Levon Helm

Interview: Matt North on how drumming and screenwriting made him a songwriter

February 2, 2022 Martin Johnson 0

Get the best, how Matt North got Wilco’s producer, Lucinda Williams’ guitarist, Emmylou Harris’s bassist, and Chris Stapleton’s keyboardist to work with him. There aren’t many singer-songwriters who get to middle-age before starting their solo recording […]

Interview: Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams on “It Was The Music”

June 22, 2021 Martin Johnson 0

How jams at the back of Bob Dylan’s tour bus and Levon Helm’s Barn helped a personal relationship become a musical one. ‘It Was The Music’ is a 10 episode documentary series by director Mark Moskowitz […]

Classic Americana Albums: Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars ” Levon Helm & The RCO All Stars”

March 24, 2021 Alan Fitter 2

In a recent poll on this very website, The Band’s eponymous 1969 album was voted the top Americana album of all time – a deserved honour for a band who epitomises the genre with a body […]

AUK’s top 10 americana albums ever: Lyndon Bolton

January 14, 2021 Clint West 4

Welcome once more to AUK’s quest to identify the top 10 americana albums ever. Looking back it is quite striking to see not only the diversity of the selections so far but also the consistent quality […]

Video: Levon Helm “Poor Old Dirt Farmer”

August 14, 2020 Andrew Frolish 0

This is retro Friday. And this is Americana. Levon Helm was famously the drummer and one of the vocalists for The Band. He also released fabulous solo material. This is from the 2007 comeback album, ‘Dirt […]