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San Diego Union-Tribune music critic George Varga began drumming in rock bands at 12 and writing professionally about music at 15. A Louisiana native who grew up mostly in Germany, Varga has earned ...

The death of a beloved ex-bandmate partially inspired Robbie Robertson to complete his first solo album in 1987, which included an ode to his lost friend.

With the benefit of half a century of hindsight, Bob Dylan and The Band's The Basement Tapes (released 6/26/75) would appear ...

A lmost four decades after his death at age 42, the pianist and singer Richard Manuel, whose voice was an essential element ...

His Life and Music, from The Hawks and Bob Dylan to The Band’ after deep dives into archival materials and original ...

Released on June 26, 1975, The Basement Tapes was genius finding itself – in Bob Dylan, once more; in the Band, for the very ...

You’d be forgiven for assuming Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson are birds of a different feather. One’s a reclusive Jewish kid ...

For over 50 years, the prolific Japanese composer, producer, and songwriter has shaped and shifted almost every corner of ...

Timothée Chalamet plays him with a calm intensity that grows stronger as Dylan’s fame starts to pull him in different directions. A Complete Unknown tracks how he goes from singing in small clubs to ...

There lies some value in cherry-picking specific sections, such as the description of Bob Dylan and The Band’s performance at the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival in England. To his great credit, Stephen T ...

The Canadian-American roots rock group was a delicate musical fusion that included Robbie Robertson on guitar, Levon Helm on drums and lead vocals, Rick Danko on bass and violin, Garth Hudson on ...