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, who ...

In this May 15, 2010 photo, Levon Helm plays drums with the Levon Helm Band during a Ramble at Helm's barn in Woodstock, N.Y. Helm, who was in the final stages of his battle with cancer, died Thursday ...

WOODSTOCK, N.Y. (AP) — Levon Helm, a former member of The Band, is in the final stages of his long battle with cancer. A message posted Tuesday on the 71-year-old musician's website by his family says ...

Levon Helm, the founding drummer of the Band who became a creative force in roots music and cherished Americana icon as a solo performer, died today at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, will present The Levon Helm Band on Sunday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre, located at the Center for the Arts, North ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Levon Helm, The Band's commanding drummer and singer, whose solid beat and Arkansas twang helped define classics from the tragic "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" to the playful "Up ...

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, ...

Though Levon Helm appears aged and frail behind his drum kit, the 69-year-old still reigns from his (drum) throne. Despite a battle with throat cancer, he continues to fight — his last two albums, ...

Levon Helm, who died in New York on April 19, age 71, from the cancer that he had been fighting for more than a decade, was one of the most celebrated rock drummers of the last 50 years. He uniquely ...