2023 In Music

• Classical
• Country
• Electronic
• Jazz
• Latin
• Heavy metal
• Hip hop
• R&B
• Rock
• K-pop
• J-pop

• Gavriil Popov – Symphony No. 4 (written 1948–49; premiere February 16)

• Blood Youth
• Blur
• DNCE
• The Mamas
• Walk the Moon

January

• 1
  • Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
  • Sebastian Marino, 57, American metal guitarist (Overkill, Anvil)
  • Fred White, 67, American funk drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 2
  • Andrew Downes, 72, British classical composer
  • Kingsize Taylor, 83, British rock and roll singer and guitarist (Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes)
• 3
  • Joseph Koo, 91, Hong Kong film composer
  • Notis Mavroudis, 77, Greek classical guitarist and composer
  • Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish post-punk keyboardist and guitarist (The Associates)
• 4
  • Stan Hitchcock, 86, American country music singer and co-founder of CMT
  • Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin folk singer
  • Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian film lyricist
• 5
  • Mark Capps, 54, American sound engineer
  • Gordy Harmon, 79, American R&B and soul singer (The Whispers)
• 6
  • Jeff Blackburn, 77, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape)
  • Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian pop singer
• 7 – Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, Russian folk singer-songwriter
• 8 – Slim Newton, 90, Australian country music singer-songwriter
• 9
  • Séamus Begley, 73, Irish folk fiddler and accordionist
  • Dick Flood, 90, American country music singer-songwriter
  • Magnar Mangersnes, 84, Norwegian classical organist and choral conductor
  • Yoriaki Matsudaira, 91, Japanese classical composer
• 10
  • Jeff Beck, 78, British rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice, The Honeydrippers)
  • Dennis Budimir, 84, American jazz and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew)
  • José Evangelista, 79, Spanish classical composer
• 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese electronic and rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, METAFIVE)
• 12
  • Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian rock drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
  • Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American country rock singer-songwriter
  • Laylaw, American hip hop record producer.
• 13
  • Keith Beaton, 72, American R&B singer (Blue Magic)
  • Ray Cordeiro, 98, Hong Kong disc jockey (RTHK Radio 3)
• 14 – Matthias Carras, 58, German pop singer
• 15
  • Doris, 75, Swedish pop singer
  • Bruce Gowers, 82, British music video director
  • C. J. Harris, 31, American country singer
  • Vakhtang Kikabidze, 84, Georgian singer
• 16 – Johnny Powers, American rockabilly singer and guitarist
• 17
  • Van Conner, 55, American alternative rock bassist (Screaming Trees)
  • Manana Doijashvili, 75, Georgian classical pianist
  • Leon Dubinsky, 81, Canadian folk composer
  • Renée Geyer, 69, Australian pop singer
  • Larry Morris, 75, New Zealand garage rock singer (Larry's Rebels)
  • Richard Oesterreicher, 90, Austrian jazz guitarist and conductor
• 18
  • David Crosby, 81, American folk rock singer-songwriter (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
  • Victor Rasgado, 63, Mexican classical pianist and composer
  • Gary Smith, American record producer (death announced on this date)
  • Marcel Zanini, 99, Turkish-born French jazz clarinetist
• 19 – Alex Napier, 75, English hard rock drummer (Uriah Heep)
• 20
  • Stella Chiweshe, 76, Zimbabwean folk mbira player
  • Loïc Guguen, French opera singer
  • Nick Todd, 87, American pop singer
• 21 – B.G., the Prince of Rap, 57, American rapper
• 22
  • Easley Blackwood Jr., 89, American classical and electronic composer and pianist
  • Lin Brehmer, 68, American disc jockey and radio personality (WXRT)
  • Zhanna Pliyeva, 73, Georgian classical composer and pianist
• 23
  • Carol Sloane, 85, American jazz singer
  • Top Topham, 75, English blues rock guitarist (The Yardbirds)
• 26
  • Dean Daughtry, 76, American rock keyboardist (The Candymen, Classics IV, Atlanta Rhythm Section)
  • Peter McCann, 74, American songwriter and singer
• 27 – Floyd Sneed, 80, Canadian rock drummer (Three Dog Night)
• 28
  • Odd Børre, 83, Norwegian pop singer
  • David Challinor, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sounds Like Sunset)
  • Barrett Strong, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter
  • Tom Verlaine, 73, American art punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Television)
• 29
  • Heddy Lester, 72, Dutch pop singer
  • Gabriel Tacchino, 88, French classical pianist
• 31
  • Donnie Marsico, 68, American rock singer (The Jaggerz)
  • Charlie Thomas, 85, American R&B singer (The Drifters)

