New details have emerged regarding the new project coming from Neil Young. Those details include a name, an en expected timeframe for the album's release, and the methodology by which it was recorded.
A Letter Home will be released by Third Man Records in March, although a specific date hasn't been listed yet. The Third Man revelation isn't much of a surprise to fans of either Young or the label, as rumors began swirling earlier this month that the iconic songwriter had been working with the label's founder/owner Jack White on a duets album. The new message, posted on the Facebook walls of both Young and Third Man, clarified that A Letter Home would not be a duets record however.
Another detail, which might not be surprising to those familiar with Third Man's facilities, is that Young recorded the album using the label's 1947 Voice-o-Graph machine. The contraption-the last of its kind in existence-records live music onto six-inch phonograph discs. Young cut a cover of Bert Jansch's "The Needle of Death" last year.
Although the guitarist isn't collaborating with White for this project (musically, at least), the rumors that A Letter Home would be an "unheard collection of rediscovered songs." That sounds about right for Young, who released Americana-a collection of historic covers-during 2012.
The letter on the Facebook pages was signed by one "Homer Grosevnor." The name doesn't have any particular relevance, but it certainly sounds retrospective.
Of course, this all brings focus back onto what Jack White's mystery project is. The guitarist said late in 2013 that he was working on two projects, and one was his own. One is obviously Young's album, so fans of White are left to wonder if the other is his second solo album.
