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Garth Hudson, the longest living founding member of The Band, has died at the age of 87.

The soundtrack to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ has been released. It is the final collaboration between Scorsese and Robbie Robertson.

Eric Clapton has started his US tour with a double header tribute to his friend and The Band co-founder Robbie Robertson.

Bob Dylan has paid tribute to his collaborator and “lifelong friend” Robbie Robertson following his death aged 80.

Jimmy Barnes has put a Robbie Robertson playlist together following the sad news of Robbie’s passing this week at age 80.

Robbie Robertson, the co-founder, songwriter and lead guitarist for the legendary band The Band, has died at age 80.

The Canadian Rock, Country and Bluegrass legend Ronnie Hawkins has died at the age of 87.

‘Cahoots’, the 1971 fourth album for The Band, has been expanded to mark its 50th anniversary.

The Band’s 1968 ‘Music From Big Pink’ was a life-changing recording for Australian singer songwriter Brian Cadd. After hearing an early preview of the album in London in early 1968 Brian’s songwriting changed forever.

On a new episode of Elton John’s Rocket Hour on Apple Music 1, Elton sits down with his husband and Canadian-native David Furnish for a Canada Special. The two talk about Canada’s incredible depth of talent, from Leonard Cohen to Joni Mitchell, k.d. lang, Ruth B and more.

‘Stage Fright’, the third album from The Band, will be reissued with bonus tracks, demo recordings and a complete concert album.

The Band’s band-leader Robbie Robertson has gone global for a new version of The Band’s classic ‘The Weight’ featuring an all-star cast, actually an all-Starr cast, filmed on five continents simultaneously.

Original The Band keyboard player Garth Hudson will join The Wild Honey Orchestra and guests including Jackson Browne to perform The Band’s first two albums live in LA.

Australian music legend Brian Cadd has performed The Band’s classic ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’ for RockWiz.

The seven classic studio albums released by the Band between 1968 and 1977 will be released in a new vinyl boxset, The Band: The Capitol Albums 1968-1977.

The band’s classic 1972 double album, Rock of Ages, is being expanded to four-CDs and 1-DVD for Live at the Academy of Music 1971, out on September 17 from Capitol/UMe. A shorter 2-CD set will also be released.

Grammy Award winning Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Levon Helm has had a road named in his honour.

Australian born singer/songwriter Greg Quill has died in Canada from complications from pneumonia after suffering health issues for a number of years. He was 66.

The Recording Academy has announced that Elton John, Mavis Staples, Mumford and Sons, Zac Brown and Britney Howard of the Alabama Shakes will be doing a special salute to the late Levon Helm of the Band on this Sunday’s Grammy Awards.

Rolling Stone magazine asked their readers to name the best rock documentaries of all-time and they’ve come up with a pretty decent list.

On Wednesday night, a long list of performers will come together at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ for the Love For Levon concert, a tribute to the late Levon Helm and a benefit for his estate to help them keep ownership of home, barn and studio and to continue the weekly Midnight Ramble

In 1966, Bob Dylan managed to anger a good portion of his fan base by going electric for his new tour.

The public has been invited to the studio of Levon Helm in Woodstock, NY on Thursday to celebrate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members life and work. Helm died on April 19 after a battle with throat cancer.

Levon Helm, one of the greats of music, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 71.

Robbie Robertson used his Facebook page to write about his friend and former bandmate Levon Helm. Helm’s family announced yesterday that he was in the final stages of cancer.