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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Helm played superpowered, shifting backbeats, helped Bob Dylan go electric and sang some of The Band's biggest hits, including "The Weight" and... Levon Helm, Drummer And Singer In The Band, Dies ...

Levon Helm was a musician's musician. He was fluent on multiple instruments and known just as much for his drumming as his singing. His work with The Band on hits like "The Weight," "Up on Cripple ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Levon Helm, the drummer for The Band whose twangy vocals brought a poignancy and earthiness to songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek," died on ...

Like many younger fans of Levon Helm, my first real exposure to his music was from the film The Last Waltz, Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The Band’s farewell concert, which took place in San ...

FILE - In this Nov. 27, 1976 file photo, Levon Helm, of The Band, playes drums at the band's final live performance at Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco. Helm, who was in the final stages of his ...