Today on NOW and NEXT:

The legendary singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot passed away May 1, 2023 at the age of 84. Veteran, award-winning broadcast journalist Barb DiGiulio joins the show to talk about Lightfoot's extraordinary career and catalogue of music.

Lightfoot appeared at a Hugh's Room gathering in 2016 to celebrate what would have been Stompin' Tom Connor's 80 birthday. He tells a great story of his encounter with Stompin' Tom and plays a song he thinks Tom would have liked.

You can check it out here. It's 13 minutes well spent.

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• The Leafs win the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 19 years and kick off Round Two at home to the Florida Panthers.
• Barb spent Monday going back and forth with the bank because her credit card was compromised!
• Enough with the bag bans already. Shouldn't it be part of a retailer's service to provide you with some vessel to carry your goods in?
• And we weigh in on "Bare Minimum Mondays".