Country music may be considered American music. However, these five Canadian singers helped define the country music genre as ...

Andy Shauf was making a disco record. It was quite a curveball from the Canadian folk artist, whose music is often defined by ...

“Canadian Railroad Trilogy” depicted the ... he shed his folkie persona by playing an electric guitar. As the folk music boom came to an end in the late 1960s, Lightfoot was already making ...

Singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the Canadian folk music laureate who crossed over to major pop fame in the U.S. during the ‘70s, died of natural causes on Monday evening at Sunnybrook ...

The Canadian Folk Music Awards has announced that the 2026 awards will be taking place in Calgary.

Canadian folk-rock icon Gordon Lightfoot has ... He first made his name in Toronto's coffeehouse scene. There, he impressed folk music stars Ian and Sylvia, who helped introduce him to the world ...

She has received two Canadian Folk Music Awards. She has released nine studio albums as well as two books of poetry. She has toured extensively across North America, Europe, and the U.K. and ...

By Peter Applebome Before Canadian musicians like Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Joni Mitchell or Leonard Cohen, there was Ian Tyson. Mr. Tyson, who began his music career as half of the folk-era ...

That same day, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences said in a news release: "Following a thorough review, consultations with the CARAS Indigenous Music Advisory Committee ...

In early 2021, Canadian folk-rock band the Weather Station released ... she had been collaborating with a growing cadre of musicians, and her arrangements thickened considerably and took ...

Their exceptional talent and artistry have earned them 44 awards and nominations including being four-time Canadian Folk Music Award winners.

Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot, whose evocative and poetic songs are etched into the musical landscape of Canada, has died at the age of 84, according to his longtime publicist ...