But what we were able to capture has an unpretentious magic that reveals the truth, sentiment and emotions in these hidden gems as well as a close-up look at a performer who plays from the heart with a total lack of pretence.' The movie promises a 'behind-the-curtain glimpse of this unguarded iconoclast as he navigates a return to the stage post-Covid', as the 'illuminating film also features songs rarely, if ever, played live, performed in breathtakingly beautiful theatres'. Hannah has taken cameras inside Young's silver eagle tour bus while showcasing footage from his concerts and behind the scenes. Young was on his Coastal tour in 2023 post-Covid and will head to Europe and perform at Glastonbury this year. The documentary is produced by Gary Ward, edited by Rachel Simmer, with cinematography by Adam CK Vollick and Hannah. Young was in rock band Buffalo Springfield and also had success with supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. He was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame with Buffalo Springfield in 1997, two years after he was inducted as a solo artist. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Neil Young Archives (@neilyoungarchives) As well as his solo releases, the Heart Of Gold singer has made more than 20 live and studio albums billed as being by Neil Young and Crazy Horse. Hannah's directing work with Young includes musical film Paradox as well as documentaries Mountaintop, which looks at Young making an album with Crazy Horse after a more than half a decade absence at the time, and the Grammy-nominated Barn, which follows the band recording the album of the same name. He has been in a relationship with Hannah reportedly since 2014 and they tied the knot a few years later. Young has been nominated for 28 Grammys, winning as art director for The Archives Vol. 1 (1963–1972), and for best rock song for Angry World. He was named as 2010's MusiCares Person of the Year and founded the Bridge School Benefit Concert in 1986 to raise money for children with speech issues. Coastal had its premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival in October 2024 and its west coast premiere in February at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film from Shakey Pictures, Trafalgar Releasing and Warner Records will be in cinemas on April 17 for a one-night only event.
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neil Young to open Europe tour with concert in Ukraine
Folk rock legend Neil Young and his band Chrome Hearts will open an upcoming European tour with a free concert in Ukraine, according to a post on his website. The 79-year-old Toronto-born musician, who was part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, said it would be "a free concert for all." Details are still being worked out, including the show's date and location: "We are currently in talks," Young said. "Keep on Rockin' in the free world," he ended the statement, a reference to his 1991 hit song, alongside an image of the Ukrainian flag against a blue sky. The announcement late Sunday came just days after US President Donald Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at a meeting in the Oval Office. Young, a longtime critic of Trump who sued his campaign in 2020 for copyright infringement over the use of his songs at rallies, said last week that the United States under Trump's leadership had "lost its standing." Also on Sunday, Young's wife Daryl Hannah, the American actress, appeared as a presenter at the Academy Awards, where she flashed a peace sign and said to applause "Slava Ukraine," or "Glory to Ukraine." The Love Earth tour was scheduled to kick off in June with dates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, the United States and Canada. amc/bs/mlm
USA Today
26-02-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 offseason roster profile: DL Dante Stills
The Arizona Cardinals are in offseason mode and we are still several weeks away from free agency and two months from the NFL draft. Over the next two weeks, we will take a look at each player on the roster or signed to a reserve deal and break down where they stand with the team. We will look at their 2024 season, their contract status and what their status is for the coming offseason and 2025 season. Next up is defensive lineman Dante Stills. 2024 Dante Stills stats, season Thanks to numerous injuries on the defensive line during the last two seasons, Stills has been provided significant amounts of playing time and he's taken advantage. Not bad for a sixth-round draft pick. Last season, Stills was inactive for one game and started 10 of the 16 he played, participating in 534 snaps (52 percent), second-most among the team's defensive linemen. His 42 tackles (20 solo, four for loss) led the unit and he was second on the team with 4.5 sacks for 31.5 yards. Stills also had six quarterback hits, one pressure and one pass defensed. 2025 contract status This season with be the third of the four-year rookie contract Stills signed in 2023. His salary will be $1.03 million and carry a $1.063 million cap charge. Outlook for 2025 Stills is one of the brightest lights on the Cardinals defensive line. At the very least, he is expected to be a big part of the rotation as the scheme enters the third year under defensive coordinator Nick Rallis. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
Los Angeles Times
06-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘It got a little messy': Stephen Stills and Graham Nash on CSNY's early days
