Levon Helm, the enigmatic drummer and baritone vocalist behind The Band has died at the age of 71 after a lengthy battle with cancer, the Times-Herald Record reports. Helm had been hospitalized at New ...

On Thursday, a great musical voice was silenced. Drummer and vocalist Levon Helm died at the age of 71 after a long battle with throat cancer. Helm played as part of Bob Dylan's backing band in 1965 ...

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 ...

Levon Helm, whose gruff vocals and razor-sharp drumming underpinned the seminal late 1960s rock group The Band, died Thursday, his recording studio said. He was 71. "Levon Helm passed peacefully this ...

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 ...

The music world took a major blow yesterday with the passing of Levon Helm, the famed drummer for The Band, who died after a prolonged battle with cancer at 71. For years, Helm hosted a prolonged jam ...

Last week, Levon Helm, the legendary drummer and singer for the Band, died of cancer. Helm's public memorial will be held today (April 26) in New York's Hudson Valley, where he once held Saturday ...

The Swell Season and Frames singer tells Spinner that he and Helm worked on a song together before the musician passed, and it's possible that the song will be released someday. Hansard says the ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — Journey Blue Heaven was making music Friday afternoon near the Woodstock village green. It was a tribute to one of the town’s favorite sons, Levon Helm. Blue Heaven, a street corner ...

In the 1970s, when Robbie Robertson approached Levon Helm about his concern over The Band's constant touring and its effect on the group, Helm told his bandmate, "I ain't in it for my health." "It" -- ...

He boasted one of the most distinctive voices in all of music. That Arkansas twang that Levon Helm brought to every vocal performance could convey a ridiculously wide range of emotions, meaning that ...

Levon Helm's musical legacy will carry on with the release of the third volume of Midnight Ramble sessions, recorded at his barn in Woodstock, N.Y. 'The Levon Helm Band -- The Midnight Ramble Sessions ...