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In the 2019 video for “Summer Girl,” Haim walk around their native Los Angeles, shedding layers of clothing. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it starts with the sister trio in puffer jackets and peacoats, and concludes with Danielle, Alana, and Este in bathing-suit tops, strolling down Ventura Boulevard. The sun is setting, another dreamy California day coming to a close.

This video is essentially how it feels listening to Haim, a band that specializes in sleek, soft pop-rock they regularly infuse with Seventies rock and R&b. While their music shines during every season,...

“Forget the dead you’ve left, they will not follow you

The vagabond who’s rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Strike another match, go start anew

And it’s all over now, Baby Blue”

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” Bob Dylan

Joyce Carol Oates said that she was inspired to write her short story “Where Are You Going To, Where Have You Been?” (which she dedicated to Dylan) after listening to the above song. In 1985, screenwriter Tom Cole adapted it into the movie “Smooth Talk,” which was directed by his wife Joyce Chopra.

Dripping with atmosphere, rarely has a film so perfectly captured the feeling of being a teenager during a hot, sticky summer when you want to be older than you are but don’t want the consequences that come with it. “Smooth Talk” follows 15-year-old Connie (a perfectly...

Coal Miner’s Daughter, Loretta Lynn’s bestselling autobiography-turned-smash-hit movie, is heading to Broadway, with two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster to play the role of the late, legendary country music icon.

Currently in development, the stage musical adaptation will be directed by Sam Gold, with music production by Jeanine Tesori. The two last worked together on the Tony-winning hit 2015 musical Fun Home.

The stage adaptation will include songs from Lynn’s career and stories from her life, some beyond the 1980 film’s ending.

Patsy Lynn, Loretta Lynn’s manager, producer, and daughter, will serve as a consulting producer on the project, along with Loretta’s longtime adviser Nancy Russell.

According to Lynn’s family, Loretta Lynn had given her stamp of approval to both the project and Sutton’s casting prior to her death at 90 in 2022.

“We are so grateful to see that our mother’s life story and...

A Complete Unknown North America Box Office: Beats Coal Miner’s Daughter (Photo Credit – Prime Video/Instagram)

Timothee Chalamet starrer A Complete Unknown has climbed up another spot in the all-time highest-grossing musical biopics list in the United States. The Oscars are coming near, and this new milestone will help the movie make a good impression. It has now surpassed Coal Miners Daughter to achieve this amazing feat. Scroll below for the deets.

It is a biographical musical movie directed by Michael Apted that follows the story of country music singer Loretta Lynn, who was born in her early teen years in a poor family. It is based on Lynn’s biography of the same name by George Vecsey, featuring Sissy Spacek as Lynn. In addition, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly D’Angelo, and Levon Helm were featured in supporting roles, while Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, and Minnie Pearl made cameo appearances.

Coal Miner’s Daughter...

Forty-five years after “Honeysuckle Rose,” Amy Irving is set to release an album of her interpretations of 10 Willie Nelson songs — all picks suggested to her by Nelson, who also contributes a guitar solo to a song plucked from that film, “Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground.”

The forthcoming album, “Always Will Be,” is teased today with a title track that features a guest appearance by Amy Helm, a singer-songwriter in her own right and the daughter of Levon Helm. (Listen below.) Steve Earle is among the other featured artists on the album, due out April 25 on Queen of the Castle/Missing Piece Records. Irving will promote the new record with a handful of gigs, starting with a show May 4 at City Winery in New York City and another at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY on May 31.

“Always Will Be” is the second musical effort from Irving, known for...

Garth Hudson, the unsung genius behind The Band’s iconic sound, has played his final note at the age of 87. As the last surviving member of the legendary group, Hudson wasn’t your typical rock star. A classically-trained musician from Windsor, Canada, he grew up playing the church organ and accordion before teaching music theory in his early years. And you know what when Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm tried to recruit him for their band, he only agreed after they promised to let him teach them music theory. Talk about setting your terms.

An image of The Band (Credits- @the_band_official)

From his early days with The Band, recording the timeless Music from Big Pink in a house as colorful as their sound, to playing with Bob Dylan on The Basement Tapes, Hudson left his unmistakable mark on music history. Known as Honey Boy, he wasn’t loud...

