Vendela Astrid Young (born August 16, 1962) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of journalist, sportswriter, and novelist Scott Young and his second wife Astrid Carlson, and the half-sister of fellow musician

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, who bought her her first

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in the 1970s. After a brief run with ‘80s

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group Sacred Child, she went on to record backup vocals on several albums through most of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Her vocals appeared on Neil Young's albums ''Unplugged'', ''Road Rock Vol. 1'' and the

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-nominated ''

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''. In 2002, she performed lead vocals and played the bass guitar on rock band iST's 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

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. 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 Lisa Dal Bello (born 22 May 1959), also known as Dalbello, is a Canadian musician. She released three albums in the pop and pop/rock genre in her late teens, from 1977 through 1981 under her full name. In 1984, she re-emerged as Dalbello, wit ...

and the late

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Discography

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 titled 'Haunted''.

Haunted Haunted or The Haunted may refer to: Books * ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004 * ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...

References

External links

Astrid Young's Official Website
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