“We'd tried it a number of different ways, but we weren't that excited about it,” Robbie Robertson told Guitar Player in our May 1995 issue. “So our attitude was, ‘Well, just in case something else ...

Guitarist and songwriter Robbie Robertson died last week at age 80. He was a member, some say the leader, of The Band, a musical group from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Band was a darling of ...

The 2014 film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes features a moment that slows down the sci-fi blockbuster long enough to illuminate the lasting impact of The Band's music. About an hour into the action, a ...

Jim Weider has hovered in The Band’s orbit for over 35 years. The Woodstock, NY guitarist started playing with Levon Helm in the late ‘70s and took over Robbie Robertson’s post in the reformed version ...

When the Weight comes to the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall on Friday night, it'll be bringing with it the enduring musical legacy of the Band. One of the greatest groups to emerge from the 1960s, the ...

It’s hard to put a finger on it, but there is something just so soothing about the song, “The Weight,” by the Canadian-born rock band, the Band. It’s like an old dusty short story that you read as a ...

Paramount Theatre The Paramount Theatre will present The Weight Band at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, on its main stage, 30 Center St. in Rutland. Tickets are $40 and $50 (+ tax and fees); call ...