Pop and Rock Music – Page 346

Moogs and Muppets: Record Shopping in Brooklyn

Picking through the bins at the Academy Records Annex, and rediscovering “Switched-On Rock,” as well as albums by Tim Hardin and Otis Redding.

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The 31-year-old singer and songwriter is releasing a self-titled album on a major label — and bracing for the potential backlash.

By Rob Tannenbaum

Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 folk ballad told the true story of a shipwreck on Lake Superior. One of his old friends called it “a documentarian’s song.”

By Mike Ives

Mr. Lightfoot’s rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of the 1970s.

By William Grimes