The band

• April 20, 2012 (ALBANY, N.Y.
(Abc Local Web)
• 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. The group would gather for hours at a time to create songs.
(Houston Chronicle)
• As fans of the Band continue to mourn the death of singer-drummer Levon Helm, not surprisingly, so are those who worked directly with him. Among them: Bob Dylan and Martin Scorsese.
(Entertainment Online)
• The Band—even its name is an enigma. A collection for four Canadians and one Arkansan, born to back up another Arkansan, Ronnie Hawkins, then Bob Dylan, then to exist as the entity The Band.
(All About Jazz)
• I first heard Levon Helms voice in 1968, on The Bands album Music From Big Pink. Ray Wylie Hubbard turned me on to the record when I came home to Dallas from college that summer. I was immediately drawn into a sound that was unlike anything Id ever heard.
(NPR News)
• Reuters reports that The Band's drummer and founder, Levon Helm passed away on Thursday. The interpreter was 71 years old and was suffering from throat cancer since 1998.
(Daily Gossip)
• VH1 Classic is celebrating the music and memory of drummer Levon Helm of The Band with the special presentation of The Last Waltz, the famous concert film taped at Winterland in San Francisco which documented the band's farewell tour performance.
(Examiner)
• Musician Levon Helm, founding member of The Band, died on Thursday in New York. He was 71. A note on Helms website explained, Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon.
(10Connects.com)
• GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Levon Helm, with songs such as The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Weight and Up on Cripple Creek, was the foundation of Bob Dylan's backup group that became The Band, one of rock's most legendary acts.
(MLive.com)