It’s so fitting that Garth Hudson was the last man standing from the Band. The beloved organ virtuoso died on Tuesday morning at 87, near Woodstock, New York — just a few miles down the road from Big Pink, the house where the Band and Bob Dylan transformed music history just by jamming in the basement. Garth Hudson was the mystery man in the Band, the silent one, the only one who didn’t sing. He was years older than the others, already in his thirties when they made their classic 1968 debut,...

Garth Hudson, the final surviving member of highly influential rock group The Band, has died at 87. Hudson’s wizardry with keyboards can be seen in Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 concert film and documentary about The Band, The Last Waltz.

Garth Hudson passed away at a nursing home near his longtime home in Woodstock, New York. His death was confirmed by a close friend and collaborator, Jan Haust, as per The New York Times. Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The son of musical parents, Hudson began playing piano at an early age. He was classically trained in music theory, harmony, counterpoint and piano. He studied Bach's chorales and "The Well-Tempered Clavier" at the University of Western Ontario, but found classical music somewhat inhibiting.

Hudson’s classical training, however, would come in handy when he took up with a group of fellow Canadian rockers, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko,...

Garth Hudson, the final surviving member of highly influential rock group The Band, has died at 87. Hudson’s wizardry on keyboards can be seen in Martin Scorsese’s legendary 1978 concert film and documentary about The Band, The Last Waltz.

Garth Hudson passed away at a nursing home near his longtime home in Woodstock, New York. His death was confirmed by a close friend and collaborator, Jan Haust, as per The New York Times. Garth Hudson was born on August 2, 1937 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The son of musical parents, Hudson began playing piano at an early age. He was classically trained in music theory, harmony, counterpoint and piano. He studied Bach's chorales and "The Well-Tempered Clavier" at the University of Western Ontario, but found classical music somewhat inhibiting.

Hudson’s classical training, however, would come in handy when he took up with a group of fellow Canadian rockers, Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko,...

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It’s a sad day for music fans, as an icon of rock and roll has passed away.

Garth Hudson — a founding member of the legendary rock group The Band — has passed away at the age of 87.

A multi-instrumentalist who played keyboards, saxophone, and accordion on a slew of iconic albums, Hudson’s contributions can be heard on some of the most beloved songs of the 1960s and ’70s.

Musician Garth Hudson attends The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards ceremony held at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on February 9, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) Garth Hudson’s Cause of Death

News of his passing comes courtesy of the executor of his estate, Jan Haus, who spoke with the Toronto Star (via The Guardian).

Hudson passed away quietly at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York.

Haus did not provide a cause of death.

Garth Hudson, the keyboardist, sax player and archivist for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band whose farewell show with the group was memorialized in Martin Scorsese’s landmark documentary The Last Waltz, died Tuesday in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, NY. He was 87.

The executor of his estate executor confirmed the news to the Toronto Star.

Born Eric Hudson on August 2, 1937, in Windsor, Ontario, and was trained in classical piano and music theory. He played in local bands before hooking up in the late 1950s with rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins’ The Hawks, which eventually would feature many of his Band mates. The group would back Bob Dylan’s on the notorious mid-’60s “Going Electric” tours and, rechristened The Band, they collaborated on groundbreaking album The Basement Tapes, helping to invent the Americana genre.

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Garth Hudson, the majestic keyboard, saxophone and accordion player and last surviving member of The Band, died Tuesday. He was 87.

Hudson died in his sleep at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York, his estate executor told The Toronto Star.

The Canadian musician and his mates Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko and Richard Manuel backed up Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan before striking out on their own. They perfected a style that combined American roots music, country, blues, R&b, gospel, rockabilly and — courtesy of Hudson — tenor sax and organ dirges.

One of many highlights of a Band concert was the bearded Hudson as mad genius performing an organ solo and a standard improvised introduction to “Chest Fever,” from their seminal 1968 debut album Music From Big Pink. The tune, written by Robertson and echoing Bach with its classical overtones, opened their Woodstock set in 1969.

“Where most rock organists 15 years...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, and who in his later years remained an in-demand player among young musicians — including Neko Case, Norah Jones, and Wilco — died early Tuesday morning at the Ten Broeck Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing in upstate New York in age 87.

Jan Haust, Hudson’s longtime friend and colleague, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone. He declined to reveal a cause of death, but said Hudson “died peacefully” and “yesterday was a day of music and hand-holding.

