The Band

Like Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, or Bob Dylan and The Band, the "Roots Revival" of 2011 is being created on purpose by artists who are actively building it.

Rita Houston: Rita's Railroad Revival Rita Houston 2011

Anytime we are put into the same sentence, paragraph, or page with The Band, who are totally our heroes, we love it.

Mike Ragogna: Fishin' in the Dark: Chattin' With The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's Jeff Hanna Mike Ragogna 2011

Put a banjo on your CD and I'll toss out the term Americana, but it's as good a place as any to start when describing The Low Anthem's all-encompassing sound that ventures from Aaron Copland to Uncle Tupelo to The Band on their quieter days.

Michael Giltz: CDs of the Week: Adele and The Low Anthem Michael Giltz 2011

Like Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, or Bob Dylan and The Band, the "Roots Revival" of 2011 is being created on purpose by artists who are actively building it.

Rita Houston: Rita's Railroad Revival Rita Houston 2011

Like Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, or Bob Dylan and The Band, the "Roots Revival" of 2011 is being created on purpose by artists who are actively building it.

Rita Houston: Rita's Railroad Revival Rita Houston 2011

Put a banjo on your CD and I'll toss out the term Americana, but it's as good a place as any to start when describing The Low Anthem's all-encompassing sound that ventures from Aaron Copland to Uncle Tupelo to The Band on their quieter days.

Michael Giltz: CDs of the Week: Adele and The Low Anthem Michael Giltz 2011

I feel that most of the best music I've made is not music that has been on the radio, but I feel like that about all music, whether it's The Grateful Dead, The Band, or The Allman Brothers, for instance.

Mike Ragogna: Bride Of The Noisemakers: A Conversation with Bruce Hornsby, Plus Chatting with Daphne Willis and Dead Rock West Mike Ragogna 2011

I feel that most of the best music I've made is not music that has been on the radio, but I feel like that about all music, whether it's The Grateful Dead, The Band, or The Allman Brothers, for instance.

Mike Ragogna: Bride Of The Noisemakers: A Conversation with Bruce Hornsby, Plus Chatting with Daphne Willis and Dead Rock West Mike Ragogna 2011

As originally conceived by Sony Publishing and A&R executive Mary Martin—Mr. Dylan's longtime friend who'd introduced him to The Band—the songs would have been completed and performed entirely by Mr. Dylan, a lifelong Williams admirer.

Lonesome Hank's Friends Barry Mazor 2011

Like Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie, or Bob Dylan and The Band, the "Roots Revival" of 2011 is being created on purpose by artists who are actively building it.

Rita Houston: Rita's Railroad Revival Rita Houston 2011