Americana Music News--4.19.12

Levon Helm, Familiar Voice of The Band, Dies at Age 71 CMT.com Working without Dylan, they released their debut album, Music From Big Pink, in 1968. Blending rock, folk and country influences, it was critically acclaimed and is regarded as landmark in what was later to be known as Americana music. See all stories on this topic » CMT.com

Legendary musician Levon Helm dies at age 71 USA TODAY Singer Rosanne Cash, herself the daughter of another Arkansas icon, Johnny Cash, recalls singing The Weight with Helm at an Americana Music Association event a year or so ago: "My whole body was tingling throughout the song. I didn't want it to end. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Levon Helm dies at 71 Variety By Christopher Morris Levon Helm, the founding drummer of the Band who became a creative force in roots music and cherished Americana icon as a solo performer, died today at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York after a long battle ... See all stories on this topic »

Highlights of the life of Levon Helm Times Herald-Record Helm was the second artist to win a Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing by the Americana Music Association (Emmylou Harris). Helm was the first artist to win a Grammy for Best Americana Album. Elton John and Bernie Taupin named John's famous 1971 ... See all stories on this topic »

Levon Helm The Guardian In 2008, he was awarded a Recording Academy lifetime achievement award as an original member of the Band, as well as an artist of the year award from the Americana Music Association. Electric Dirt (2009) brought another Grammy, for best Americana album ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

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Levon Helm - Americana Music - Music Fog Word came yesterday afternoon that Levon Helm is in the final stages of his battle with cancer ... musicfog.com/home/2012/4/18/levon-helm.html

Sarah Jarosz "Little Song" - Americana Music - Music Fog I spent an idyllic evening Friday night in the Sculpture Garden at New Orleans Museum of Art ... musicfog.com/home/2012/4/16/sarah-jarosz-little-song.html