The Band, “Livin’ in a Dream” from Islands (1977): Across the Great Divide
This lightly grooved, calliope-paced aside from the Band plays to Levon Helm’s many strengths.
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Levon Helm, “Hurricane” from American Son (1980): Across the Great Divide
Nobody embodies hard-bitten, country-strong determination like Levon Helm.
The Levon Helm Band – The Midnight Ramble Sessions, Volume 3 (2014)
A celebration of everything Helm meant to music, and vice versa.
The Band, “Ring Your Bell” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
Here’s a greasy, funk-focused triumph from the Band that must have made Gamble and Huff turn green.
The Band, “Acadian Driftwood” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
One of the Band’s final aggregate triumphs traces a tale of alienation and redemption.
The Band, “Ophelia” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
This song from the Band is Garth Hudson’s triumph, his musical testament, his masterpiece.
The Band, “Forbidden Fruit” from Northern Lights-Southern Cross (1975): Across the Great Divide
Robbie Robertson joins us to talk about an often-overlooked late-period classic from the Band.
The Band, “Remedy” from ‘Jericho’ (1993): Across the Great Divide
“It was powerful, a little bit more rock ‘n’ roll version,” Jim Weider says of the Band’s 1990s-era lineup, “and it fit the times.”
The Levon Helm Band, “The Same Thing” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek
A treasured opportunity to hear Levon Helm swinging again, in all of his groaning, yelping, easy-going, era-defying, down-home glory.
Garth Hudson, Amy Helm, Steve Berlin and Jimmy Vivino on Levon Helm: ‘He left a heritage’
Levon Helm’s music was a homey as it was connective — with his history, with everyone’s.
