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  Rocker Ronnie Hawkins, dies at 87, patron of Canadian rock

  Ronnie Hawkins, a brash rockabilly star from Arkansas who became a patron of the Canadian music scene after moving north and recruiting a handful of local musicians later known as the Band, has died. Born just two days after Elvis Presley, the Huntsville native friends called “The Hawk” (He also nicknamed himself “The King of Rockabilly” and “Mr. Dynamo”) was a hell-raiser with a big jaw and a stocky build. "Hawkins is the only man I ever heard who can make a nice sexy song like ‘My Gal is Red

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  Review: A joyous encounter between musical legends lives on

  Such is the case with “Carry Me Home," a newly-released recording of a memorable encounter between Mavis Staples and Levon Helm during the summer of 2011. In front of an audience at Helm’s Woodstock, New York, studio, the pair rocked their way through a 12-song set of soul, gospel and roadhouse blues that pulsates with gusto and joy. Not that Helm and Staples were at the peak of their powers.

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  When Mavis Staples and Levon Helm met for some final music

  The 12-track live album “Carry Me Home” is the long-awaited record of what happened when Grammy-winning soul and gospel star Mavis Staples visited her good friend Levon Helm, the Grammy-winning drummer and singer of The Band. Staples and her band spent five or six days with Helm and his band in Woodstock, New York, playing music and telling stories. The visit culminated in a concert held in Helm's studio on June 3, 2011, which included spirituals, civil rights anthems and tunes made famous by

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  ‘I Miss Him So Much’: Mavis Staples on Her Last Waltz With Levon Helm

  A new live album documents the final full joint concert from the legendary singer and drummer

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  New this week: Harry Styles, 'Angelyne' and 'The Valet'

  — The gripping documentary “Hold Your Fire," directed by Stefan Forbes, chronicles a 1973 Brooklyn robbery that became a turning point in hostage negotiation tactics and de-escalation. The scene, vividly depicted in archival and contemporaneous news footage, captures a classic New York much like the one found in Sidney Lumet's “Dog Day Afternoon.” — You could say that the cartoon-live action reboot “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” is an unlikely project to gather some top “Saturday Night Live” a

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  Jackson Browne, Jorma Kaukonen, More to Headline Headcount Benefit

  Jackson Browne and Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna cofounder Jorma Kaukonen will headline a star-packed lineup of artists at a benefit for the non-partisan voters’ rights non-profit Headcount, to be held at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y. on December 17. Titled “The Capitol Sessions: Songs from a Rock Palace That Impacted the World,” the […]

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  The Band’s ‘Stage Fright’ 50th Anniversary Edition Revisits and Revises an Awkward but Brilliant Era: Album Review

  By following two of the greatest rock albums of the 1960s, the Band’s third album, “Stage Fright,” had the decks stacked against it almost from the jump. From the ethereally rootsy “Music From Big Pink” in 1968 to the more rock-oriented self-titled follow-up, the Band had not only influenced the entire direction of rock music, […]

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  Neil Young Shares ‘Vacancy’ From Upcoming Homegrown Archival Release

  Next week, Neil Young's long-awaited (and it's long-awaited) Homegrown album that he recorded in 1974 will finally be released. Young previously shared "Try" from the album that he once considered way too personal to release. That song featured Levon Helm and EmmyLou Harris. Today, he's shared another tune from the collection. "Vacancy" is a…

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  Neil Young’s “Lost” Album Homegrown Finally Gets Release Date

  Young recorded the album in analog across 1974 and 1975

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  Neil Young’s Unreleased 1975 Album Homegrown Finally Surfaces in June

  Take a listen to the previously unreleased track "Try".Neil Young's Unreleased 1975 Album Homegrown Finally Surfaces in June wrengraves

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