Brooklyn Vegan — Neil Young's very politically-charged new album, The Monsanto Years, is out next week (6/29) but you can stream the whole thing right now (via The Guardian). The album, which was made with Willie Nelson's sons' band Promise of the... more info

Stereogum — Neil Young and the band Promise Of The Real (comprising Willie Nelson’s sons) will release their collaborative album, The Monsanto Years, at the end of this month, and we’ve already heard a live rendition of the title track and seen the video for... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard last got together in a recording studio, it was with their fellow country music veteran Ray Price for the 2007 album "Last of the Breed." more info

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Stereogum — At the beginning of the year, Neil Young announced that he would release a concept album alongside Micah and Lukas Nelson, the sons of his longtime friend and collaborator Willie Nelson. The Monsanto Years grapples with the environmental devastation ... more info

Time — "My love affair with pot became a long-term marriage," the musician writes in his new memoir more info

TMZ — B.B. King is being isolated from his family and celebrity friends, including Willie Nelson, Carlos Santana and Eric Clapton, and it's all a sinister plot by his manager to fleece his estate ... so says his daughter.  Karen Williams claims in… ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos: Celebrate Brooklyn last year (more by David Andrako) We've known about Celebrate Brooklyn!'s summer slate of 2015 ticketed benefit shows at Prospect Park -- including Modest Mouse, Interpol and Willie Nelson -- for a while and now they've ann... more info

The Telegraph — Willie Nelson, who turned 82 on April 29, 2015, is one of the finest country singers and songwriters. Martin Chilton picks his 20 best songs more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Merle Haggard took a few minutes before his set Friday at the 2015 Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio to talk to The Times about "Django and Jimmie," his forthcoming collaboration with fellow vet Willie Nelson. more info