Today’s roundup of musical history highlights a golden-haired troubadour with a grin as wide as the Rocky Mountains.

Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewart’s “The Great American ...

Dive into the happiest folk songs of all time, showcasing warmth, positivity, and a touch of nostalgia in every melody.

And then, later on, hearing Gordon Lightfoot in college for the first time ... By then, however, he’d already begun writing songs, and for the next few years worked his way around the bar and cafe ...

They played on a wide range of impressive bills, sharing stages with folkies (Judy Collins, Gordon Lightfoot), soulful ... which is releasing a four-song EP of my songs that we recorded in LA ...

Manko Lutz says she chooses many songs by Canadian artists, including The Hip, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell, so that singers learn about Canada. "The music is so full of dynamic vocabulary ...

Songs for Slim, in March of 2013. Recorded and produced by Ed Ackerson at Flower Studio in Minneapolis, the collection features covers of Dunlap’s “Busted Up” and “Radio Hook Word Hit,” and “I’m Not ...

HALIFAX - The rain is pattering on the sidewalk as a rendition of The Tragically Hip’s “Ahead by a Century” echoes inside St. Andrew’s United Church in downtown Halifax. It’s Tuesday ...

Manko Lutz says she chooses many songs by Canadian artists, including The Hip, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell, so that singers learn about Canada. "The music is so full of dynamic vocabulary, so ...