Garth Hudson, the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and last original member of The Band, has died at the age of 87.

According to The Toronto Star, Hudson passed away peacefully in his sleep on Tuesday, January 21st at a nursing home in Woodstock, New York

Hudson was born Eric Hudson in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, on August 2nd, 1937. Like their son, both of his parents were multi-talented musicians, and Hudson began playing piano at a very early age. His first official gigs were providing the organ for local church services and for a funeral parlor owned by his uncle. By 1949, he was playing professionally in dance bands around London, Ontario, eventually earning a spot in a group called Paul London and the Kapers.

It was after a Kapers show in London in 1961 that Hudson was first approached by his future-bandmates Ronnie Hawkins and Levon Helm, who asked if he would be interested in joining Hawkins’ band,...

One of the most divisive action movies in the arsenal of Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg has found a new home on streaming. Released back in 2007, Shooter follows Marky Mark as a former Marine Scout Sniper who finds himself on the run from, well, everyone after hes accused of murder. While the movie was met with mixed reviews from critics, audiences could not get enough of the B-movie flavor, and now is the perfect time to revisit the action thriller.

Directed by Antoine Fuqua, the filmmaker best known for the likes of Training Day, The Equalizer franchise, and Wahlbergs panned sci-fi action outing Infinite, and written by Jonathan Lemkin, Shooter is based on the 1993 novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter. Co-starring Michael Pea, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Levon Helm, and Ned Beatty alongside Wahlberg, Shooter is all set to land on Prime Video on December 1. Check out the action movies official synopsis below.

In 1973, the world saw George Harrison as the Beatle who was winning the break-up. He became a solo superstar with All Things Must Pass, his big triple-vinyl extravaganza, then his noble and star-studded Concert For Bangla Desh. He’d finally broken free of the Fabs and gotten everything he’d ever wanted. Right? Well, not exactly. George turned his spiritual crisis into Living in the Material World, his slept-on masterpiece — the most profoundly weird album of his life.

It might seem strange they didn’t think of doing this new...

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“We love you, Robbie!” Mavis Staples exclaimed. “We love you!”

Late Thursday night in Los Angeles, a few minutes shy of midnight, the soul-stirring vocalist had the crowd at the Forum on their feet. Staples had just performed “The Weight” onstage with Bob Weir, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio, and an all-star band for Life Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson, a tribute show — produced by moment-makers Blackbird Presents — that honored the Band’s guitarist, collaborator of Bob Dylan, and songwriter who...

Libby Titus, the singer-songwriter best known for her song “Love Has No Pride” and creating the New York Rock and Soul Revue with future husband Donald Fagen, died Sunday night at the age of 77.

“My beautiful wife, Libby Titus Fagen, passed on October 13th surrounded by family,” Fagen wrote on Steely Dan’s site. “Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts, and for respecting our privacy at this time.” A cause of death was not immediately available.

Titus released two solo albums — both titled Libby Titus — in 1968 and 1977. In between the two albums,...

Neil Young is celebrating 50 years of his lauded 1974 album On the Beach with a limited-edition vinyl reissue arriving on November 8th.

The album will arrive exclusively on clear vinyl and will be available at the Greedy Hand Store at Neil Young Archives in addition to standard music retailers. All purchases from Young’s Greedy Hands Store will also arrive with free hi-res digital audio downloads of the album’s eight tracks. Pre-orders are ongoing.

On the Beach was Neil Young’s highly-anticipated follow-up to his beloved 1972 album Harvest and served as the second entry in his “Ditch Trilogy.” The album features contributions from The Band’s Rick Danko and Levon Helm, his Csny collaborators Graham Nash and David Crosby, and Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina.

On the Beach is not the only vinyl reissue that Neil Young is offering in 2024. He recently announced that he’ll be...

George Harrison’s second solo album, Living in the Material World, is receiving a massive box set reissue for its 50th anniversary.

Arriving on November 15th, the Super Deluxe Edition features the remastered album pressed on both double vinyl and CD, plus a bonus disc containing 12 previously unreleased early renditions of every album track. Additionally, the box set features a Blu-Ray of the album with Dolby Atmos surround sound technology, a 60-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes, photography, and artwork from Harrison’s archives. There’s also a 7-inch single of Harrison’s previously-unheard rendition of “Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)” featuring Ringo Starr as well as The Band’s Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Garth Hudson.

