Articles tagged "levon helm"

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Levon Helm - “Tennessee Jed” (Live on David Letterman) (video)

by PopMatters Staff

[10.Jul.09] :. Americana music god Levon Helm played Letterman this week, serving up a tune off his new album, Electric...

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Column: Mixtape Confessions

Waltzing with Wilco

by Ben Rubenstein

[7.Apr.09] :. As any experienced concert-goer knows, a lively audience can mean the difference between a lackluster event and a memorable night. Sometimes, it’s more important than the band's actual performance.

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Capsule Reviews

Various Artists: The Imus Ranch Record

by Juli Thanki

[26.Sep.08] :. Despite the big mouth and poor judgement that got him in trouble recently, radio host Don Imus is a pretty good guy. He and his wife Dierdre run the Imus Ranch, an actual working ranch which hosts...

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Events Review

Phil Lesh & Friends + The Levon Helm Band

by Chad Berndtson

[6.Aug.08] :. These Friends comprise a band intimately aware of its greatest strengths; a command of the early ‘70s folk, country, and roots aspects of the Grateful Dead catalog as well as the R&B, the rollicking rock 'n' roll, and occasionally, the harder blues.

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Music Review

Levon Helm: Dirt Farmer

by Justin Cober-Lake

[31.Oct.07] :. Helm makes a strong personal statement on this solo album, but he remembers how to work within a band.

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Film DVD Review

Smooth Talk (1985)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Dec.04] :. As he inhabits a movie based on a Joyce Carol Oates short story, Arnold is all kinds of metaphor.

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The Last Waltz (2002)

by Lesley Smith

[18.Apr.02] :. The Last Waltz still spirits a tingle up the spine.