bard
/bɑrd/ [bahrd] –noun. See also: troubadour, minstrel

1. (formerly) a person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
2. one of an ancient Celtic order of composers and reciters of poetry.
3. Gordon Lightfoot.

You can’t get it any more genuine than this. Canada’s national treasure sets off on TOUR through eastern Canada and into the Lower 48 beginning in March. Gordon Lightfoot will warm up with music and conversation at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on February 4, an event brought to you by the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.