The Band

The Band and the Bandstand (Part 2)

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: American Bandstand, Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band, Levon Helm, Levon Helm Dead, Dick Clark Dead, Levon Helm the Band, Culture News

My obsession with Dylan and the Band was rewarded when they launched a concert tour in the winter of 1974, Dylan's first tour in eight years! Ticket prices were steep -- we paid $9.50 apiece.

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'Music Is The Language Of Heaven': Inspiring Quotes From Levon Helm

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Quotes, Levon Helm Quotes, Levon Helm Dead, Levon Helm Funeral, Levon Helm, Slidepollajax, Levon Helms, Levon Helm Death, Levon Helm Tributes, The Band, Levon Helm Music, Healthy Living News

Levon Helm's soulful melodies and passionate drumming touched millions of fans of The Band, but today we recognize his spirit and perseverance. Af...

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Levon Helm and Clarence Clemons Enter Rock 'N Roll Heaven

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Clarence Clemons, Levon Helm, Levon Helm Death, Elton-John-Levon-Helm, Clarence Clemons Dead, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Midnight Rambles, E Street Band, The Band, Bruce Springsteen Clarence Clemons, Levon Helm the Band, Clarence Clemons E Street Band, Video, Entertainment News

The Band and the E Street Band are so great in part because they're true ensembles -- bands of brothers. But even so, Clarence and Levon provided any extra measure of soul and magic dust.

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Levon Helm (1940-2012): A Thank You Note for the Great Music -- And the Example

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Amy Helm, Levon Helm, Steve Earle, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Video, Entertainment News

The custodian of The Band's music was Levon Helm. It could be no other way. The drummer is the literal heartbeat of a band. Levon was that, and more.

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A Look Back At The Band's Biggest Hits

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: The Band Videos, Levon Helm Cancer Battle, Video, The Hawks, Levon Helm, Levon Helm Cancer, The Band Music Videos, The Band, Slidepollajax, Levon Helm Cancer Final Stages, The Band Songs, Entertainment News

A message posted Tuesday on rock legend Levon Helm's website announced that he is in the "final stages of his battle with cancer." Fans new and old ha...

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The Best of Rock 'n' Roll on Film

John Farr | Posted 05.12.2012

For social gatherings at home built around screening movies, outstanding rock documentaries and concert films are virtually guaranteed crowd pleasers, particularly if your home theater set-up includes a quality sound system.

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Man or Muppet: Oscar's Outasight, Plus Chatting With Jack DeJohnette, Frank Filipetti & Chris Lord-Alge

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Frank Filipetti, The Eagles, Levon Helm, Bobby Lopez, Christian McBride, CHris Lord-Alge, James Stroud, Bob Sadin, Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, Newsies, Terri Lynne Carrington, South Park, Keith Jarrett, Adele, Tim McGraw, Jason Moran, Esperanza Spalding, Bob Ludwig, Gretchen Parlato, Pat Metheny, Seth MacFarlane, Trey Parker, Luisito Quintero, Korn, Herbie Hancock, U2, Phil Ramone, Jack DeJohnette, Giovani Hidalgo, Wayne Pooley, Lionel Loueke, Ted Jensen, Larry Rosen, Dave Grusin, Faith Hill, Miles Davis, Doug Sax, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Grace Kelly, Andrea Bocelli, Lyle Mays, David Grohl, Stephen Oremus, Carly Simon, Bob Clearmountain, Elton John, Ambrose Akinmusire, Book of Mormon, Joe Lovano, Billy Barty, The Rolling Stones, Dan Hartman, Paul McCartney, Tim Ries, Marcus Gilmore, Tom Holmes, George Michael, Matt Stone, Eric Shilling, The Band, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Video, Bruce Hornsby, Outasight, Entertainment News

Prior to The Oscars' embracing Outasight's "Tonight Is The Night" -- well, not with an award but with broadcast muscle -- the single had airplay on over 115 Top 40 radio stations, sales of over 530,000 copies, over 18,000 daily streams on Spotify, and over 5 million views on YouTube.

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The Storyteller & Paradise Lost: Conversations With Todd Snider and Great American Taxi's Vince Herman

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Eric McConnell, The Del McCoury Band, Leftover Salmon, Don Was, Todd Snider, John Prine, Jason D. Williams, James McMurtry, Jimmy Buffett, The Coral Reefer Band, Tim O'Brien, Great American Taxi, Don Henley, Hank Williams, The Partridge Family, Bob Mercer, Rush Limbaugh, The Sopranos, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Ben Kaufman, Bob Dylan, Bobby Bare, New Grass Revival, Vince Herman, Jeff Austin, Hot Rize, Jackson Browne, The Band, Robert Earl Keen, Shel Silverstein, Tonder Mountain Strong Band, Justin Bieber, Video, Entertainment News

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The Ballad of Herman Cain: The Night I Drove Old Dixie Home

Roger Catlin | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Godfather's Pizza, Parody Song, The Band, The Night We Drove Old Dixie Down, Herman Cain, Comedy News

Herman Cain is my name and I served up some pizza plain 'Til so many calories came, I tore up my bio again In the winter of 95, those who served the...

