Since Monday, when Young first posted about Spotify on his website, shares of the streaming service have lost nearly seven per cent of their value on the New York Stock Exchange. Young’s record label Warner Music Canada declined to comment while his manager did not respond to requests for comment.
(With) a Neil Young there might be multiple parties involved over the span of his career.” “It’s a little bit more complicated for Neil Young than an artist that’s come out in the last five or 10 years where the rights are held by one or two parties. In Canada, some of Young’s work, “Cinnamon Girl,” “Old Man” and the entirety of his new album “Barn,” disappeared, but many other songs included on film soundtracks and compilations did not.Ī representative for Spotify did not respond to a request for comment.
Only a selection of collaborations he recorded with other artists were still available, including several from a 1992 live recording of Bob Dylan’s 30th anniversary concert. In the United States, that left Young’s Spotify profile looking especially bare. Spotify, which has a multi-year distribution agreement with Rogan, granted Young’s request on Wednesday and within hours began taking down his albums. Their presence throws a wrench into Young’s passionate boycott of Spotify.Įarlier this week, Young gave the streaming giant an ultimatum saying they must remove his music from the service if they continued to allow podcaster Joe Rogan to spread misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on his show “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“Heart of Gold,” “Harvest Moon,” and “Rockin’ in the Free World” are just a few of Young’s defining tracks that remain accessible on Spotify Canada days after a massive takedown of his music.
Neil Young severed ties with Spotify this week, but for Canadian listeners many of his classic songs are still streaming on the platform.
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