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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that legends make odd moves too. In 1982, Neil Young released Trans, a synth and vocoder heavy album inspired by his son who had cerebal palsy. Young found that the vocoder elicited a better response than talking when communicating with his son. Check out the awesome live video from Berlin of ‘Sample and Hold’. The audience look scared. At least Young and the guitarist are enjoying themselves. Incidentially, you may have heard this track on the recent Neon Neon mixtape which you should probably get as it contains another legendary musical detour/mishap which is actually amazing. Download the......

Following on from the John Martyn video last week, it's worthwhile noting that Neil Young has released a recording of his 1971 gig at Massey Hall in Toronto. It's a 17-song collection where everything is stripped down to showcase the flawless voice of Young. It really doesn't get any better than this. Powerful lyrics, very unique melodies and a singing voice that sends neckhair shoot up makes this a must-have CD/DVD.Any time I listen to Harvest or indeed Tom Waits's Closing Time, it reminds me of my final year in uni. tags:neil...