Robbie Robertson, the co-founder of The Band and Ringo Starr have joined forces with Playing For Change, a grassroots multimedia music project dedicated to “inspiring and connecting the world through music,” for an epic, global rendition of The Bands’ song “The Weight.” Born in 2002 as a shared vision between…
Category archives: The Band
13 New Albums To Stream Now: Tash Sultana, Troye Sivan, The Band and More Editors’ Picks
Tash Sultana’s dazzling debut, Troye Sivan’s push into vulnerability, The Band’s golden-anniversary ‘Big Pink’ reissue and more new albums to stream now
Review: The Band’s ‘Music From Big Pink’ 50th Anniversary Box Set Puts a New Shine on an Old Classic
New edition of the influential 1968 LP features a bright new mix and an a cappella edit of ‘I Shall Be Released’
The Band’s ‘Music From Big Pink’: 10 Things You Didn’t Know
How an old Morse-code device, a freak grilling accident and a naked hippie dance played into the group’s gamechanging roots-rock masterpiece