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 ...

Leon Redbone died last month. The 69-year-old singer and guitar player stopped performing a few years ago for health reasons, but he had a long run and kept his loyal followers happy with 17 albums ...

He was an icon of individualism in an era of pop-culture extravagance. Often attired in a white Panama hat and suit, Leon Redbone casually strummed an acoustic guitar to songs of the 1930s and ‘40s ...

Leon Redbone, the famously mysterious musician whose strummy, Ragtime-style crooning seemed to emanate from a bygone era, died Thursday at age 69. “He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty ...

Leon Redbone, the famously mysterious musician whose strummy, Ragtime-style crooning seemed to emanate from a bygone era, died Thursday at age 69. “He departed our world with his guitar, his trusty ...

There are musicians whose songs come from a genuine place – a place of enjoyment, of creation, of mood, as opposed to money, fame and ratings. From this old-school class come some of the finest ...

Watching a concert by Leon Redbone is like being stuck in the closing credits of a Woody Allen movie, or trapped in a retro comic by R. Crumb. Enjoying the experience requires a very specific taste, ...

Leon Redbone, a musician of enigmatic individuality who seemed to inhabit the past in his concerts and recordings, playing and singing early jazz and blues as if he had strolled straight out of the ...

Acclaimed singer and guitarist Leon Redbone, known for his jazz, ragtime and Tin Pan Alley-style music, has died. Redbone's family confirmed the musician's death on Thursday in a statement shared on ...

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 ...