Neil Young has gifted his entire music catalogue to the people of Greenland for free, while hitting out at Amazon, Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump.
The Canadian singer-songwriter shared an update on his official website today (Tuesday January 27), in response to the President’s consistent threats to annex Greenland.
Trump said at a White House meeting earlier this month that he “may put a tariff on countries if they don’t go along with Greenland”, which is a self-governing territory controlled by Denmark (via BBC News).
“I’m honoured to give a free year’s access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland,” Young began. “I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.”
He continued: “It is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality. This is an offer of Peace and Love.”
Young confirmed that this would include “all the music I have made during the last 62 years”. He added: “You can renew for free as long as you are in Greenland. We do hope other organisations will follow in the spirit of our example. LOVE EARTH. Neil.”
Greenland citizens can sign up to a free subscription for Young’s music archives here.
Music from the Neil Young Archives is available in ultra-high-definition sound, with fans usually paying $24.99 to $99.99 a year to access classic songs at the highest listening quality.
Neil Young live at Glastonbury 2025. Credit: Derek Bremner for NME
In another recent post, Young criticised Amazon and Jeff Bezos. It comes after the legendary artist announced he would be removing his discography from Amazon Music last autumn.
“Amazon is owned by Jeff Bezos, a billionaire backer of the president. The president’s international policies and his support of ICE, make it impossible for me to ignore his actions,” he shared last Friday (January 23).
“If you feel as I do, I strongly recommend that you do not use AMAZON. There are many ways to avoid AMAZON and support individual Americans and American companies that supply the same products. I have done that with my music and people who are looking can find it in a lot of other places.”
Young went on: “Record stores provide all my vinyl and CDs, while the digital world has many alternative options to purchase my music if you like it. My music will never be available on AMAZON, as long as it is owned by Bezos. My position is unfortunately harmful to my record company in the short term but I think the message I am sending is important and clear.”
He concluded: “Thanks for buying music locally or from independent Digital services.”
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