Pegi Young | Photo by Tom Bejgrowicz As we’re winding down our twenty-minute chat over the phone, Pegi Young pauses and, calmly, gets to the heart of the matter. “This is my life’s work, and it has to survive,” she tells me. “It’s too important, and it’s made a huge difference in so many people’s … Read more
Hear the new Dr. Dog single, “Stranger” from the upcoming Shame, Shame LP (Rolling Stone) The Tallest Man on Earth talks about his new album (Paste) Watch the new She & Him video (Pitchfork) The National debuts the first track off the new album on Fallon (TwentyFourBit) Caribou announces world tour! (Merge Records) Check out … Read more
I’m sure there are many of you out there who know part of Pegi Young’s story. Sure, she’s the wife of Neil Young, and you won’t find many tours of his where she’s not singing with him or opening for him. She also co-founded the Bridge School in 1986, giving children like her son, Ben, … Read more
Pegi Young has had many accomplishments throughout her life – she co-founded the Bridge School, she has toured as a backup singer with her husband, Neil Young, and she’s now released her second album, Foul Deeds. Sure, it’s easy to simply call her “Neil Young’s wife.” But, I promise you, she’s more than that, as … Read more
Photo by Jay Blakesberg Interview by Kevin Korinek Pegi Young, ex-wife of Neil Young, has a new album titled, Raw. In many respects, the album is an autobiographic account of her emotional state during her fairly public divorce from the legendary rock and roller. On her fifth consecutive record, she puts all of her frustrations … Read more
Pegi Young makes her return to St. Louis on Wednesday at The Demo, where she will be performing with her band, The Survivors. This is her first trip to St. Louis since 2007, when she opened for her husband, Neil Young, at the Fox Theatre. Young recently appeared on Letterman, and you might notice that … Read more
Credit: Thrasher’s Wheat Think I’ll pack it in and buy a pick-up Take it down to L.A. Find a place to call my own and try to fix up. Start a brand new day Happy Monday, everyone. Let’s start a brand new day with Neil Young & Jack Johnson, who performed this killer tune on … Read more
I’m inside Pegi Young’s tour bus. For a while, it’s just me and Pegi, sitting next to a lone open window. It’s mostly dark, and the only sounds are our voices. Until, that is, when two members of her band walk in and join us for a few minutes. First comes Spooner Oldham, who is … Read more
Album cover for Local Natives’ Hummingbird As we hang on to the last days of 2013, let’s have a look back at some of the words that were by spoken by artists we’ve interviewed this year. From talking to Pegi Young on her tour bus, to speaking with Local Natives’ Ryan Hahn via phone while … Read more
I’ve told this story before, but now seems like a good time to revisit. I met Neil Young with my sister in 1999 at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, after one of his solo acoustic shows. Since we had been sitting in the orchestra pit that night, we were invited to a Bridge School … Read more