Long before Robbie Robertson became Martin Scorsese’s go-to film composer or music supervisor, the Canadian singer-songwriter-guitarist had a cinematic, storytelling edge to his songwriting. Most of ...
Robbie Robertson was busy enough he didn’t necessarily need to get back into the business of making records. Luckily, he relocated the urge for it somewhere along the way, which resulted in his ...
As part of my annual LifeQuest summer movies class last month, I screened Martin Scorsese's "The Last Waltz" from 1978, about The Band's "farewell concert appearance" with guitarist Robbie Robertson, ...
Robbie Robertson, one of rock's greatest storytellers and The Band's guitarist and primary songwriter, died Wednesday at age 80. The musician, who famously penned the group's classics including “The ...
Robbie Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as "The Weight" and "Up on Cripple Creek" mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died ...
Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" mined and helped reshape American music ...