Fifty years ago, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad ...

The Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot and the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald are inextricably linked in a way few episodes are.

Gordon Lightfoot was one of the greatest songwriters of his generation, with poignant melodies set to words that touched on everything from highways and hilltops, to lovers to loneliness. But when it ...

Gordon Lightfoot and his band recorded the "little ditty" in a Toronto studio in December 1975, just weeks after the ...

Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's answer to U.S. singer-songwriters who provided the soundtrack for baby boomers coming of age amid a countercultural revolution, died Monday, his publicist said. He was 84.

First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a 12-string acoustic. Then come the haunting lyrics.

Gordon Lightfoot, hailed as Canada’s “folk troubadour” for his wistfully sincere music and lyrics, died on May 1 at age 84. The prolific singer-songwriter gained international acclaim in the 1960s and ...

David James Carlson leads the Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Band. He knew the late singer-songwriter personally, and remembers ...

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 ...

Fans of beloved folk singer, songwriter, Gordon Lightfoot, 84, mourn his death today. According to Fox News Digital, “Representative Victoria Lord confirmed that Lightfoot died at a Toronto hospital ...

Nick Offerman is a Gordon Lightfoot man. The actor, comedian, author, part-time farmer and occasional singer has his Thursday show at the Colosseum at Caesars Windsor circled on his calendar because ...

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian folk singer whose hits included “Sundown,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Carefree Highway” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died Monday. He was 84.