In the midst of the country's turbulence in 1968, five musicians later named simply The Band hunkered down in a salmon-colored house in upstate New York to craft Music From Big Pink, an album that ...

The Band's 1968 debut album, Music From Big Pink, is getting remixed and expanded for its 50th anniversary this year. Six bonus tracks from the sessions, including outtakes and alternate versions ...

The collection, which featured many songs written at the rural house known as Big Pink in West Saugerties, in upstate New York, and recorded at studios in New York and Los Angeles, was ranked No ...

But Music From Big Pink found fans amongst rock’s luminaries, who couldn’t stop talking about it in interviews. Eric Clapton was one of The Band’s first and biggest fans, and George Harrison ...

Explore Explore The Big Pink See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It was a different vibe for them up there,” says Sid Griffin, who wrote about The Band’s ...

By the time they released their debut album, Music From Big Pink, on July 1, 1968, the Band were already semi legends. Much of their rep came from backing Dylan during his combative tour of ...

The first hint of otherness comes from the voices. They are five in all, each ragged and weary in his own way, each contributing to "Tears of Rage" on his own timetable, when stirred by some spirit.

The last original member of the Band died this week at 87 ... Hudson hadn’t stepped foot on the Big Pink grounds since the Sixties. But the owners weren’t around that day, and he didn ...

Some albums become life companions. The Band’s “Music From Big Pink,” which celebrated the 50th anniversary of its release on July 1 and gets a deluxe-reissue next Friday, is such a record.

Given that Music From Big Pink came out in the turbulent summer of 1968, it’s tempting to frame the album as a set of soothing sounds for troubled times. Don’t believe it. The Band‘s debut ...