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As he takes his Artium label independent, the veteran producer-turned-exec is emphasizing a different way of doing business: education instead of exploitation, collaboration instead of competition
Fundraiser for late musician helped benefit musicians affected by COVID-19 pandemic
Hear a revealing interview with Bill Withers and an intimate remembrance of John Prine on ‘Rolling Stone Music Now’
Singer Adam Weiner also covers Withers’ hopeful anthem “Lean on Me’
“[Bill’s music] reminds us about what’s really important in life,” Crow says
Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, whom Withers once called his “link to the stars,” details their long friendship
“Your words and melodies… the chords that accompanied them… they reached into my soul and spoke to me so deeply”
From “Lean on Me” to “Just the Two of Us,” we look back at the R&B legend’s most memorable tracks
