Todd Snider, a singer-songwriter known for blending music genres folk, country, rock and blues, has died. He was 59.

Releasing his first album, Songs for the Daily Planet, in 1994, Snider continued to tour his music as recently as this fall.

Todd Snider, the American roots-rock and alt-country pioneer whose storytelling, slacker-with-a-heart-of-gold songs like "Alright Guy" and "Beer Run" made him one o' them musicians'-musicians like his ...