Bill Fay, the cult folk singer whose 1970s albums 'Bill Fay' and 'Time of the Last Persecution' were overlooked until the 1990s when they were reissued, has died. He was 81.

Folk singer Bill Fay has died. He was 81 years old. The record label Fay released his last three albums with, Dead Oceans, confirmed his death in an Instagram post on Saturday, Feb. 22.

This Kentucky-born traditional folk singer was an icon. She delivered dozens of albums during her decades-long career, but None But One from 1977 is one of her very best from the 1970s.