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At an age when many of his peers have either slowed down or retired from the spotlight, 66-year-old Neil Young, pictured right, is busier than ever.
Last Tuesday, the iconic Canadian singer-songwriter and his long-time band Crazy Horse released a new album titled Americana with their particular take on classic folk songs. It is the first album from Young and the group in nearly nine years. Live shows follow in August.
Later this month, movie studio Sony Pictures Classics will release Neil Young Journeys, a documentary about the singer directed by Oscar-winner Jonathan Demme which showcases the last two nights of Young’s recent solo world tour.
The documentary is Young’s third collaboration with Jonathan Demme. “He and I respect each other and work very well together and it’s very collaborative. I think it’s a very well-conceived and executed film, and hopefully we’ll keep doing stuff together,” the entertainer added.
In the film, he drives around his old hometown talking about his childhood and he also has a new book, Waging Heavy Peace, which will be published in the autumn. “It’s not really a memoir, at least not in the traditional sense,” Young said. “It’s not chronological and it covers a lot of areas - from the past to the present day, so it’s like a diary. But it is a memoir, and part of it’s a projection and a fantasy.”
