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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

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

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“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

Guitar World

"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"

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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

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

The Guardian - AU

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."

WEKU

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

MusicRadar

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Evening Standard

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.

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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

Guitar World

Robbie Robertson, guitarist for Bob Dylan, the Band, dies at 80

The famed guitarist had recently completed work on the score for the upcoming Martin Scorsese film, Killers of the Flower Moon

MusicRadar

The 5 George Harrison post-Beatles songs you need to hear: “I write lyrics and I make up songs, but I'm not a great lyricist or songwriter or producer. It's when you put all these things together — that makes me"

Freed from the creative confines of The Beatles, George Harrison set out to realise his true creative potential. Here are five of his finest works…

The Independent UK

Sinead O’Connor was an undemanding performer ‘driven by doing the right thing’

The music producer for the Late Late Show TV programme said Sinead O’Connor ‘always nailed it, we were never let down by her’.

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"We’re heading somewhere beautiful and peaceful, but it may take some time to get there and there may be some fighting on the way": A tribute to Sinead O'Connor, pop star, protest singer and eternal rebel

Irish music writer Stuart Bailie remembers the Sinéad O’Connor he knew

Guitar World

“Mick came in with his Les Paul, plugged in to my amp and fiddled with the controls. All of a sudden there it was, the full Ziggy Stardust tone”: The post-Bowie career of Mick Ronson, rock ’n’ roll’s most quietly spoken guitar hero

Sure, he made a massive imprint on David Bowie’s classic early ’70s albums. But Mick Ronson also worked with Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Elton John, Roger McGuinn, Morrissey, Ian Hunter and many others

The Independent UK

Notable moments from Sinead O’Connor’s trailblazing career

The Nothing Compares 2 U singer was a major cultural figure who was unafraid to stand up for what she believed in.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sinead O’Connor, controversial Irish singer, dies at 56

‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ vocalist was known as much for her private struggles and provocative actions as for her fierce and expressive music.

Homes & Gardens

The furniture arrangement in Bob Dylan’s Highlands mansion is the epitome of functional design – take the tour

The great American songwriter Bob Dylan sells his home in Scotland for $3.9 million and the photos are gorgeous

Ideal Home

We get an insider look at Bob Dylan's £3 million Scottish Highland estate

We got a peek inside the 60s icon's longtime Highland home – and it's glorious as it sounds

The Guardian - UK

Nina Simone’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

Ahead of an album of previously unreleased 1966 live recordings, we appraise the strident, sexual, socially conscious songcraft of a truly indomitable artist

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