Late Thursday night in Los Angeles, a few minutes shy of midnight, the soul-stirring vocalist had the crowd at the Forum on their feet. Staples had just performed “The Weight” onstage with Bob Weir, ...

The lineup for The Band's "Last Waltz" included the best of the best, but Levon Helm believed they could have gone without this major artist.

Nathaniel Rateliff paused backstage before the start of an all-star tribute to the late singer-songwriter Robbie Robertson on Thursday, considering what Robertson’s music, solo and with The Band, has ...