NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan court says Levon Helm long ago signed away rights that let an advertising agency use the song "The Weight" in a cell phone commercial. The Band's former drummer and singer ...

Taking on the 1968 classic "The Weight," Keys frontman Dan Auerbach called the late member of The Band "an inspiration." By THR Staff The sprit of Levon Helm, who died Thursday after a long battle ...

This is Celia Hirschman with On the Beat for KCRW. Purity of spirit is one of the greatest ingredients of creative genius. And that's exactly what is captured in the new documentary about Levon Helm, ...

Born in 1940, Levon Helm showed an early gift on the drums. Growing up on a cotton farm, music became his way out of a hard-labor life. Allison Murphy Editor's Note: Levon Helm died on Thursday, April ...

Levon Helm, the drummer and gritty-voiced singer with The Band, a revered rock group that recorded and collaborated with Bob Dylan and was one of the most influential music acts of the 1960s and '70s, ...

On June 20 the Transparent Clinch Gallery will host an event centered around the life and legacy of Levon Helm. Author John Barry will be on hand to discuss his book Levon Helm: Rock, Roll & ...

The Band’s final show transpired on November 25, 1976. The lineup for the one-night show was arguably more decorated than Woodstock, as it featured Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, ...

A fascinating story of drugs, cancer, bankruptcy, unpaid royalties and unresolved resentments. With a career extending from the heyday of rockabilly to his current incarnation as upstate New York ...

As a passionate fan of the Band, Stephen T. Lewis had watched the concert film “The Last Waltz” numerous times and devoured autobiographies on Levon Helm and Robbie Robertson, the Band’s best-known ...