The remastered album will be released digitally as well, and several exclusive vinyl editions are available for pre-orders now: George Harrison’s official online store is selling a purple-colored variant,...

Happy Traum, a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s who recorded with Bob Dylan, died on Wednesday in Manhattan. He was 86.

His wife, Jane Traum, said he died of pancreatic cancer in a physical rehabilitation facility after undergoing surgery. He lived in Woodstock, N.Y.

Traum and his brother, Artie, were revered musicians in the folk world. The brothers performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in 1969, toured the world, and released five albums. Artie Traum died of liver cancer in 2008.

Happy Traum recorded and performed with Dylan, Pete Seeger, Levon Helm of the Band and the reggae star Peter Tosh.

He was part of a 1963 session that featured Dylan, Seeger, Phil Ochs and other folk stars that created the seminal folk album “Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1.” Among the tracks on that album was Traum’s duet with Dylan, who used the pseudonym Blind Boy Grunt,...

Martin Mull, the comedian and actor known for his rolls in Clue, Roseanne and Arrested Development, has died at the age of 80.

His daughter, Maggie Mull, announced the news on Friday, writing, “I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness.” She added, “He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny.”

“My dad will be...

Martin Mull, the comic musician and actor who started with 1970s TV series “Fernwood 2 Night” and went on to appear as Colonel Mustard in “Clue” and on “Arrested Development” and “Roseanne,” died Thursday in Los Angeles. He was 80.

His daughter Maggie announced his death on Instagram, writing “I am heartbroken to share that my father passed away at home on June 27th, after a valiant fight against a long illness. He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials. He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and—the sign of a truly exceptional person—by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously.”

Mull was nominated for an Emmy in 2016 for his guest role...

Martin Mull, the droll comedian, actor, singer-songwriter and painter who found fame on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spinoff Fernwood 2 Night, has died. He was 80.

Mull died Thursday at home after a “valiant fight against a long illness,” his daughter, Maggie Mull, shared on her Instagram.

“He was known for excelling at every creative discipline imaginable and also for doing Red Roof Inn commercials,” she wrote. “He would find that joke funny. He was never not funny. My dad will be deeply missed by his wife and daughter, by his friends and coworkers, by fellow artists and comedians and musicians, and — the sign of a truly exceptional person — by many, many dogs. I loved him tremendously.”

Mull also enjoyed lengthy stints in the 1990s as the befuddled principal Willard Kraft on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and as Leon Carp, the gay boss and pal...

Back in the 1990s, the Black Crowes blew up out of Atlanta, playing soulful, swaggering classic rock in an era of alt-rock irony and grunge bellyaching. Even more impressively, the two guys at the heart of the band — singer Chris Robinson and his guitar-playing brother Rich — managed to pull off their multi-platinum run while absolutely hating each other, like an American version of Oasis. But eventually the tension between Chris and Rich forced the Crowes to close up shop.

The band released their last studio album in 2009, and the Robinson...

The last time Blackberry Smoke frontman Charlie Starr saw his longtime friend and bandmate Brit Turner was at Turner’s Atlanta home. The drummer, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2022, was under hospice care, but Starr had some rare good news to deliver.

“I told him our record was Number One,” Starr tells Rolling Stone. “And his eyes got really big. He had really stopped speaking at that point. [But] it was obvious to me he knew what I had told him.”

Just a few days later, on March...

The eighth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert for God's Love We Deliver is thrilled to announce Dave Grohl will join the evening’s performance lineup and Martin Short will join for a special guest appearance.

Love Rocks NYC will now also be shown as a livestream event from the historic Beacon Theatre in NYC at 8:00pmET on Thursday, March 7. Fans in NYC and elsewhere can experience this memorable night of music by signing up at loverocksnyc.com to access a livestream link to the concert via Veeps.com.

Veeps All Access subscribers can tune in for free or fans can purchase an individual show ticket for $20 while also helping support the organization as $20 = 2 Meals for New Yorkers living with severe and chronic illness. Additional seats are also being released today and fans can purchase through www.ticketmaster.com.

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The eighth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert is set to go down this Thursday, March 7th, at the Beacon Theater in New York, with a lineup featuring Dave Grohl, The Black Keys, Hozier, Conan O’Brien, Martin Short, and many more.

