DAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: When Janis Ian was young, she was very precocious. She got her first song, both lyrics and music, printed in the same folk music ... the day that he died was the day ...

Ed Askew, a cult folk music singer/songwriter and painter, died on Jan. 4 ... a post about Wheeler’s death from Grammy winner Janis Ian. “One of the greatest little-known artists on earth ...

TORONTO — Gordon Lightfoot, Canada's legendary folk singer-songwriter whose hits including ... identity that was exported worldwide, died on Monday. He was 84. Representative Victoria Lord ...

Country-music star Johnny Rodriguez, a popular Mexican-American singer best known for chart-topping hits in the 1970s, including “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind,” “Ridin’ My Thumb ...

Johnny Rodriguez, one of country music’s first Hispanic stars and known for 1970s hits “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died at the age of 73.

The singer's daughter, Aubry Rodriguez, said he died on Friday, May 9 Paul S. Howell/Getty Country music star Johnny Rodriguez has died. He was 73. Rodriguez's daughter Aubry announced his death ...

SAN ANTONIO — Country music star Johnny Rodriguez ... My Thumb to Mexico” and “That’s the Way Love Goes,” has died. He was 73. Rodriguez died Friday in San Antonio from health ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Tejano and country singer Johnny Rodriguez passed away Friday night. The late singer was from Sabinal, Texas. According to a Facebook post made by his daughter ...

Israel Borrego, 26, died a day after he was shot. Rodriguez continued to play concerts in South Texas, and he was inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

By Livia Albeck-Ripka Johnny Rodriguez, who became the first Mexican American country music star with a string of hits, died on Friday. He was 73. His daughter, Aubry Rodriguez, announced his ...