Discover how one of rock’s most restless songwriters keeps outrunning his own catalog — 63 years, seven songs, one full moon, and a brand-new album that came together faster than Neil Young could keep up with it.
Neil Young is a legendary singer-songwriter. His career has spanned more than six decades, from Buffalo Springfield and Crazy Horse to landmark solo albums including Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush. A two-time Grammy winner, he has also been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice, both as a solo artist and as a member of Buffalo Springfield. His new album, Second Song, brings together newly written material and previously unheard songs dating back more than 60 years, recorded with the Chrome Hearts.
Works mentioned:
NEW STUDIO ALBUM: Second Songs: https://music.apple.com/us/album/second-song/6795697221
Casting Me Away From You: https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/casting-me-away-from-you/
I’ll Love You Forever (2026): https://music.apple.com/us/song/ill-love-you-forever/6795697357
The Foggy Edge of Time: https://music.apple.com/us/song/the-foggy-edge-of-time/6795697345
Day by Day: https://music.apple.com/us/song/day-after-day/6795697347
Earth Girl: https://music.apple.com/us/song/earth-girl/6795697348
Second Song: https://music.apple.com/us/song/second-song/6795697349
Soon I Might Be Going: https://music.apple.com/us/song/soon-i-might-be-going/6795697356
Neil Young Archive Project: https://neilyoungarchives.com/news
In this episode, he explains:
■ The Full Moon Sessions: How five new songs arrived in a matter of days in Colorado, then got recorded in two days flat at Shangri-La.
■ The 60-Year Gap: Why two songs he wrote as a teenager in the ’60s — including one performed in a high school theater lobby with his first band, The Squires — sit naturally next to songs he wrote this year.
■ Leaving the Ranch: The story behind "Out on the Foggy Edge," and how walking away from his longtime home led him to Daryl Hannah.
■ The Archive Philosophy: Why he keeps 30-plus years of recordings strictly chronological, and what that discipline does for his creative decisions.
■ Six Decades of Guitar Heroes: From Hank Marvin and Jimmy Reed to losing and recovering a guitar decades later, and what he still learns from Stephen Stills.
0:00:00 Neil Young
0:01:20 Writing Second Song Under a Full Moon
0:04:24 Rediscovering 60-Year-Old Songs
0:16:01 Inside Neil’s Massive Archive Project
0:20:13 "Out on the Foggy Edge": Leaving the Ranch, Meeting Daryl Hannah
0:25:20 "Day by Day": A Personal Love Song
0:32:55 "Earth Girl" & the Story Behind Second Song
0:37:57 Performing Foggy Edge & Songs of Change
0:54:57 "Soon I Might Be Going": Grief and Home
1:05:28 Roy Orbison, Winnipeg Roots & Learning Guitar
1:13:45 Stills, Crazy Horse, Gold Rush & Life Today
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