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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Neil Young Says The Labels Killed Pono

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It amazingly took over a year for Neil Young to finally come out and say why his Pono player failed in the marketplace.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Canada, Neil Young, Pono, rock, technology

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R.I.P. Pono, Neil Young Kills Off His Digital Player

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Everyone who shelled out big bucks for Neil Young’s high-resolution Pono audio player appears to have a new Toblerone-shaped paper weight.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Canada, Neil Young, Pono, rock, technology, USA

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, Australia, Noise11,Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Neil Young Pono Taken Off Line

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The status of Neil Young’s great high-end sound experiment, Pono, appears to be in questions as the site goes to “under construction” and his music goes back into the wild.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, Canada, Neil Young, Neil Young Pono Taken Off Line, Pono, rock, technology

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Sony Take On Neil Young Pono With Reinvented Walkman

by Paul Cashmere

The Sony Walkman is back and ready to shake up Neil Young’s entry into the audio device with its Hi-Res Audio sound.

Tagged as: Apple, ipod, music news, Neil Young, Pono, Sony Walkman

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Neil Young Pono Goes On Sale For $399 But So What?

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young’s high-quality digital music player Pono has gone on sale but with a $399 price tag, lack of storage and high-cost digital files, it will struggle.

Tagged as: music news, Neil Young, Pono

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Neil Young Withdraws Record Store Day Release

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young’s vinyl box set planned for release for Record Store Day has been delayed.

Tagged as: A Letter Home, Neil Young, Pono, Record Store Day

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Neil Young Pono Passes $2million In Kickstarter Funding

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young targeted $800,000 in funding from Kickstarter for his Pono digital music player. It has now passed $2 million in just 24 hours.

Tagged as: Neil Young, Pono, SXSW

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Neil Young Blows Pono Launch After Embarrassing CEO Gaff

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young’s investor pitch SXSW presentation came to an embarrassing halt when CEO John Hamm failed to answer a simple question … “what’s your cut?”.

Tagged as: Neil Young, Pono, SXSW

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Neil Young Addresses SXSW and Launches Pono

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young says venture-capital companies didn’t get his new music device Pono because they couldn’t “own it” so he has taken it to the people.

Tagged as: Neil Youn, Pono, SXSW

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Neil Young at SXSW. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young To Unveil Pono At SXSW

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Neil Young will unveil his PonoPlayer on Tuesday at SXSW in Austin, TX but, if you want one, you’ll have to go through Kickstarter.

Tagged as: Neil Young, Pono, SXSW

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Neil Young To Launch Music Player At SXSW, Announces New Album

by Paul Cashmere

Neil Young will launch his new music player PONO at the SXSW music conference in Austin, Texas in March.

Tagged as: Neil Young, Pono, SXSW

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Neil Young PONO Goes Head To Head With Sony

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Beta vs. VHS. Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD. The electronics industry has a long history of issuing competing products that battle it out for market supremacy.

Tagged as: Neil Young, Pono, Sony

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Neil Young To Launch Pono Streaming Service

by Paul Cashmere

Music legend Neil Young has thrown a new player into the streaming music revolution. He is about to launch Pono.

Tagged as: Crazy Horse, David Letterman, Neil Young, Pono

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Neil Young and Crazy Horse Greendale tour Melbourne photo by Ros O'Gorman

Neil Young Is Recording A New Crazy Horse Album

Neil Young has recruited Crazy Horse back to the studio for another studio album, their first since 2019’s ‘Colorado’.

June 23, 2021

Neil Young To Release ‘Way Down In The Rust Bucket’ In February

Neil Young’s next archive release will be a 1990 concert from the Ragged Glory tour.

January 15, 2021

Neil Young Reveals Details of Archives Volume II Box

Further details have emerged about Neil Young’s ‘Archives Volume II’ box set.

October 17, 2020

Neil Young Reveals More From The Archives

Neil Young will release two more live albums from his archives and the second volume of The Archives box set.

August 14, 2020

Nils Lofgren To Release Live Album From Inbetween E Street Band and Crazy Horse Duties

Nils Lofgren is shaping up to be the hardest working man in showbiz. When you work with both the E Street Band and Crazy Horse its hard to imagine there is any free time inbetween. Nils found some and managed to squeeze a live album out if it.

July 24, 2020