Raising funds for the meal-providing charitable organization God’s Love We Deliver, the Love Rocks benefit concert has been a celebrated fundraising campaign since it was first launched in 2017. Now, as its eighth iteration approaches, the organization reports that its benefit concerts have raised a total of $30 million, providing 3 million meals to New Yorkers living with illnesses. Tickets for the show are on-sale now (get your here).

Filling out the lineup for Love Rocks NYC 2024 are Nile Rodgers, Tom Morello, Don Felder, Bettye Lavette, Joss Stone, Allison Russell, Emily King, Marcus King, Lucius, Larkin Poe, Trombone Shorty, Luke Spiller (The Struts), Quinn Sullivan, Bernie Williams, and more, plus additional...

Love Rocks NYC, the benefit concert for God’s Love We Deliver, will return for its eighth year on March 7. The annual event will be hosted by Conan O’Brien, Tracy Morgan, and Jim Gaffigan at the Beacon Theatre. The 2024 lineup will feature performances from Hozier, The Black Keys, Allison Russell, Nile Rodgers, Trombone Shorty, and more.

Dave Grohl and Martin Short have also joined the event, which will be livestreamed via Veeps. To access the livestream, visit the Love Rocks NYC website to sign up.

Music director and band leader...

Fifty years ago this week, Bob Dylan and the Band launched their landmark Before the Flood reunion tour with a pair of shows at Chicago Stadium. Dylan had been off the road for eight very long years at this point, and demand to see his return was so intense that promoters received 5.5 million ticket requests via a cumbersome mail-order system. To put that in perspective, that was four percent of the entire population of America.

The last time that Dylan and the Band hit the road, they were met with...

Earlier this month, Allison Russell checked off yet another career milestone: headlining Levon Helm Studios, the former home and performance space of the Band’s late drummer. It’s just the latest in a long series of surreal moments for Russell since she released her debut solo album, Outside Child, in 2021 — things like earning eight Grammy nominations, curating a headlining set at Newport Folk Festival, and performing on Colbert and Acl, to name a few.

But for Russell, the show at Levon’s barn had an extra personal resonance. The...

Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features guitarist Jim Weider.

According to conventional rock wisdom, the Band ended on Thanksgiving 1976 with The Last Waltz, the most famous farewell concert in music history.

By the time Martin Scorsese’s music documentary “The Last Waltz” premiered in 1978, the legendary Americana music progenitors the Band, whom the film explores, had gone from “Cahoots” to kaput for two years.

The 1976 farewell concert at the center of the film was already a piece of rock and roll history by the time the film debuted. Seeing it Oct. 5 at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles in celebration of its 45th anniversary, it’s clear how much history and American music culture was also saying “Good Night” with Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and the Band’s unofficial leader Robbie Robertson (who called the group “The Brotherhood.”)

To help sort out the importance of “Waltz’s” place in rock history was music historian Harvey Kubernik, who shared his recollections of attending the concert at the Winterland Theater in San Francisco; music rights firm CEO/founder Olivier Chastain,...

In June of 2020, with a pandemic raging, Robbie Robertson took some time to look back at his career with the Band, from writing their greatest hits to their work with Bob Dylan. The release of his documentary Once Were Brothers had him a reflective mood, ready to share new details about the music he made with Band-mates Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson, and Levon Helm. In the wake of Robertson’s death at age 80 this week, here’s a full text version of that interview, published here for the first time.

If there’s a moment that sums up the genius of Robbie Robertson, it’s the part in The Last Waltz when they play “It Makes No Difference.” All five brothers in the Band perform like they’re reading each other’s minds. Every detail is perfect: Robertson’s guitar, Rick Danko’s voice, Garth Hudson’s sax. They’re singing about loneliness, yet with the sound that only trusted comrades can make together. But you can hear that these guys are already mourning the death of their brotherhood. It’s their famous farewell concert,...

The death on Wednesday of Robbie Robertson, the legendary 80-year-old founding guitarist for The Band who wrote many of the iconic group’s most famous songs – including “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” – spurred friends, fans and peers to remember his remarkable talent and the considerable mark Robertson left on the worlds of music and film.

