# MJ Lenderman Shares New Neil Young Cover, Harry Crews Book Foreword

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mj-lenderman-shares-new-neil-young-cover-harry-crews-book-foreword/
- Published: 2026-11-06T20:42:36+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T21:34:55+00:00
- Original publisher: Stereogum
- Original article: https://stereogum.com/2516876/mj-lenderman-shares-new-neil-young-cover-harry-crews-book-foreword/music/
- Topics: Business, Markets

## Key points

- Lenderman covers Neil Young’s “Separate Ways”.
- The track features on the third volume of a new tribute series.
- His foreword accompanies a Penguin Classics edition of *Body*.

## Summary

MJ Lenderman has released a cover of Neil Young’s “Separate Ways” and written a foreword for a new Penguin Classics edition of Harry Crews’ novel *Body*. The releases show the Asheville singer-songwriter’s engagement with both Young’s music and Crews’ fiction, while offering new work as fans await a follow-up to *Manning Fireworks*.

The cover appears on *Heart Of Gold: The Songs Of Neil Young, Vol. 3 – Into The Black*, one of two new volumes in the tribute series released today. “Separate Ways” originally appeared on Young’s 2020 album *Homegrown*; Lenderman has also performed other Young songs live. The *Body* edition is due next week, and Lenderman’s foreword is available online.

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