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 ...

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 Barbara O ...

Helm, the longtime drummer of The Band who backed Bob Dylan and sang with Van Morrison, died Thursday. He was 71. Fresh Air remembers Helm with... Levon Helm: The 2007 Fresh Air Interview Levon Helm: ...

Levon Helm, 71, the longtime drummer of The Band, is nearing the end of his battle with cancer, according to the New York Daily News. "Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer," read a ...

Things weren't looking that great for Levon Helm in the early 2000s. The Phillips County native, drummer, vocalist and founding member of The Band was battling throat cancer and had again filed for ...

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 ...

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 ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - “Young” Anna Lee Amsden, immortalized in The Band’s song “The Weight,” is kicking off an effort to restore Levon Helm’s childhood home and extend a musical heritage the ...