Take a lesson from a veteran musician and born storyteller! Levon Helm shares musical history and the influences that helped shape his signature style. Beginners learn a variety of basics: shuffles, ...

Two legendary icons face off in the opening round of our new March Drum Madness competition, as Ringo Starr of the Beatles matches up against the Band's Levon Helm. We've placed 32 of the most famous ...

At 70, renowned country and rock icon Levon Helm can still kick some serious ass. Forever known for his drumming and vocal skills demonstrated in The Band, Helm’s career has surprisingly surged in ...

Although the majority of tunes on Shelley King’s Kick Up Your Heels shine a light on her fiery guitar and roof-rattling vocals, there’s another artist whose presence bubbles up from the deep, gritty ...

Drummer Levon Helm of The Band survived throat cancer and is making music again — at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. This time around, the public is invited. Levon Helm has been playing music since he was ...

He saw the birth of rock and roll and though he's too much of a gentleman to say it, his role in helping to keep that rebellious child healthy is more than just instrumental. On May 26, 1940, Mark ...

Work is underway on an exhibit honoring an Arkansas native who sang and played drums for The Band. “This Wheel’s Still on Fire: The Legacy of Levon Helm” will go on display in August at the Folk ...

The country boy behind the group’s hits "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek" loses his long battle with throat cancer. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Levon Helm, whose Arkansas country voice and ...

Levon Helm, who died in New York on April 19, age 71, from the cancer that he had been fighting for more than a decade, was one of the most celebrated rock drummers of the last 50 years. He uniquely ...

American legend Levon Helm reflects on battling cancer and his lifelong journey in music. Levon Helm - drummer and lead singer for The Band - presides over what he calls “midnight rambles” – concerts ...

Big thanks to Stephen Koch for pointing me in the direction of this New Yorker blog post, in which Mavis Staples recalls The Staple Singers’ performance of “The Weight” in Martin Scorsese’s 1978 “The ...

The story of Levon Helm — singer, multi-instrumentalist, actor, and drawling patriarch of the musical genre we now call Americana — has been told before. Helm told it himself in “This Wheel’s On Fire, ...