This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. Purity of spirit is one of the greatest ingredients of creative genius. And that's exactly what is captured in the new documentary about Levon Helm, ...

John Barry was working as a music writer for the Poughkeepsie Journal in October of 2004 when he first met Levon Helm, legendary drummer and vocalist for The Band. Barry received a call from Barbara O ...

Opus 40 (356 George Sickle Road, Saugerties) is a giant bluestone earthwork at the foot of Overlook Mountain that you can ...

Yesterday the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival announced Levon Helm this year's Jazz Fest. Today, Helm's family has Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. Please send your prayers ...

Levon Helm, drummer and vocalist for legendary roots-rock outfit The Band, has died at age 71. The Associated Press archiveLevon Helm, a former member of The Band, was diagnosed with throat cancer in ...

On June 20 the Transparent Clinch Gallery will host an event centered around the life and legacy of Levon Helm. Author John Barry will be on hand to discuss his book Levon Helm: Rock, Roll & ...

A fascinating story of drugs, cancer, bankruptcy, unpaid royalties and unresolved resentments. With a career extending from the heyday of rockabilly to his current incarnation as upstate New York ...

Levon Helm, the founding drummer of the Band who became a creative force in roots music and cherished Americana icon as a solo performer, died today at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in ...

Drummer Levon Helm once backed Bob Dylan and sang with Van Morrison. Now, 30 years after The Band split up — and 10 years after he was diagnosed with throat cancer — Helm is putting out a solo album.

Like many younger fans of Levon Helm, my first real exposure to his music was from the film The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The Band’s farewell concert, which took place in San ...

Levon Helm's boyhood home in Marvell has been nominated for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. The house, which was originally in Turkey Scratch, was moved to a pecan grove in ...