CMT News  NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Has Neil Young Lost His Mind? New
Americana Album Delves Seriously Into the Past Nashville Skyline
Nashville Skyline  Naming an album Americana seemingly makes it
critic-proof and bomb-proof since virtually any kind of music
can fearlessly fly the Americana flag these days. Americana as a
genre is wonderful in that it allows talented artists to escape
narrow musical niches and to (maybe) dodge criticism.  Even as
Neil Young was releasing such songs as "Oh Susannah," fiddler
supreme Mark O'Connor was playing that very same song recently
for students at New York City's pricey Turtle Bay Music School.
No one is therefore deprived of this old-time
Southern/Appalachian fiddle tune.  Country music sometimes moves
in many and wondrous ways. Neil Young has made some marvelous
music throughout his storied career. Some of his country music
is simply sublime and equals or eclipses much of what Nashville
has turned out over the years. Such albums as Harvest, After the
Gold Rush, Comes a Time