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Robbie Robertson On Working With Martin Scorsese

Rolling Stone | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Rolling Stone, Silence, The Last Waltz, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Autobiography, Martin Scorsese, Grammy Museum, Fifty News

Since they first teamed up on The Last Waltz 35 years ago, Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese have enjoyed a prolific working relataionship, collabo...

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Keeper: Meeting John Doe Again, Chatting With The X-Man

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Joe Cocker, Ryan Feves, The Bodyguard, Vanishing Point, Hilarie Burton, Don Was, Jim Wilson, Good Girl, Los Lobos, The Flesh Eaters, John Doe, Whitney Houston, Great Balls of Fire, Boogie Nights, One Tree Hill, Salvador, Victor Bisetti, Leon Russell, Peyton Sawyer, Lucinda Williams, Jill Sobule, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Parker, Liz Parker, Roadhouse, Danny White, George Harrison, Val McCallum, X, Steve Berlin, Kevin Costner, Cindy Wasserman, Patty Griffin, Roswell, Pure Country, The Band, Entertainment News

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PHOTOS: Bob Dylan's Shangri-La For Sale

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: La Real Estate, Shangri-La Ranch, Video, Rob Fraboni, Beej Chaney, Martin Scorsese, Levon Helm, Slidepollajax, Malibu Real Estate, The Last Waltz, Bob Dylan, The Band, Los Angeles News

Via Curbed LA: The historical Shangri-La recording studio and personal residence to Bob Dylan has been listed for $3.195 million. The home was named '...

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Jill Scott's Video Exclusive, Plus Chatting With The Wombats and The Postelles, and Paleo's Latest

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.31.2011

For Jill Scott's new album The Light of the Sun that will be released June 21st, here is a video with the artist and co-producer JR Hutson discussing the making of eight of its tracks followed by previews of each track.

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Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: The Greenbriar Boys, Kenny Loggins, Mo Ostin, Linda Ronstadt, Buddy Holly, Junior Huskey, Son Volt, Steve Earle, Matraca Berg, Nicolette Larson, John Hiatt, Gilda Radner, Jimmy Ibbotsdon, Merel Bregante, John Randall Stewart, Doc Watson, Rosanne Cash, Jimmie Fadden, Richard Hathaway, Bill McEuen, Jeff Hanna, Jimmy Martin, Guitar Player, Larraine Newman, Sammy Davis Jr., Steve Martin, Jerry Jeff Walker, Bob Carpenter, John McEuen, Jane Curtain, Earl Scruggs, Lenny Waronnker, Johnny Cash, Wilco, Jimmy Messina, William McEuen, George Massenberg, AC/DC, Buck Owens, Foster & Llyod, Chuck Berry, Bill Murray, Ricky Scaggs, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John Belushi, Jon Stewart, Dwight Yoakum, Chevy Chase, Vasser Clements, Loggins & Messina, The Band, Entertainment News

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Sing It Loud: Chatting with k.d. lang, JD Souther and Bobby Long, Plus a Beginners Audio Exclusive

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Jelly Roll Morton, Bonnie Raitt, Guster, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Eric Roberts, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Fred Eltringham, Chris Walters, Joe, Georges Delarues, Laura Nyro, Dave Palmer, Mike Mills, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Chuck Mitchell, Kruu-Fm, Tim Hardin, The White Stripes, Cole Porter, Roger Niell, Barry Mann, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Eye of the Beholder, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, American Idol, Roy Orbison, Glenn Frey, Elliott Smith, Mélanie Laurent, Judee Sill, Count Basie, Henry Mancini, Lex Price, k.d. Lang, Neil Young, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ewan MacGregor, The Kinks, Glen Campbell, Miles Davis, Daniel Clark, Rogers & Hammerstein, The Beatles, Jeff Coffin, John Coltrane, Longbranch Pennywhistle, Rob McGaha, Carly Simon, Gus Van Sant, Elton John, Don Henley, Christopher Plumber, Brian Reitzell, Bing Crosby, Quincy Jones, Tony Bennett, The Rolling Stones, Sam Shepard, Joe Pisapia, Carole King, Gershwin, Nona Hendryx, Harold Arlen, Viktor Krauss, Bob Dylan, Peggy Lee, Tom Waits, Liam Watson, Brian Sutton, Mark Ethridge, Meryl Streep, Waddy Wachtel, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Fats Waller, JD Souther, Gene Clark, The Band, Jimmy Webb, James Taylor, The Wallflowers, Josh Grange, Bruce Springsteen, Salmonberries, Entertainment News

One of my favorite tracks on k.d. lang's new album is the opener, "I Confess," which sounds like Brill Building meets country, meets...okay, I'll shut up now, k.d. lang has the rest.

