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Why the Band’s Overlooked ‘Moondog Matinee’ Has Become So Revealing

Why the Band’s Overlooked ‘Moondog Matinee’ Has Become So Revealing

Released 50 years ago this week, the Band’s ‘Moondog Matinee’ was unfairly criticized at the time as a career retrenchment.

How the Band Said Goodbye With ‘Jubilation’

How the Band Said Goodbye With ‘Jubilation’

Released 25 years ago today, the Band’s ‘Jubilation’ somehow held together as well as any they’d produced since ‘Northern Lights-Southern Cross.’

How Deep Cuts on ‘Music From Big Pink’ Underscore the Band’s Triumph

How Deep Cuts on ‘Music From Big Pink’ Underscore the Band’s Triumph

Released 55 years ago this month, ‘Music From Big Pink’ included several songs that defined the Band’s legacy. Let’s dig into some lesser-known moments.

How Levon Helm Turned ‘Dirt Farmer’ Into a Rootsy, Thrilling Comeback

How Levon Helm Turned ‘Dirt Farmer’ Into a Rootsy, Thrilling Comeback

Released 15 years ago this week, Levon Helm’s ‘Dirt Farmer’ was so determinedly rustic that it made the Band sound like sleek electronica.

How ‘Islands’ Signaled the Sad End of the Band’s Five-Man Edition

How ‘Islands’ Signaled the Sad End of the Band’s Five-Man Edition

The Band’s original incarnation exited 45 years ago today with a pieced-together, yet still occasionally resonant final studio project.

How Levon Helm’s ‘Electric Dirt’ Confirmed a Stirring Late-Career Resurgence

How Levon Helm’s ‘Electric Dirt’ Confirmed a Stirring Late-Career Resurgence

Released 10 years ago today, Levon Helm’s ‘Electric Dirt’ was the sound of a man, and a singer, reborn.

Exploring Deep Cuts from the Band’s Underrated ‘Stage Fright’: Gimme Five

Exploring Deep Cuts from the Band’s Underrated ‘Stage Fright’: Gimme Five

‘Stage Fright,’ issued on August 17, 1970, was the Band’s highest-charting LP. But there’s still much to discover inside these overlooked moments.

Garth Hudson on the Band’s Influences, ‘Basement Tapes,’ and Tragic Losses

Garth Hudson on the Band’s Influences, ‘Basement Tapes,’ and Tragic Losses

The Band’s Garth Hudson joined Nick DeRiso to discuss lost friends, the sounds that inspire, and his love affair with the Lowry.

Levon Helm, “A Mood I Was In” from Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars (1977): Across the Great Divide

Levon Helm, “A Mood I Was In” from Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars (1977): Across the Great Divide

Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars seemed to come together through happenstance. Unfortunately, they went their separate ways in a similarly random way.

Levon Helm, “Tennessee Jed” from Electric Dirt (2009): Across the Great Divide

Levon Helm, “Tennessee Jed” from Electric Dirt (2009): Across the Great Divide

‘Electric Dirt,’ and standout cuts like “Tennessee Jed,” marked Levon Helm’s return not just as a grizzled survivor but as an artist in full again.