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‘Cat Power Sings Dylan’ Revives a Legendary Bob Dylan Concert

‘Cat Power Sings Dylan’ Revives a Legendary Bob Dylan Concert

Cat Power’s version of Bob Dylan’s 1966 concert with the Band in Manchester is reverential but not literal and honors the legend more than the facts.

41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion

41 Essential Pop/Rock Songs with Accordion

No popular musical instrument has been more frequently maligned than the accordion. Despite gaining hipster cred in the 1990s, its role in pop remains underappreciated.

The 10 Best Songs of The Band

The 10 Best Songs of The Band

The Band were one of the original country-rock groups and they helped invent the Americana genre as we know it. Here are 10 of their best songs.

The Band’s Discontented Third LP, 1970’s ‘Stage Fright’, Represented a World Braving Calamity

The Band’s Discontented Third LP, 1970’s ‘Stage Fright’, Represented a World Braving Calamity

Released 50 years ago this month, the Band's Stage Fright remains a marker of cultural unrest not yet remedied.

The Wood Brothers: Live at the Barn

The Wood Brothers: Live at the Barn

In the world of new live records, you could do far worse than Live at the Barn, but it would be quite the task for you to find far better.
Drunken Prayer – “Evangeline (feat. Janet Beveridge Bean)” (video) (Premiere)

Drunken Prayer – “Evangeline (feat. Janet Beveridge Bean)” (video) (Premiere)

Portland, Oregon neo-americana act Drunken Prayer pays tribute to the Band with the tender and curiously psychedelic duet "Evangeline".
The 10 Best Concert Documentaries

The 10 Best Concert Documentaries

What separates someone merely capturing a night when a band is on fire from a great concert documentary? Here are ten films that bridge that gap.

The Deep Dark Woods: Jubilee

An Open Letter to Tom Cruise: How to Make a Movie Rock

Adam Arcuragi: Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It

Counting Crows: Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)

Counterbalance No. 80: The Band’s ‘Music from Big Pink’