Earlier this year, when The New York Times featured a man who had recorded every book he’d read over many years, I thought about my friend Linda Lightfoot, who’s kept a similar list for two decades.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – If Gordon Lightfoot could read my mind, he’d know that he was part of the soundtrack of my youth … starting with the awful 8-track tapes. He’d know that as I’m writing this, there ...

It feels like Gordon Lightfoot has always been with me. I mean, was there ever a time when “Old Dan’s Records,” “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “Cotton Jenny” ...

Gordon Lightfoot, the legendary folk singer-songwriter known for "If You Could Read My Mind" and "Sundown" and for songs that told tales of Canadian identity, died Monday. He was 84. Once called a ...