A monstrous guitar solo, a New Orleans horn section and Jim James’ voice tinged with an unusual sadness: “Like a Hurricane” changes climate. The recovery opens Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 2one of two volumes of the tribute album expected on November 6 to benefit the Bridge School, the school co-founded by Young forty years ago. Modest Mouse and Califone tackle “Barstool Blues”.
My Morning Jacket and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band extract new emotion from Neil Young’s “Like a Hurricane” for upcoming tribute album Heart of Gold. Their version of the song, published in 1977 on the album American Stars ‘n Barsretains a monstrous guitar solo, but Jim James sings with an unusual sadness, and the soulful touches of the Jazz Band brass, including their own solos, give it a unique color.
Modest Mouse and Califone also revealed their version of “Barstool Blues,” a track originally released on ZumaYoung’s album with Crazy Horse in 1975. Shimmering synths and the characteristic staccato phrasing of Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock give the song a new, new wave feel. The instrumentation, reminiscent of “Then He Kissed Me”, is more pronounced in their version.
These tribute albums follow last year’s release of Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young Part Iincluding Eddie Vedder, Fiona Apple and Brandi Carlile. “The album opens promisingly with Brandi Carlile’s beautiful, meditative reading of “Philadelphia,” a ballad from the soundtrack of the first major Hollywood film to address the AIDS crisis, performed here by an artist who has long eloquently championed LGBTQ+ causes.”wrote WECB in its review of the album. “That’s what tribute records are for: to show us a meaningful echo of the legacy of an artist, who isn’t necessarily the first one that comes to mind. »
Heart of Gold, Vol. 2 – Out of the Blue: the tracklist with My Morning Jacket
1. My Morning Jacket with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, “Like a Hurricane”
2. Ann Wilson, “Walk With Me”
3. Draco Rosa, “After the Gold Rush”
4. Peter Frampton & John Jorgenson feat. Jay Dee Maness, Herb Pedersen, Steve Duncan and Mark Fain, “Heart of Gold”
5. Lucinda Williams, “Don’t Be Denied”
6. Los Lobos, “Cinnamon Girl”
7. Edie Brickell, “Only Love Can Break Your Heart”
8. Tyler Ballgame, “Tell Me Why”
9. Sharlotte Gibson, “Ohio”
10. Jesse Malin, “Pocahontas”
11. Southside Johnny and Bobby Bandiera, “Rockin’ in the Free World”
12. Dramarama, “Kinda Fonda Wanda”
Heart of Gold: The Songs of Neil Young, Vol. 3 – Into the Black: tracklist
1. Briston Maroney, “My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)”
2. LP, “Harvest Moon”
3. King Princess, “Helpless”
4. Modest Mouse feat. Califone, “Barstool Blues”
5. Ben Gibbard, “Don’t Cry No Tears”
6. MJ Lenderman, “Separate Ways”
7. Cold War Kids, “Tonight’s the Night”
8. Kurt Vile and The Violators, “When Your Lonely Heart Breaks”
9. Devendra Banhart, “Pardon My Heart”
10. Emily Hackett, “Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere”
11. RAC feat. Kelcey Ayer, “Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)”
12. New Constellations, “Unknown Legend”