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How to Become Clairvoyant: A Conversation With Robbie Robertson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson, The Band, Robbie Robertson Shutter Island, Robbie Robertson Martin Scorsese, Robbie Robertson the Band, Entertainment News

Robertson talks working with Eric Clapton on his latest record and how things have changed since his days with The Band.

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The West Bank Meets Dixie

Mira Sucharov | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Identity, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, National Trauma, Israeli Settlements, Songs, The Civil War, West Bank, The Band, World News

If and when the West Bank settlers are forced to relocate, there will no doubt be a painful rift in Israeli society. One thing that may help ease the transition is a good song.

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On the Culture Front: Battle of the Belgians and Bob Dylan Tribute at Le Poisson Rouge

Chris Kompanek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jimmy's No. 43, John Wesley Harding, Medeski Martin and Wood, David Johansen, Fiery Furnaces, Basement Tapes, Larry Campbell, New York Dolls, The Last Waltz, Steven Bernstein, Bob Dylan, The Band, Craft Beer, New York News

Jimmy Carbone of Jimmy's No. 43 hosted the "Battle of the Belgians" at his cozy, subterranean East Village bar. This festive event pitted Belgian-style American beers against their authentic counterparts.

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Memories of a Great Friend

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. --Albert Einstein Barry S. Sapolsky, 61, passed away on November 28, 2010 after a long a...

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Levon Helm and Bruce Springsteen in Film

Stewart Nusbaumer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Woodstock, New Jersey, Darkness on the Edge of Town, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town, Levon Helm, Entertainment News

In rootless America, both Levon Helm and Bruce Springsteen found self-knowledge and personal strength after embracing very different communities -- Woodstock and small town New Jersey.

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Fresh From Jimmy Kimmel Live!: A Conversation With Jonathan Tyler

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, The Black Crowes, Jack White, Kid Rock, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, George Harrison, Taddy Porter, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Shooter Jennings, South by Southwest, Lynyrd Skynyrd, JJ Gray & Mofro, ZZ Top, Jimmy Kimmel, The Jimmy Kimmel Show, Leon Russell, Disney, Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights, American Idol, Jay Joyce, The Band, Loretta Lynn, Derek & the Dominos, Entertainment News

Feeling fiery following last night's Jimmy Kimmel Show appearance, Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights are kicking-off a major national tour with the likes of Kid Rock, AC/DC, and ZZ Top, plus hitting Bonnaroo for good measure.

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HuffPost Reviews: Slash, Madonna, David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, Plus A Conversation with Matt Hires, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tori Amos, Slash, Save the Day, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Chris Carrabba, Sonny Terry, Dashboard Confessional, Jason Castro, Steve Earle, Norman Cook, Evita, F-Stop Music, The Beatles, John Mayer, Matt Hires, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Atlantic Records, Kate Pierson, Cyndi Lauper, James Lee Stanley, Roomtobreathe, The Swimming Pool Q's, The Byrds, Kate Voegele, Fatboy Slim, David Byrne, Wii, Taking Back Sunday, Madonna, Martha Wainwright, St. Vincent, My Brightest Diamond, George Harrison, Donald Fagen, Iggy Pop, Led Zeppelin, Green River Ordinance, Wilco, Ozzy Osbourne, Jeff Tweedy, Imelda Marcos, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Phantom of the Paradise, Batman, Cougar Town, The Hotel Cafe, Talking Heads, Brownie McGhee, When in Rome, Robert Francis, Itunes, The Band, Joe Walsh, Mac McAnally, Sara Bareilles, Live Nation, Entertainment News

Slash's first solo album shows continuity and expert songwriting despite all of the musical influences involved. But despite its being a solid release, the old school rock 'n' roll can sometimes get a little too reliable.

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"Ballad Of An Easy Rider" - A Playlist For Dennis Hopper

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Doors, Ike and Tina Turner, Norah Jones, Thunderclap Newman, Steppenwolf, Kris Kristofferson, Leonard Rosenman, Neil Young, Eagles, Dennis Hopper, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Vinton, The Band, John Stewart, Elvis Presley, The Byrds, James Dean, Entertainment News

Dennis Hopper struck me as a remarkable and fascinating man to be around. He may never have been seen as a King like Elvis, but as an actor and an artist, he was a real prince, and an inspiring comeback story.

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Southern Exposure: Conversations With Bo Bice and Widespread Panic's John Bell

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

The following are interviews with Bice and Panic's John Bell during which they talk about their new projects, parenthood, the late Vic Chesnutt, a little social consciousness, and The Little Prince.

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How Sweet The Sound: An Interview With Joan Baez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

For most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world.

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