This is FRESH AIR. We're going to remember Dan Hicks, who died of liver cancer Saturday. He was 74. He was a singer-songwriter and leader of the band Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, which he formed in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dan Hicks, an American singer and songwriter whose offbeat mix of folk, jazz, pop, country and blues earned him critical acclaim over a 40-year career, has died at age 74, his ...

The wry singer known for his "folk swing" music died Feb. 6. Hear sessions from 2000 and 2009. Remembering Dan Hicks Dan Hicks, the wry, irascible leader of Dan Hicks And His Hot Licks, died of cancer ...

Mortality keeps hitting second-generation giants of popular music hard; sadly, two more in recent days. Best known was Maurice White, Earth, Wind & Fire’s founder, leader, main songwriter and co-lead ...

The legendary Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks perform "Holidaze in Hicksville" for the first time at the Napa Valley Opera House Dec. 14 at 8 p.m. The one-of-a-kind musical evening will be their only ...

(Surfdog, 2009): Hicks was the ultimate hipster when he launched his recording career back in the ’70s with a unique blend of acoustic swing and Gypsy jazz that was at once nostalgic and surreal.