April 19, 2012 - Levon Helm, drummer for The Band and the voice heard on many of the group's most enduring songs, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 71.
June 10, 2011 - This year's Life is Good Festival has enlisted performers Ray LaMontagne, The Avett Brothers, Michael Franti and Spearhead and The Levon Helm Band to help raise money for kids facing life-threatening challenges.
December 21, 2010 - Levon Helm, best known as the former drummer for Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Band, is back at home after a nearly week-long stay in a New York hospital.
December 12, 2010 - Levon Helm, Grammy-winning former drummer for The Band, was hospitalized in New York this weekend as a cold complicated by other health issues forced him to miss a house concert at his own studio in Woodstock, NY.
October 13, 2010 - Amos Lee will perform at a benefit concert for Musicians On Call with Lady Antebellum before heading out on a short tour preceding the release of "Mission Bell," his upcoming fourth album for Blue Note.
August 16, 2010 - The gradual return of Levon Helm to singing and performing since undergoing throat cancer surgery in 1998 had a tremendous payoff Sunday night (8/15) at the Greek Theater, where the Band's drummer and Southern spirit responded to an admiring crowd with a dazzling two-hour concert.
Levon Helm, drummer for The Band and the voice heard on many of the group's most enduring songs, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 71.
Drummer and singer Levon Helm, best known for his work behind the kit with The Band, is dying of cancer, according to his family.
This year's Life is Good Festival has enlisted performers Ray LaMontagne, The Avett Brothers, Michael Franti and Spearhead and The Levon Helm Band to help raise money for kids facing life-threatening challenges. 
The gradual return of Levon Helm to singing and performing since undergoing throat cancer surgery in 1998 had a tremendous payoff Sunday night (8/15) at the Greek Theater, where the Band's drummer and Southern spirit responded to an admiring crowd with a dazzling two-hour concert. 
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