On Sept. 20, 1969, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young played the fourth of four concerts over two nights at the Fillmore East in New York City. A month earlier, the quartet had played the now-legendary Woodstock festival — its set began at approximately 3 a.m. — which itself was just the band's second gig following its live debut the previous evening at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre. Superstardom was on the horizon for this rock supergroup that combined former members of the Byrds (Crosby), the Hollies (Nash) and Buffalo Springfield (Stills and Young). 'Déjà Vu,' the first album by CSNY following a 1969 LP credited to Crosby, Stills & Nash, would top the Billboard 200 in May 1970 on its way to a Grammy nomination for album of the year and eventual sales of more than 7 million copies. That night at the Fillmore, though, the band was still figuring itself out. A new concert album captures the moment: 'Live at Fillmore East, 1969' documents the two sets CSNY played on Sept. 20 — one acoustic, one electric — comprising 17 songs, including 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' and 'Helplessly Hoping,' both from 'Crosby, Stills & Nash,' and '4 + 20' and 'Our House,' both of which would end up on 'Déjà Vu'; there's also a ripping 16-minute version of 'Down by the River,' from Young's 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere,' which had come out that May. Weeks before Nash, 83, and Stills, 80, performed together at last month's FireAid benefit concert, the two gathered on a Zoom call — Nash from 'yet another hotel room' before a tour stop in St. Louis, Stills from 'my extremely messy office-slash-bedroom' in Los Angeles — to discuss the live album, Joni Mitchell's return to the stage and their memories of Crosby, who died in 2023. Stephen, you famously said onstage at Woodstock that you guys were 'scared s—' because the festival was only the band's second time before an audience. I wondered whether that was still the case a month later at the Fillmore. Stills: Scared s— was gone by, I'd say, bar 16 of the first song at Woodstock. Nash: We did pretty good there. I've not actually seen the entire 'Woodstock' movie — I've seen [John] Sebastian and Richie Havens — but we did pretty well. When we started the suite, it sounded fabulous to me. Wait, you've never seen all of 'Woodstock'? That seems insane. Nash: You know, Woodstock has taken on this incredible myth in the years since, and I understand why — it was an incredible gathering. But it's gotten larger and larger and larger, the myth of it all. Stills: Quite frankly, Coachella is just as big now, so it's like: So what? It was just the first time all the hippies of the world got together. You'd argue that the myth is now out of proportion with the event itself. Nash: We're still talking about it. Stills: See? Do you remember playing the specific Fillmore show documented on this new live album? Stills: I have no specific memory of the show, but hearing the tape took me right back. We were a brand-new band just learning to play together electric. We were playing insufferably loud, which made it all the more surprising how good the singing was. Was insufferable the goal for the electric set? Stills: It was the trend — everyone played incredibly loud back then. The Hollies didn't. Nash: That's true. Stills: But big stacks of Marshalls were all the rage. I tortured my bandmates enough with those. Nash: When we made ['Crosby, Stills & Nash'], we kind of realized that it was coming out at a time of Led Zeppelin and Hendrix and stuff. We thought that the acoustic-y feel to our first record would sneak its way through. And it did. Stephen, you said the music takes you right back. Does hearing it make you think about the relationships in the band? The culture at the time? Stills: This record reminds me of where we were maturity-wise. Graham was the seasoned bro, and David and I had had a stab at it. The Byrds had more more success — everybody had more success than the Buffalo Springfield — but we were as yet unformed. As for the culture, it's like suddenly we were the spokesmen for it, which led to some disastrous things. A reporter sticks his microphone in your face and says, 'So how are you going to change the world?' It got a little messy. But we lived. In 2014, you guys released 'CSNY 1974,' which documented a tour of stadiums the band played that summer. Looking back, which were better shows: the stadium gigs or those at theaters like the Fillmore? Nash: I prefer more intimate settings — when you can see their eyes and you can see that they're appreciating it. Stills: The question is answered by the quality of the singing, and the quality of the singing in this concert is what made it for me, because we had our blend. By the time of that stadium tour, we were all moved to separate mics and there was lots of oversinging and overexcitement because you're selling so big. Right before the Fillmore, you did seven nights at the Greek Theatre in L.A. Nobody does that anymore. Nash: Nobody has Joni Mitchell opening for them either. Stills: Those Greek shows are really what made us coalesce. That vocal blend is showcased on the 'Fillmore' record in a cover of the Beatles' 'Blackbird.' Nash: That was Stephen's idea. We had heard the Beatles do 'Blackbird,' of course, and Stephen in his brilliant record-making said, 'You know, I think we can really sing this in some good three-part harmony.' Stills: The thing that set it off is I figured it out on guitar. [Paul] McCartney saw me play it later and said, 'Why so complicated? It's a [different] tuning.' But I figured it out. Harmonically, yours