The Band’s Rick Danko Possessed a Voice for the Ages
With his old-timey, soul-inflected voice, Rick Danko could sink like an anchor, plumbing the depths of existence that most singers would have to drown themselves to reach.
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Greil Marcus’ Mystery Train Keeps on Rollin’
Certain books make you dream; Greil Marcus’ Mystery Train wakes you up to the blunt fact that you are alive and living in an ever-rollin’ mythology.
Who Really Wrote the Band’s “The Weight”?
Even if members of the Band could speak from their graves we couldn’t trust what they said about who wrote “The Weight”.
‘Cat Power Sings Dylan’ Revives a Legendary Bob Dylan Concert
Cat Power’s version of Bob Dylan’s 1966 concert with the Band in Manchester is reverential but not literal and honors the legend more than the facts.
41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion
No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.
The 10 Best Songs of The Band
The Band were one of the original country-rock groups and they helped invent the Americana genre as we know it. Here are 10 of their best songs.
The Band’s Discontented Third LP, 1970’s ‘Stage Fright’, Represented a World Braving Calamity
Released 50 years ago this month, the Band's Stage Fright remains a marker of cultural unrest not yet remedied.
The Wood Brothers: Live at the Barn
In the world of new live records, you could do far worse than Live at the Barn, but it would be quite the task for you to find far better.
Drunken Prayer – “Evangeline (feat. Janet Beveridge Bean)” (video) (Premiere)
Portland, Oregon neo-americana act Drunken Prayer pays tribute to the Band with the tender and curiously psychedelic duet "Evangeline".
The 10 Best Concert Documentaries
What separates someone merely capturing a night when a band is on fire from a great concert documentary? Here are ten films that bridge that gap.