Anticipation has been mounting for months for the second annual Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh, which will honor the late Grateful Dead bassist by continuing his legacy of birthday residencies at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y.
Read MoreToday, NPR World's Coffee "30A Songwriters Sessions" featuring a performance from Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams. Even though it's officially their fourth album as a duo, Campbell and Williams have been playing together for nearly 40 years. Campbell, a Grammy winner who had played with Bob Dylan and The Black Crowes, was initially reluctant. Eventually, after years of playing together with Levon Helm, Campbell and Williams took the leap. Their latest album, "All This Time", is a celebration of their longtime commitment to one another. It also features a special appearance from Helm, recorded shortly before his passing.
Read MoreCampbell, master of all things strings and former accompanist to Bob Dylan and the late Levon Helm (among others), and singer-actress Williams have been together for four decades. Their chemistry is again evident as they alternate lead vocals and harmonize beautifully on this 10-song set — with seven Campbell originals — that chronicles a bond both hard-earned and enduring.
Read MoreThe Hudson Valley's first couple of roots music offer an eclectic celebration of Americana on this collection of a dozen tunes recorded before a live audience at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, where multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell led the Midnight Ramble Band for a decade or so in support of the venue's namesake.
Read MoreLevon Helm’s studio in Woodstock, New York is the perfect venue for the married duo of veteran multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, and about a hundred others) and Teresa Williams to record a live album. After all, Campbell led the house band there for over a decade, fronting Helm’s infamous Midnight Ramble shows before he passed in 2012.
Read MoreToday, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams released “Darling Be Home Soon,” the second song from their upcoming album, Live At Levon’s!, due Feb. 3, 2023, via Royal Potato Family. Along with the new offering, the two artists have announced a 13-date tour with Shawn Mullins.
Read MoreLarry Campbell & Teresa Williams have announced their long-awaited new album, Live At Levon's!, will be released February 3, 2023 via Royal Potato Family. The jubilant 12-track collection was recorded at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY on September 20 and 21, 2019 in front of an adoring hometown crowd and features a selection of previously unreleased new songs, old favorites that allow the band to stretch out plus a handful of unexpected covers. Today, the celebrated husband and wife duo share the album's first single "Angel Of Darkness" (listen/share) a song co-written by Campbell and Hot Tuna's Jorma Kaukonen.
Read MoreCampbell met Teresa Williams in 1986 when he was hired to play in her band, but their collaboration went far beyond the music – they married in 1988. For years, Williams worked on projects independent of her husband. They started working together as part of Helm’s musical universe in 2004 and then served together as adjunct musicians for other bands. In 2015, after decades of working on other people’s projects,
Read MoreA musical odyssey about two veteran musicians in search of what they call “music utopia”, It Was the Music features Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams; he’s from New York’s Upper East Side, she’s from rural West Tennessee.
Read MoreAfter spending many years supporting the likes of Levon Helm, Little Feat and Hot Tuna, the “First Couple of Americana” strike out on their own with another album of original material and classic covers.
Read MoreMarried roots-music aces Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams talk playing with legends, new duo debut