Old Time Music News--4.20.12

Old-time music duo playing Saturday at Oldfield Springfield News-Leader For more than three decades, the people of the Oldfield Opry have served as stewards of old-time country and related music by playing the songs in a congenial, communal setting. Two exponents of this music — Mary Lou Baker of Richmond and Richard ... See all stories on this topic »

Levon Helm: A weighty voice is silenced USA TODAY Countering the psychedelic trend that dominated the fractured music scene, they wrote and recorded songs steeped in old-time country, soul, R&B, '50s rock, gospel, blues and folk ballads — with lyrics that spoke of an older America. See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Levon Helm, longtime drummer in The Band, dead at 71 Chicago Tribune ... poignancy and earthiness to songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Up on Cripple Creek," died on Thursday at the age of 71 from cancer, his manager said. The three-time Grammy Award winner had been fighting throat cancer since 1998. See all stories on this topic »

Levon Helm, key member of The Band, dead at age 71 Wall Street Journal The group would gather for hours at a time to create songs. Musicians would walk by a typewriter on the kitchen table, dash off a verse or two to a song, and wander off. A microphone once was placed on top of the hot-water heater in the basement. See all stories on this topic »