The band

• NEW YORK (AP) — Much of the Bands innovative sound was born in the Big Pink. It was a house in idyllic Woodstock, N.Y., rented for $125 a week and nicknamed for its distinctive pink paint job.
(US News and World Report)
• Levon Helm, the singer and drummer from Arkansas who provided the dusty country soul in The Bands rock and roll, died Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan after a long battle with throat cancer. He was 71.
(Newsday)
• Levon Helm died Thursday at the age of 71, and a piece of the rich roots music now called Americana should be buried with him.
(New York Daily News)
• SYDNEY — Greg Ham, a member of the iconic Australian band Men at Work whose saxophone and flute punctuated its biggest hits, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday.
(Washington Post)
• In the unlikely event that a best new artist Grammy curse actually exists, the hex seems to have missed the Zac Brown Band. "Its been good.
(Daily Oklahoman)
• Billy Bragg and Slash have added their tributes to rocker Levon Helm, who lost his battle with cancer on Thursday (19Apr12). The Band drummer fell ill last month (Mar12) and was forced to scrap a series of concert appearances.
(Bragg & Slash Remember The Band Star Helm - Contactmusic.com)
• DETROIT (WJBK) -- Band students at Detroits Martin Luther King, Junior High School are one step closer to an ambitious goal and the trip of a lifetime. The band has been invited to play at the London Olympics. There is only one problem.
(MyFox Detroit)
• Duluth, MN (Northlands NewsCenter) -- The City of Duluth had their first day in court today for a temporary injunction against the Fond du Lac Bands attempt to put the Carter Hotel in trust.
(msnbc.com)