Features
Tuesday, November 25 2008
Day One: Frank Zappa to The Band
A Sgt. Pepper's-inspired satire…a platter of pure soul sizzle…the second act of rock's Warhol-weaned avant-garde…the beautiful noise of two voices in unison…and a backup 'band' comes into their own. Five definitive LPs -- five statements of solid rock royalty.
Reviews
Monday, May 7 2012
Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)
Fifteen covers performed with as fine a sense of group interplay as you’ll find outside the jazz world.
Friday, April 27 2007
The Band: The Best of A Musical History
The music is superb, but who's going to buy this?
Friday, December 23 2005
The Band: A Musical History
This five-CD/one-DVD set spans the most important years of the Band's existence, from its days with Ronnie Hawkins to The Last Waltz's curtain call. It's both a lavish dedication and definitive documentation of the Band's legacy.
Friday, May 30 2003
The Band: Music From Big Pink [DVD Audio]
The Band were a group that turned a musical corner for everyone, influencing a generation of musicians in the process.
Blogs
Friday, May 4 2012
Counterbalance No. 80: The Band's 'Music from Big Pink'
Take a load off Fannie, take a load for free, take a load off Annie and read Counterbalance's take on the Band's debut, Music from Big Pink.
Tuesday, May 1 2012
Levon Helm: So Real It Makes You Believe
I can't imagine music without Levon Helm. I can't imagine my world without Levon Helm. Fortunately I'll never have to.
Wednesday, April 25 2012
The 10 Best Songs by the Band
We lost a true musical treasure last week with the passing of Levon Helm of the Band. As a tribute, here are 10 of his group's best songs.
Monday, April 23 2012
It Needed Doing: Levon Helm's Life in Music
The Band's Levon Helm represented a kind of musician increasingly rare in today's world -- unpretentious, dedicated, and motivated only by love.
Monday, April 23 2012
The Black Keys and John Fogerty Pay Tribute to the Band at Coachella
Following the passing of Levon Helm last week, the Keys and Fogerty join forces to pay him tribute via a smokin' cover of Band classic "The Weight".
News
Friday, April 20 2012
Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer with The Band, Dies at 71
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs produced during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: “Up on Cripple Creek", “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”, etc, But the one that might crystallize his approach to music throughout his life was “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show,” an ode to the kind of freewheeling gatherings in which the musician thoroughly reveled.
Thursday, April 19 2012
Levon Helm, singer and drummer for The Band, in final stages of cancer
LOS ANGELES — The Band singer and drummer Levon Helm is in the final stages of cancer, according to a note posted on his website…
Tuesday, April 19 2011
'Clairvoyant': Robbie Robertson had a sense about whom to work with
LOS ANGELES — There's a track on Robbie Robertson's new album, "How to Become Clairvoyant," that's destined to generate buzz among guitar aficionados, not just…
