Narrows Center for the Arts holiday events and expanded spaces

The Narrows Center for the Arts has recently expanded its community spaces and rentals program. The venue now offers two more ...
Houston Press

Richard Manuel’s Tears and Tragedy

Richard Manuel's gritty voice and dominant piano playing helped drive the engine of the Band. Unfortunately, as a new bio ...
Georgia Straight

You Nearly Missed: Vancouver roots royalty joins Chest Fever at the Rickshaw for a tribute to the Band's Last Waltz

In that spirit, The Last Waltz—A Live Tribute To The Band’s Farewell Concert will see Chest Fever joined by a who’s who of Vancouver’s roots scene: Scott Smith, Mercy Walker, Leo D.E. Johnson, Bruce ...

Preview calendar: John Waite, Dark Star Orchestra, Susan Orlean, "Telling the Truth" and more

Arts, entertainment, film, festivals and more events happening this week in the greater Capital Region from Thursday, Nov. 13 ...
Chronogram

Through the Lens of Elliott Landy: The Band, Dylan, and Woodstock

Photographer Elliott Landy—who helped define the look of The Band, Dylan, and Woodstock—shares his new two-volume set and ...

Five songs that were improved by their backing singers

Backing vocals are the sort of thing, you might not miss until they're gone. On these five tracks, that is very much the case ...

Drugs, Movies, and Fights With Levon: What We Learned From Robbie Robertson's New Memoir

Insomnia, Robertson's posthumously released followup to his first memoir, goes deep into his growing relationship with Hollywood and his splintering one with his Band mate Levon Helm ...
Union Leader

In Sarah Hall’s ‘Helm,’ the wind is a central character

To say that Sarah Hall’s “Helm” blew me away would be too cute, but it is the first novel I’ve ever read about wind.