So many brilliant songwriters came out of Canada in the Sixties — legends like Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Robbie Robertson — that the talents of Gordon Lightfoot are sometimes ...

The Canadian singer-songwriter, who died on Monday at 84, brought his rueful baritone to memorable, melancholy material. By Rob Tannenbaum Bob Dylan once named Gordon Lightfoot one of his favorite ...

Lightfoot was doing well in Canada for a while, but it was “If You Could Read My Mind” from 1970 that piqued interest in his music among listeners down south. The song was a big US hit that peaked at ...

As news spread May 1 of Canadian songwriting and singing legend Gordon Lightfoot’s death, realizing the full impact of his artistry and the breadth of his catalog felt all the more jolting. To hear ...

Gordon Lightfoot is one of the greatest songwriters of the last 60 years. Yes, that’s my opinion. But it’s also the opinion of someone who knows a whole lot more about songwriting than me – or you.

Michiganders remembered Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer who died Monday at 84 and who told stories through song, one of the best known being "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," an unlikely ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian singer-songwriter whose graceful and literate songwriting made him one of the most respected folk-rooted musicians to emerge in the 1960s, died on Monday. He was 84. His ...

Gordon Lightfoot is one of the greatest songwriters of the last 60 years. Yes, that’s my opinion. But it’s also the opinion of someone who knows a whole lot more about songwriting than me – or you.

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada’s legendary folk singer-songwriter known for “If You Could Read My Mind” and “Sundown” and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died on Monday. He was 84.