Keyboardist Garth Hudson, perhaps best known for his powerful and memorable Lowrey organ intro for the classic Band song ...

The last surviving original member of the Band died on Tuesday. He was a master on keys and saxophones who could conjure a panoply of scenes and eras.

Garth Hudson was 87 years old. His death was confirmed by the group’s representatives who said he “passed away peacefully in ...

A multifaceted musician, he was the last surviving original member of an influential group that mixed rock, r&b and an Americana sound.

Garth Hudson, whose fantastical approach to the organ and virtuosity on a panoply of other instruments lent a distinctive ...

Garth Hudson, a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist best known for his distinctive organ and saxophone work with the Band, has ...

On June 7, 1925, waves of summer heat, applause and prayer filled UF’s University Auditorium, and “A Mighty Fortress is Our ...

In 1900, Paris hosted its first Olympic games. It had been the second city to host them after the first Olympics in Athens. It was also the year of the Exposition Universelle, where the city would ...

Conductor Benjamin Boyle turns the pages for organist John Walthausen as they prepare for the debut concert of the Church of the Gesu's restored pipe organ. (Peter Crimmins/ WHYY) From Philly and the ...

John Newton’s hymn “Amazing Grace.” The hymn first appeared in Newton’s New Year’s Day sermon in 1773, 252 years ago. One of the greatest hymns of all time, it has been part of countless ...

Can a young Lancastrian build an organ so spectacular it will impress the most powerful man in the world and change the reputation of England on the world stage? Show more In a swashbuckling tale ...

Among Canadians, the best known of his instruments is probably the four-manual, 71-stop tracker organ inside Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall. His favourite? That’s like picking a favourite child ...