Levon Helm

Move Fast and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin review – the damage done by Silicon Valley

Taplin’s starting point is the music of Levon Helm and the Band, but the fight against the spoiled brats of Google, Amazon and Facebook is much bigger

David Runciman

26, Apr, 2017 @8:00 AM

Small Town Talk by Barney Hoskyns review – Dylan, Hendrix, Joplin and the wonder of Woodstock

A kind of Lourdes for musicians – stories of songwriting brilliance, hipster shysters and extraordinary excess abound in this enjoyable study of the New York upstate village

James Lasdun

02, Mar, 2016 @4:05 PM

Bowie backed by Pixies? Stranger hirings have been made …

Black Francis wants Pixies to play with David Bowie – but not every established band succeeds when they back a star

Michael Hann

01, Nov, 2013 @5:09 PM

Grammy awards: 10 things to expect – from Jack White to wardrobe mistakes

Emma G Keller: CBS is playing the wardrobe police, but come on, someone's going to slip. What to watch out for on music's big night

Emma G Keller

08, Feb, 2013 @3:00 PM

2012 review: notable deaths in music

See what the Guardian had to say about over 30 notable musicians who died this year - from Whitney Houston and Adam Yauch to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dave Brubeck and Ravi Shankar

Caspar Llewellyn Smith

24, Dec, 2012 @9:00 AM

Levon Helm among stars to celebrate Amnesty International in song

Toast to Freedom also features contributions from Ewan McGregor, Kris Kristofferson, Carly Simon and Marianne Faithfull

Caspar Llewellyn Smith

03, May, 2012 @9:59 AM

Fifty stars form 'supergroup' to mark 50 years of Amnesty

Toast to Freedom, performed by an ensemble of prominent musicians and celebrities, goes on sale

Luke Bainbridge

28, Apr, 2012 @5:02 PM

Remembering Levon Helm – a classic interview with the Band

Following the death of Levon Helm, drummer and sometime lead vocalist with the Band, read an interview with the group by Al Aronowitz, first published in Rolling Stone magazine in August 1968, and made available now courtesy of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism

Al Aronowitz

24, Apr, 2012 @11:44 AM