Between his tour with Crazy Horse, long-lost lyrics and all manner of archival releases, Neil Young was a gift that kept on giving this year – and the songwriting legend has one more treat for the faithful before 2024 is out.
Earlier this month, Young launched his own take on the fireplace channel, pairing the calming visual of a crackling wood stove with 27 songs from across his catalogue.
The setlist, found below, pulls from Young catalogue staples like Harvest, Harvest Moon and After the Gold Rush, along with renditions of seasonal favourites from 1994's Seven Gates: A Christmas Album, released by his longtime friend and pedal steel accompanist Ben Keith.
Looking ahead to 2025, Canadian artists will pay tribute to Young's music at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern on January 23.
The four-piece "worship band" dubbed Weld — featuring Eamon McGrath, Aaron Goldstein (City and Colour, Daniel Romano, Lee Harvey Osmond), Peter Landi and Anna Ruddick (Chantal Kreviazuk, Fefe Dobson, Ian Blurton) — will reinterpret well-loved tracks from Young's Zuma and vaunted ditch trilogy of albums: Time Fades Away, On the Beach and Tonight's the Night.
Tickets for the performance are now available, with further details available via the Horseshoe Tavern's official website.
While you're listening, revisit Exclaim!'s list of Neil Young albums ranked from worst to best.
Neil Young - Fireplace:
1. Greensleeves (Archives Volume II: 1972–1976)
2. Winterlong (Early Daze)
3. Hitchhiker (Hitchhiker)
4. Xmas Time's a Comin' (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
5. Winter Winds (Archives Volume III: 1976–1987)
6. Heart of Gold (Harvest)
7. Silver Bells (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
8. When God Made Me (Prairie Wind)
9. Ave Maria (Xmas at the Ranch)
10. Harvest Moon (Harvest Moon)
11. Les Trois Cloches (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
12. Blue Xmas (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
13. Old Man (Harvest)
14. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
15. Star of Bethlehem (American Stars 'n Bars)
16. Little Drummer Boy (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
17. Lotta Love (Comes a Time)
18. Dreamin' Man (Harvest Moon)
19. After the Gold Rush (After the Gold Rush)
20. Greensleeves (Xmas at the Ranch)
21. One of These Days (Harvest Moon)
22. Thrasher (Vol. 3, Boarding House)
23. Harvest (Harvest)
24. Away in the Manger (Seven Gates: A Christmas Album)
25. Love Is a Rose (Homegrown)
26. Unknown Legend (Harvest Moon)
27. This Old House (Recorded live at Farm Aid 1985 with the International Harvesters)