veers pretty far from the Beatles' original. Nash: That was a part of the magic that we had discovered when we first started singing together. The Hollies and the Byrds and the Buffalo Springfield were very decent harmony bands. But when David and Stephen and I made our voices into one, we knew we'd struck magic. Stills: I give a lot of the credit for those voicings to David Crosby. He was the master of coming up with the really far-out parts. I referred to him as the glue. Have you heard Beyoncé's version of 'Blackbird' from her 'Cowboy Carter' album? Stills: All I've heard on that Beyoncé album is the treatment she gave my song. She actually gave me a writer's credit [in her 'Ameriican Requiem'] for using 'For What It's Worth.' I'm like, Where is it? [laughs] It's a completely different song, but I was very flattered. She's known for being very thorough in her album credits. Stills: Actually, that's endemic to the whole rap world — much to my benefit. Mailbox money, baby. After opening those Greek shows, Mitchell went with you to New York. She's said to have been in the audience at the Fillmore. Nash: Joan was there, absolutely. I think it was the first time we played 'Our House' live. I remember how incredibly joyous we felt about life. Yes, Richard Nixon was crazy. Yes, the Vietnam War was still going on. But for me, particularly coming from England, it was kind of the difference between black-and-white movies and Technicolor movies. 'Our House,' of course, was inspired by your and Joni's romantic relationship. Did the two of you talk about the song after the show? Nash: Nope [laughs]. What's it been like for you to watch this comeback journey she's been on? Nash: First of all, she's alive. We nearly lost her — I mean, we really nearly lost Joni Mitchell. So to see her come back to life and to see her still performing is amazing. Her range has shortened somewhat, but her phrasing is incredible right now — jazz-like and deliberate. I'm so pleased that she's thriving. How do the two of you think about the ways your voices have changed with age? Nash: I'm amazed that I can still sing like this. Stills: Tony Bennett once told me — I said, 'What's the secret of longevity?' and he said, 'Never be afraid to lower the key or use a teleprompter.' I've taken that to heart. Do you think CSNY might have played together again had Crosby not died? Nash: It really would've depended on the songs. I would say it's unlikely, but when Stephen comes to me with a song that breaks my heart, I want a piece of it — I want to add to it and help him say it. Stills: I don't think we realized how badly we would miss David. Nash: Don't forget what Stephen said: David Crosby was the heartbeat and the glue of the four of us. Did his death come as a shock? Nash: Well, the truth is that even Crosby thought he was going to die decades earlier. It's not funny, but it is. David expected to go years and years ago, and the fact that he made it to being over 80 years old was astonishing. The four of you have made music in any number of combinations. Does the idea of Stills, Nash & Young appeal, or would that just bring too much attention to David's absence? Nash: Feeling his absence is probably why we would never do it.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stephen Stills and Graham Nash Reunite for First Time in Nearly a Decade at FireAid
Stephen Stills and Graham Nash performed together for the first time in nearly a decade at the Kia Forum's FireAid benefit. They broke out the 1970 CSNY classic 'Teach Your Children,' backed by the Los Angeles rock band Dawes. 'So pleased to be here, particularly with the great band Dawes, and my partner for so many years, Stephen Stills,' Nash told the crowd. 'There's a very large community here in Los Angeles, home of many, many musicians. Whenever Los Angeles gets into trouble, the musicians are right there. And I'm proud to be one of them.' More from Rolling Stone Graham Nash on Coming to Terms With David Crosby's Death, New CSNY Live Album Neil Young, Stephen Stills, John Mayer Dig Deep at Scorching Hot Painted Turtle Concert Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's First Tour Will Finally Be Released on New Live Album Prior to 'Teach Your Children,' Stills played the 1967 Buffalo Springfield protest anthem 'For What It's Worth' with Dawes and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell. Stills wrote the song in response to a disturbance that broke out on the Sunset Strip when the city of Los Angeles tried to impose a curfew on young people, but it took on a new meaning in the aftermath of the fire. The song was a regular part of the Crosby, Stills, and Nash live repertoire, but the group dissolved in 2015 after years of acrimony. Prior to FireAid, the only time Stills and Nash played together after the split was the 2016 funeral of their longtime engineer Stanley Johnston, where they sang 'In My Life' with photographer Joel Bernstein. There have been several occasions, however, where Stills played with Neil Young. The most recent one took place at the Painted Turtle Camp in Lake Hughes, California on Oct. 5 in 2024. 'I don't think that me and Stephen and Neil will ever play together again,' Nash told Rolling Stone last year. 'There's no heart there. David was the center of it all, as crazy as he was. And my God, he was crazy. But he was the heart of this band. And that's why I think that if Stephen and Neil and I ever played together, people would be missing Crosby. We would be missing Crosby. It just would be a much colder scene.' Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
