Introduction
Vendela Astrid Young (born August 16, 1962) is a Canadian singer/songwriter. She is the daughter ofjournalist, sportswriter, and novelist Scott Young and his second wife Astrid Carlson, and the half-sister of fellow musician Neil Young, who bought her first amp in the 1970s. After a brief run with 80's Glam metal group Sacred Child, she went on to record backup vocals on several albums through most of the 80's and 90's. Her vocals appeared on Neil Young's albums Unplugged, Road Rock Vol. 1 and the Grammy-nominated Harvest Moon. In 2002, she performed lead vocals and played the bass guitar on rock band's iST album Pokalolo Paniolo. Young has also released three solo albums, Brainflower in 1995, Matinee in 2002 and One Night at Giant Rock in 2014, which was co-produced by Victor DeLorenzo. In addition to writing a Canadian bestselling book, Being Young, Young has also co-written music with many fellow musicians, including Nancy Wilson, Lisa Dalbello and the late West Arkeen.
Discography
| Year | Artist | Title | Record Label | Nature of Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ohm and the Secret Sources | Exit from a Dream | Ohm Records | Bass & Background Vocals |
| 1986 | Sacred Child | Sacred Child | Target Records | Lead Vocals |
| 1989 | Sacred Child | Sacred Child (re-release) | CBS/Black Dragon | Lead Vocals |
| 1994 | Blackthorne | Afterlife | CMC International | Background Vocals |
| 1992 | Neil Young | Harvest Moon | Reprise Records | Background Vocals |
| 1993 | Ben Keith | Seven Gates | Reprise Records | Background Vocals |
| 1993 | Dramarama | Hi-Fi Sci-Fi | Chameleon | Background Vocals |
| 1993 | Neil Young | Unplugged | Reprise Records | Background Vocals |
| 1993 | Neil Young | Event of the Season | n/a (bootleg) | Background Vocals |
| 1995 | Astrid Young | Brainflower | Independent | Lead Vocals, Keyboards |
| 1995 | Nancy Wilson | Live at McCabe's | Epic Records | Background Vocals |
| 1996 | Scott Joss | Souvenirs | Little Dog Records | Background Vocals |
| 1997 | Shrubbers | National Boulevard | Independent | Background Vocals |
| 1997 | Sacred Child | Sacred Child | Must Have Records | Lead Vocals |
| 2000 | Neil Young | Road Rock Vol. 1 | Reprise Records | Background Vocals |
| 2002 | iST | Pokalolo Paniolo | War of the Gargantuas/Inbetweens | Lead Vocals & Bass |
| 2002 | Neil Young | Are You Passionate? | Reprise Records | Background Vocals |
| 2002 | Astrid Young | Matinee | Inbetweens Records | Acoustic Guitar & Lead Vocals |
| 2003 | Ad Vanderveen | The Moment That Matters | Blue Rose | Background Vocals |
| 2003 | Rebecca Trujillo | Munda | Munda Music | Keyboards |
| 2003 | Various Artists | Spiders from Venus | Skipping Discs | performed a cover of David Bowie's song Modern Love |
| 2013 | LeE HARVeY OsMOND | The Folk Sinner | Latent Recordings | Vocals |
| 2014 | Astrid Young | One Night at Giant Rock | War of the Gargantuas/W.O.T.G. Omnimedia | solo album/vocals/bass/guitar/production |
Videos
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: The Complex Sessions (1995)
Neil Young "MTV Unplugged" (1993)
Neil Young: Friends and Relatives - Red Rocks Live (2000)
She both wrote and starred in a movie entitled "Haunted".