Robbie Robertson is a polarizing figure in rock history. He wrote some of the most indelible songs in the genre's history, but die-hard fans of his musical outfit, the Band, believe that he ditched ...

Robbie Robertson, guitarist and songwriter for Canadian-American group The Band, has died aged 80. A statement from his manager said he died on Wednesday surrounded by his family after a long illness.

“We'd tried it a number of different ways, but we weren't that excited about it,” Robbie Robertson told ... the debut album from the Band: guitarist Robertson, bassist Rick Danko, keyboardists ...

Robbie Robertson was on the verge of new territory with The Band, but he felt that this rocker helped usher in a new brand of ...

In a previously unpublished interview conducted in February 2023, the Band’s Robbie Robertson (who died in August 2023) recalled that night, nearly 50 years ago, when he and his comrades ...

Amid the psychedelia of the late ’60s, several artists abandoned sitars and fuzz boxes in favor of mandolins and fiddles, ...

The Band and Bob Dylan spent most of their 1965-66 tour hearing arguments from critics about why they should ditch one another.

When Robbie Robertson decided in the mid-’70s The Band should call it quits (if only, as originally intended, for a while), he wanted them to go out in style. Hence, he formed the idea they ...

simply titled 'The Band,' remains a cornerstone of rock Americana -- an astonishing feat considering four of the five members (Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and Rick Danko ...

And when I put on your record, it was a good feeling.” That meant everything to me. [The Band’s Music From Big Pink and The ...