Leon Redbone, the perpetually anachronistic, famously mysterious artist who rose to prominence as a performer on Toronto's folk circuit in the early '70s, died Thursday while in hospice care in Bucks ...

In this age of the Web allowing instant access to everything about celebrities, Leon Redbone remains a mystery. The man who makes 20th century jazz and blues come alive seems to subscribe to American ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Leon Redbone, the blues and jazz artist whose growly voice, Panama hat and cultivated air of mystery made him seem like a character out of the ragtime era or the Depression-era ...

Leon Redbone, the famously mysterious musician whose strummy, Ragtime-style crooning seemed to emanate from a bygone era, died Thursday at age 69. Leon Redbone, the famously mysterious musician whose ...

Leon Redbone, a singer who reveled in the ragtime music of vaudeville with his gravelly voice, died early Thursday. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that early this morning, May 30th 2019, Leon ...

Leon Redbone is not a jazz musician, but the brand of pop music he favors -- Tin Pan Alley tunes of the '20s and '30s -- would have sounded much different if the genre known as jazz hadn't emerged at ...

Leon Redbone, the pop crooner time forgot, occasionally forgot some vintage lyrics Friday night at the Barns of Wolf Trap. His baritone would suddenly dip into a sustained croaky hum or a mumbled fade ...

I (and hundreds of others, I expect) received an e-mail Tuesday morning announcing the retirement from recording and live performing by Leon Redbone. People of a certain age may have fond and ...

He said Redbone has the nation's road system in his head, memorized, and could give directions, no problem, from, say, Macon, Ga., to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. A skill sharpened after Redbone survived a 1979 ...

NEW YORK — Leon Redbone, the acclaimed singer and guitarist who performed jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-style songs, died Thursday, according to a statement released by his family. No details about ...