L.A. Times - Entertainment — The annual Light Up the Blues autism benefit concert spearheaded by rocker Stephen Stills and his wife Kristen takes another step forward this year with the participation of Stills’ old pal Neil Young, who tops Saturday’s bill at the Pantages Th... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Neil Young show at Jones Beach Theatre go on venue presale today at 10AM. Tickets for the Social Distortion show at Stone Pony Summerstage go on LiveNation and Ticketmaster presales today at 10AM. Tickets for the Violent Femmes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Neil Young at Farm Aid 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Neil Young will release a new album with Promise of the Real, the band featuring Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah, called The Monsanto Years, on June 16.... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Two different collaborations are sending Willie Nelson vibes out into the world this week. more info

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Stereogum — Back in January, Neil Young announced that he was working on a new concept album with Lukas and Micah Nelson, two sons of his friend and duet partner Willie. He joked that he’d name the album The Monsanto Years after the villainous corporate agricu... more info

Stereogum — Record Store Day is fast approaching, and to celebrate, alt-country elder statesmen Blitzen Trapper have put together a special release: a note-for-note live cover of Neil Young’s legendary 1972 album Harvest. It’s called, you guessed it, Live Ha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blitzen Trapper at Terminal 5 in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman) When Portland folk rockers Blitzen Trapper toured their 2013 album, VII, they included two hometown shows that had them also performing Neil Young's Harvest in full. They recorded..... more info

Stereogum — Sometimes it seems like Jimmy Fallon is secretly gunning for a career in music. Between his killer Neil Young impression and all his experience with various other fake collabs, he’d probably be pretty good at it. But then of course, we’d be robbe... more info