Heading that list is a fellow named Martin Scorsese, who memorialized The Band’s farewell in his seminal 1978 concert documentary “The Last Waltz.” Scorsese also collaborated with Robertson on the music for some 14 of the filmmaker’s projects over the past several decades, including “Raging Bull,” “Casino,” “Gangs of New York,” “The King of Comedy,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “The Irishman” and the forthcoming “Killers of the Flower Moon.”

In a statement released this afternoon, Scorsese said, “Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends,...

Robbie Robertson found his faith and purpose on the radio. Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, this child of jewelry-plating factory workers discovered rock-and-roll via the Am airwaves of Wkbw out of Buffalo, New York, and fell hard for the blues in the wee hours when Wlac deejay John R. blasted the 12-bar gospel into his bedroom from the far-off music mecca of Nashville, Tennessee. His path was set, and it brought him to rowdy rockabilly artist Ronnie Hawkins, who was impressed enough with a teenage Robertson's guitar acumen to bring him on as a member of his backing band The Hawks. In the early 1960s, Robertson formed a bond with singer/bassist Rick Danko, singer/pianist Richard Manuel, multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson, and singer-drummer Levon Helm.

It's here that these five, brilliantly talented rock-blues aficionados formed The Band.

Robertson, who passed away today at the age of 80 after a long illness,...

The life of Robbie Robertson — who died Wednesday morning after a long illness — can neatly be divided into everything that happened before The Last Waltz and everything that happened afterward. The 1976 all-star concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom marked the end of his career with the Band, the end of his years as a touring musician, and the start of life as an elder statesman of rock.

He went out by throwing one of the biggest concerts in rock history featuring Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Neil Diamond,...

Robbie Robertson, the founding guitarist for The Band, has passed away. According to Robertson’s longtime manager Jared Levine, the world-famous musician passed away on Wednesday. He was 80.

Born Jaime Robbie Robertson on July 5, 1974, in Toronto, the Hall of Famer played on The Band’s classic hits like “The Weight,” “Rag Mama Rag,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Atlantic City,” “Jawbone,” and more. Nominated for five Grammy awards, Robertson arrived on the music scene at the influential age of 16, when he played for Ronnie Hawkins’ The Hawks. He helped found the Americana genre and was Bob Dylan’s guitarist on the “electric” world tour in 1966.

The Hall of Fame released an official statement about Robertson’s passing, which you can read below:

The architect and primary songwriter of The Band, 1994 inductee Robbie Robertson changed the course of popular music in the late 1960s. Though born and raised in Canada,...

Robbie Robertson, co-founder and guitarist of The Band, has died at the age of 80.

An announcement from the Canadian rock legend’s management confirms that Robertson died Wednesday after a long illness.

“Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny,” reads a statement that was sent to Et. “He is also survived by his grandchildren Angelica, Donovan, Dominic, Gabriel and Seraphina. Robertson recently completed his 14th film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support a new Woodland Cultural Center.”

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Robbie Robertson, the Band’s guitarist and primary songwriter who penned “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” and many other beloved classics, died Wednesday at age 80.

Robertson’s management company confirmed the musician’s death. “Robbie was surrounded by his family at the time of his death, including his wife, Janet, his ex-wife, Dominique, her partner Nicholas, and his children Alexandra, Sebastian, Delphine, and Delphine’s partner Kenny,” his longtime manager Jared Levine said in a statement. “In lieu of flowers, the family...

1 February 2023 – Inhaler today share new single “If You’re Gonna Break My Heart” ahead of releasing their eagerly awaited second album Cuts & Bruises on February 17th via Polydor Records/Universal Music Canada.

“If You’re Gonna Break My Heart” is the third single to be unveiled from Cuts & Bruises, following the uplifting Love Will Get You There and last summer’s euphoric anthem “These Are The Days”.

The band explain how the rootsy, piano powered “If You’re Gonna Break my Heart” took its inspiration, “Whilst on tour in America last year we were listening to a lot of music by some of the great American writers such as Bob Dylan, The Band, Bruce Springsteen etc. Listening to these artists while travelling on big open highways resonated with us and helped shape this song into making us sound more like a live band than we had before.”

Cuts & Bruises is...

Elvis Presley’s suede coat from the Seventies, James Brown’s red, black, and gold lame suit, and one of Joni Mitchell’s guitars are all coming to the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville as part of new partnership with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Set to open Wednesday, Nov. 2, “Rock Hall at the Ryman” showcases memorabilia from Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members who have played the historic Nashville venue. Along with Presley’s full-length coat (he bombed on the Grand Ole Opry’s stage in 1954), the exhibit includes...

