Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby, a founding member of two popular and influential ’60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died aged 81, The New York Times reports. Alexis Petridis points out that "Crosby genuinely was brilliant. He was blessed with a beautiful voice and an uncanny gift for harmony... a fantastic, forward-thinking songwriter". Rolling Stone picks out 20 essential songs by the folk-rock legend. The New Cue revisits an interview from a few years ago with the witty guy.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young have pulled their respective solo catalogs as well as the music they made together from Spotify, Rolling Stone reports. “We support Neil and we agree with him that there is dangerous disinformation being aired on Spotify’s Joe Rogan podcast” a joint statement announcing that they plan to remove their music reads - “While we always value alternate points of view, knowingly spreading disinformation during this global pandemic has deadly consequences. Until real action is taken to show that a concern for humanity must be balanced with commerce, we don’t want our music — or the music we made together — to be on the same platform”.

David Crosby has sold all of his music - his solo work, his work with the Byrds, Crosby & Nash, CSN, and CSNY - to famed music executive Irving Azoff’s new venture Iconic Artists Group, Pollstar reports. It includes the recorded music and publishing rights to his entire music catalog. “Given our current inability to work live, this deal is a blessing for me and my family and I do believe these are the best people to do it with” - Crosby said.

David Crosby has announced plans to sell off songs from his songwriting catalogue, days after Bob Dylan sold his own for $300 million, Exclaim reports. "I can't work…and streaming stole my record money," he wrote on Twitter - "I have a family and a mortgage and I have to take care of them so it's my only option". His fans were surprised Crosby wasn't worth millions ("I am not"), and he couldn't make money any other way - to which Crosby reiterated - "streaming does not pay us for records and COVID has shut down all work live… is that clear enough for you?".

The David Crosby documentary 'Remember My Name' is out this week, and in honor of its release, SPIN is premiering a clip with the rock icon describing his most intense music experience. Crosby was at a John Coltrane concert, really stoned, "and on the verge of a freak out" so he decided to hide out […]

“You can’t ‘magic’ one of these [Woodstocks] into happening, and that’s what they tried to do with this. It had nothing to do with anybody feeling good about each other. It had to do with certain people making a huge amount of money. That’s a grubby way to start in the first place. It’s not […]