Levon Helm and The Band: a rock parable of fame, betrayal, and redemption

The Band singer Levon Helm is dead at age 71 after a long battle with cancer, the Times Herald-Record reports. He passed away April 19 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

First, Ohanian published an open letter to Taplin, in which he pushes modern solutions to problems between artists and the business models they rely on–in particular, he suggested The Band get back together for one more release.

Levon Helm of The Band found an unlikely path back to fame after decades of disappointment. But by the end, the homespun singer from Turkey Scratch, Ark., had come full circle. By Mark Guarino, Staff writer / April 20, 2012 In this 2009 photo,

Greg Ham, a member of the Australian band Men at Work whose saxophone and flute punctuated its smash 1980s hits, was found dead April 19 at his home in Melbourne, Australia. He was 58. Police said the death did not appear to be suspicious, although the

Levon Helm of The Band found an unlikely path back to fame after decades of disappointment. But by the end, the homespun singer from Turkey Scratch, Ark., had come full circle. By Mark Guarino, Staff writer / April 20, 2012 In this 2009 photo,