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.

Helm got his first guitar when he was six, and by 17, played with Conway Twitty. He is best remembered for The Band. By Malcolm Jones.

In this Oct. 9, 2009 file photo, Levon Helm performs with his band on the "Imus in the Morning" on the Fox Business channel, in New York. Richard Drew ...

Levon Helm performs Midnight Rambles with his new band at the Levon Helm Studio in Woodstock, N.Y. Arkansas-born Helm was the only non-Canadian member of the Hawks, a group that first backed early ...

On Oct. 3, more than twenty musicians will gather at the Izod Center tribute to Band drummer Levon Helm, who died in April. Garth Hudson, Roger Waters, Lucinda Williams, Eric Church, Joe Walsh ...

Levon Helm, the Arkansas-born drummer and southern-nuanced singer of The Band who also acted in movies, died of cancer Thursday at the age of 71. Helm’s family announced Tuesday that the musi… ...

The studio setup and the internal fraying of The Band led to a newly ad hoc record-making process, where only a couple of ...

Richard Manuel biography a loving testament to a key member of The Band originally appeared on Goldmine.

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 ...

When Elton John began working on his 1971 album, Madman Across the Water with Bernie Taupin they named the lead single after the Band‘s drummer Levon Helm.Though the song was believed to be ...

Levon Helm could seemingly do the impossible. He could drum expertly and sing at the same time. Helm was a wonder to behold, singing songs like “The Weight” with his rock group, The Band. Helm ...