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  Levon Helm Doc 'Ain't In It For My Health' Comes to Theaters This Month

  April 2, 2013 – Levon Helm received an oversized tribute on national television earlier this year — Mumford & Sons, Elton John, Mavis Staples, Zac Brown, and Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard paid their respects during the Grammys — and now the late drummer/singer for the Band will get his due on the big screen. Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm, will make its U.S. theatrical debut on April 19, at the Cinema Village in New York. …
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  My Morning Jacket, John Mayer to Play Levon Helm Tribute Show

  August 23, 2012 – A small sampling of the musicians who have been inspired by the Band's Levon Helm will honor the late drummer and vocalist at a special concert dubbed Love for Levon at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on October 3. …
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  Watch Bruce Springsteen Cover The Band's 'The Weight'

  May 3, 2012 – Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band essentially took over Newark last night on their Wrecking Ball tour. To close out the night, they whipped up a truly remarkable rendition of the Band's iconic "The Weight" in tribute to the late Levon Helm. As Consequence of Sound notes, Springsteen and Helm had united in Jersey prior to the latter's death last month, playing Asbury Park's infamous Stone Pony club in the mid-1980s. …
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  Rockfest Will Bring U2, Led Zep, Who Films to the Big Screen

  April 24, 2012 – UPDATE (April 25): Good news, Beatles fans: that concert doc The Beatles: The Lost Concert — The Birth of Beatlemania in America, which captures the band's first stateside show, is getting a wide release, too! New York City is hosting an awesome film fest starting this Friday (apologies to everyone reading this farther than a commuter-train ride from Manhattan) and no, we're not talking about this one. …
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  Levon Helm, RIP: Appreciate His Legacy in 15 Tracks

  April 20, 2012 – Singing drummer Levon Helm, who died April 19 at age 71, enjoyed one of the more glorious second acts in American music. As heartbeat and frequent lead vocalist in the Band, the son of an Arkansas cotton farmer (and sole Southerner in a group whose sound was fundamentally rooted in the region) laid the foundation for all subsequent "Americana" groups. …
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  Bob Dylan Remembers 'Bosom Buddy' Levon Helm

  April 20, 2012 – Levon Helm hosted many Midnight Ramble jam sessions at his upstate New York home, but his most famous musical partner will always be Bob Dylan. …
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  Levon Helm Loses Cancer Battle at 71

  April 19, 2012 – Two days after his wife and daughter announced that he was in "the final stages" of his long bout with cancer, Levon Helm, drummer and singer for the Band, died in New York City, a few weeks shy of his 72nd birthday. Born in Arkansas as Mark Lavon Helm, he was the lone non-Canadian in rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins' backing band the Hawks, who served as Bob Dylan back-up band when he dared to "go electric" in 1965. …
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  Levon Helm 'In the Final Stages of His Battle With Cancer'

  April 17, 2012 – Levon Helm's wife and daughter have just posted a heartbreaking note on the musician's website: "Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer. …
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