Margo Price is joined by Mavis Staples and Adia Victora for a rousing call to action in the new collaboration “Fight to Make It.” Released on Friday, the track’s sales on Bandcamp will benefit Noise for Now and its mission of supporting grassroots organizations working for reproductive justice.

A lively spin on Northern soul, “Fight to Make It” has a propulsive feel that matches its urgent message, complete with stacked backing “oohs” and groovy organ fills. Price sings about how it’s hard for some people to grasp what...

“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” mocked the Supreme Court on Wednesday night in what has become the lay-up shot of the late-night lineup.

In the latest edition of “Late Show” fake news alerts, Billy Bob Thornton’s Coach Gaines of “Friday Night Lights” fame appeared as an acid-pushing guru who has found the light. But with the separation of church and state no longer in the way, Gaines now hopes to help his players see it, too.

The segment began by borrowing a clip from “CBS Evening News,” with host Norah O’Donnell breaking down Monday’s ruling from the Supreme Court in which they voted 6-3 in favor of a Washington state high school football coach who was fired for conducting postgame prayers on the 50-yard line.

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It’s no exaggeration to say that if Ronnie Hawkins, the rockabilly legend who died Sunday at 87, didn’t exist, that rock music would not be the same. The Arkansas singer who spent most of his career in Canada mentored and worked with numerous rock legends, with his band the Hawks a breeding ground for the musicians that would eventually become The Band.

On Sunday night, The Band member Robbie Robertson wrote that his “heart sank” learning upon Hawkins’ death and penned a heartfelt tribute to his early mentor.

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Ronnie Hawkins, the Canadian rockabilly singer known as “the Hawk,” who mentored the Band and played with rock’s greats, died Sunday morning. He was 87.

“He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” Wanda Hawkins, his wife, told the Canadian Press. A cause of death was not immediately available.

Though he was born in Arkansas, Hawkins called Canada home for most of his career. and was considered a formative influence on the evolution of the country’s rock scene thanks to his passion for Southern blues music.

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Ronnie Hawkins, the Southern rockabilly singer who helped shape and launch the Band and other Canadian rock artists, died Sunday after battling a long-term illness. He was 87.

Hawkins’ death was confirmed to The Canadian Press by his wife, Wanda: “He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever.”

The musician, revered by his peers and followers as ‘the Hawk,’ grew his reputation with his highest-charting single, “Mary Lou” which reached No. 26 in the U.S. charts. The Hawk was famous for his stage presence, characterized by his robust vocals and humorous exchanges, including his signature “camel walk” dance.

The Arkansas native began touring in Ontario in 1958. By the time he was featured in a CBC Telescope documentary, he was beloved by Canadian artists and audiences.

“You know, I don’t know anything about Canadian politics, the price of wheat or Niagara Falls,” he said in the documentary. “But I...

Ronnie Hawkins, a Southern rockabilly artist widely credited with inspiring the Canadian music scene, died Sunday morning at age 87. His wife, Wanda, confirmed his death after an unspecified illness.

“He went peacefully and he looked as handsome as ever,” she told The Canadian Press news outlet.

Known for his enthusiastic stage presence, the singer of “Ruby Baby,” “Mary Lou” and Bo Diddley cover “Who Do You Love” was known as Mr. Dynamo, Sir Ronnie, Rompin’ Ronnie and the Hawk.

Hawkins was the founder of his backing band the Hawks, which played with Bob Dylan on his landmark 1966 first electric tour. .Five members of the Hawks, including Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, would later form the Band.

Despite frequent clashes among the volatile personalities Hawkins joined the Band onstage as part of their iconic 1976 farewell show, captured in Martin Scorsese’s concert film The Last Waltz.

“He was really good at...

When Mavis Staples thinks about her late friend Levon Helm, memories of her family flood into her mind. Decades ago, when Helm and Mavis’ sister Yvonne were regularly talking on the phone about a possible joint tour of Black colleges, Mavis would feel left out. “I’d butt in and say, ‘Give me that phone — I want to speak to him!’” the 82-year-old singer recalls.

When Helm would see the Staple Singers on the road, he’d greet Mavis’ father Pops Staples with the familiarity of a childhood friend. “Levon...