The Song: The honey-smooth baritone voice of Gordon Lightfoot ’s “The Circle Is Small” struck a chord with modern-day troubadours, showing how richly detailed, vantage-from-afar storylines can be ...
The Edmund Fitzgerald was so impressive, crowds would gather to watch it go through the Soo Locks. DETROIT — Here in the Mariners' Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner ...
Think you've heard everything from Gordon Lightfoot? At age 74, the Canadian singer-songwriter known for "If You Could Read My Mind," "Sundown," "Rainy Day People" and "The Wreck of the Edmund ...
Musicians can win all kinds of awards. But few find themselves on a stamp, one of the highest honors a nation can bestow on one of its artists. That’s where Gordon Lightfoot landed in 2007, when the ...
“The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee” - From “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” First come the mournful notes - an electric guitar layered over a ...
The Lightfoot Band will play at the Iron Horse on April 24 at 7 p.m. Most of the band members are part of Gordon Lightfoot’s original touring band. Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon ...
DETROIT — Here in the Mariners' Church, planted in the shadow of the Renaissance Center at the corner of Woodbridge Street and Woodward Avenue, the gales of November seem to swirl in the air. The ...
The Mariners' Church in Detroit will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck. Gordon Lightfoot's 1976 ballad is inextricably linked to the maritime tragedy that killed 29 ...