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Three years ago Lucinda Williams lost her home to a tornado and suffered a stroke, but new album Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart is testament to an indomitable spirit

"It's the hardest thing I’ve been facing. It affects so many things: how I write songs, how I record": Lucinda Williams hasn't had it easy, but she's proved herself a fighter

Louder

March on Washington: the day MLK – and Dylan and Baez – made hope and history rhyme

Sixty years ago, at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King changed America. But there was more to the day than just his ‘I have a dream’ speech. There was music too

The Guardian - US

The Band's Robbie Robertson leaves behind a legacy of rich, worldly music

When Robbie Robertson died on Aug. 9, his death was well-covered by the media, from mainstream news outlets to a wide variety of music magazines, and across the blogosphere. Robertson died at age 80 after a long illness.

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Are Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith making new albums? Alice Cooper seems to think so

Alice Cooper may have accidentally let slip that Guns N' Roses and Aerosmith have new albums in the works

Metal Hammer

21 Songs That Automatically Make Me Think Of One Specific Movie Scene

Music can make or break a movie and sometimes songs are so well placed, you can't separate them from the scene they're in.

Cinemablend

Classic interview: Robbie Robertson on The Last Waltz, his bronze Strat and playing in the eye of the storm with Dylan – "On that tour in 1965 and ’66… I have never heard of anybody going through something like that, ever, in music history"

A 2017 Guitarist magazine interview with the late guitarist found him looking back on making history

MusicRadar

“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

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Pink wows Wrigley Field sold-out crowd in colorful, carnival wild ride of a show

No one does what Pink does live, and the fearless gymnastic grace of her shows sets them apart as a dazzling display of physical strength and bravery. Not to mention the feat of being able to deliver her booming vocals while suspended upside-down.

Chicago Sun-Times

30 musicians on the album that changed their life as a kid

Members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Rage Against The Machine and more reveal the albums that set them on the path to rock stardom

Louder

Bob Dylan remembers ‘lifelong friend’ and former bandmate Robbie Robertson

Canadian-born Robertson toured with the veteran singer as the lead guitarist for his backing band in the mid-1960s.

The Independent UK

Every time the music dies, we lose a little bit of our souls

Robbie Robertson is gone and our world – once again – is diminished

The Guardian - US

Want to remember The Band's Robbie Robertson? Do it by playing 'The Last Waltz' loud

Musician Robbie Robertson, who died this week, is remembered by Scott Bauer of The Associated Press for the impact he had on his lifelong love of The Band and its music

The Independent UK

Robbie Robertson obituary

Driving force of the Band, whose influential first album, Music from Big Pink, sent US rock music in new directions

The Guardian - UK

Rodriguez obituary

Singer-songwriter who rose to international stardom as the subject of the film Searching for Sugar Man

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Guitar World

“His effect on the art form was profound and lasting”: Robbie Robertson, 1943-2023 – the guitar world pays tribute

Musicians, creatives, and world leaders alike have all paid tribute to the famed Bob Dylan and the Band guitarist, who has died aged 80

Guitar World

“Playing with Bob Dylan was like entering The Twilight Zone of music. You thought, ‘They’re going to wake me up tomorrow because all of this is impossible’”: Robbie Robertson reflects on his remarkable career and the end of the Band

In his final Guitar World interview, the late guitar legend shares his earliest guitar influences, what it was like to get booed onstage with Dylan and why the Band’s final days were so heartbreaking

MusicRadar

"I said, ‘Well, it’ll just be a back-up song in case some other things don’t work out’" – How Robbie Robertson wrote The Band's classic song, The Weight

"I sat the guitar on my lap and I was kind of bent over it and I looked inside the sound hole on the guitar and it said, Nazareth, Pennsylvania"

The Guardian - AU

Robbie Robertson’s 10 best recordings – from Bob Dylan to the Band

The heart of the Band, an integral player in Dylan’s rise, and a stunning solo artist, the Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist has died aged 80

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The Guardian - AU

The Band’s Robbie Robertson captured a dream of what America was, is and might be

The bandleader who didn’t front his band, who was never as celebrated as Bob Dylan or their peers, was the glue keeping the Band together

WEKU

Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band and Bob Dylan, has died at 80

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer helped write the blueprint for Americana music, with songwriting credits including "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek."

MusicRadar

The Band guitarist Robbie Robertson dies, aged 80

Best known for his work with the Band, Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, Robertson passed away after a long illness

The Guardian - US

Robbie Robertson, member of the Band, dies at age 80

The Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist, who worked extensively with Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese, died in Los Angeles after a long illness

Evening Standard

Canadian rocker Robbie Robertson dies aged 80

Legendary rocker Robbie Robertson - who backed Bob Dylan and made The Band one of the biggest acts of the 1960s and 1970s - has died aged 80.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The 10 best songs from The Band in honor of late guitarist Robbie Robertson

Robbie Robertson died this week. Let's remember some of The Band's best songs in his honor.

Louder

The Band’s Robbie Robertson dies at 80

Robbie Robertson, founding guitarist with The Band and the songwriter behind The Weight and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, has died

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