Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, died on Jan. 21 at age 87. The group included four Canadians — Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson — plus Levon Helm, a drummer ...
In band member Levon Helm’s 1993 book, This Wheel’s On Fire, Hudson explains his influences: I sort of grew up with country music because my father would find all the hoedown stations on the ...
Bob Dylan met the director of his first dramatic film ahead of shooting. The meeting was likely nothing like what Dylan ...
Robbie Robertson was one of the all time guitar greats but because his work is so intrinsically tied to his band he was often overlooked as an individual genius ...
Raised in an insular Protestant community, Garth Hudson defined musical greatness while finding a way to survive it.
Several musicians from the Natural State have performed on the show including Levon Helm with The Band in 1976 and again as a solo artist in 1977. Other performers on the show included Blytheville ...
In 2008, illustrator Paul Rogers turned Bob Dylan’s “Forever Young” into a picture book. It’s a vivid portrait of Dylan’s anthem. But it also highlights the intended audience for his song: children.
Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa's resident live music freak. He started freelancing with the paper in 2020 at the age of 18, and has since covered, announced, and previewed numerous live shows ...
Muddy Waters is known as the father of the blues, and in 1969, he got together to record one of the finest albums of his career with some of his musical sons.
The first official biography of The Band pianist Richard Manuel will hit shelves this spring via Schiffer Publishing.
The Academy aims to make arts and music education more accessible and create career opportunities for under-resourced ...