February

• 1
  • Lucy Quintero, 74, Panamanian folk singer
  • George Zukerman, 95, Canadian classical bassoonist
• 2
  • Butch Miles, 78, American jazz drummer
  • Tim Quy, 61, English post-punk percussionist and keyboardist (Cardiacs)
• 3 – Paul Janovitz, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist (Cold Water Flat)
• 4 – Vani Jairam, 77, Indian playback singer
• 5
  • Phil Spalding, 65, English rock bassist (GTR, Original Mirrors, Toyah)
  • Lillian Walker, 78, American R&B singer (The Exciters)
• 7
  • Mendelson Joe, 78, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
  • Steve Sostak, 49, American experimental rock singer and saxophonist (Sweep the Leg Johnny) (death announced on this date)
• 8
  • Burt Bacharach, 94, American pop songwriter and composer
  • Dennis Lotis, 97, South African-born British swing singer
• 10
  • AKA, 35, South African rapper
  • Joe Millar, 87, Northern Irish folk singer and musician (The Irish Rovers)
• 11 – Tito Fernández, 80, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
• 12 – David Jolicoeur, 54, American rapper (De La Soul)
• 13
  • Tim Aymar, 59, American progressive metal singer (Pharaoh, Control Denied)
  • Guido Basso, 85, Canadian jazz trumpeter
  • Alain Goraguer, 91, French jazz pianist, arranger and composer
  • Huey "Piano" Smith, 89, American R&B pianist
  • Spencer Wiggins, 81, American soul singer
• 14
  • Friedrich Cerha, 96, Austrian classical composter and conductor
  • Peter Renkens, 55, Belgian new beat singer (Confetti's) (death announced on this date)
  • Akira Tsuneoka, 51, Japanese pop punk drummer (Hi-Standard)
• 15 – Raquel Welch, 82, American dance singer
• 16
  • Chuck Jackson, 85, American R&B singer
  • Michael Kupper, 65, German heavy metal guitarist (Running Wild)
  • Maon Kurosaki, 35, Japanese pop singer
  • Marilú, 95, Mexican bolero singer
  • Tony Marshall, 85, German schlager and opera singer
  • Alberto Radius, 80, Italian pop rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Formula 3)
• 17
  • Otis Barthoulameu, American pop punk singer and guitarist (Fluf, Olivelawn) (death announced on this date)
  • Jerry Dodgion, 90, American jazz saxophonist and flautist
  • Gerald Fried, 95, American film and television composer
  • Kyle Jacobs, 49, American songwriter
  • Vijay Kichlu, 92, Indian classical singer
  • Hans Poulsen, 77, Australian soft rock singer-songwriter
  • Tom Whitlock, 68, American pop rock songwriter
• 19 – Davis Causey, 74, American Southern rock guitarist (Sea Level)
• 20
  • Bruce Barthol, 75, American psychedelic rock bassist (Country Joe and the Fish)
  • Victor Brox, 81, English blues singer
  • Lyubomyr Futorsky, 50, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
  • Tom Stephen, 68, Canadian blues rock drummer (The Jeff Healey Band)
• 21
  • Ron Altbach, 76, American rock keyboardist (King Harvest, Celebration)
  • Jesse Gress, 67, American rock guitarist
• 23
  • Slim Borgudd, 76, Swedish rock drummer (Lea Riders Group)
  • Junnosuke Kuroda, 34, Japanese rock guitarist (Sumika)
• 25 – Walter Ferguson, 103, Panamanian-born Costa Rican calypso singer-songwriter
• 27 – Ismaïla Touré, 73, Senegalese Mbalax singer and percussionist (Touré Kunda)

March

• 1
  • Wally Fawkes, 98, British-Canadian jazz clarinettist
  • Leon Hughes, 92, American R&B singer (The Coasters)
  • Neela Ramgopal, 87, Indian Carnatic singer
  • Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican ranchera and corrido singer
• 2
  • Johnny Johnson, 80, American soul singer (Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon)
  • Steve Mackey, 56, British indie rock bassist (Pulp) and record producer
  • Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report, The Jazz Messengers)
  • Gothart Stier, 84, German classical singer, organist and conductor
• 3
  • David Lindley, 78, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kaleidoscope)
  • Calvin Newton, 93, American gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys, Sons of Song)
• 4
  • Sueli Costa, 79, Brazilian MPB composer and singer
  • Robert Haimer, 69, American comedy rock singer-songwriter (Barnes & Barnes)
  • Michael Rhodes, 69, American country bassist (The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
  • Spot, 72, American record producer and engineer
  • James "Owl" Walsh, 74, American rock singer and keyboardist (Gypsy)
• 5
  • Arif Cooper, Jamaican reggae DJ and multi-instrumentalist
  • Gary Rossington, 71, American Southern rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band)
• 6 – Eric Alan Livingston, 38, American experimental metal multi-instrumentalist
• 7 – Michael Brimer, 89, South African-Australian classical organist and conductor
• 8
  • Jim Durkin, 58, American thrash metal guitarist (Dark Angel)
  • Josua Madsen, 45, Danish thrash metal drummer (Artillery)
• 9 – Robin Lumley, 74, British jazz keyboardist (Brand X)
• 10
  • Junior English, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer
  • Napoleon XIV, 84, American novelty singer-songwriter
• 11 – Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper
• 12 – Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech classical composer
• 13
  • Simon Emmerson, 67, English jazz and worldbeat guitarist (Weekend, Working Week, Afro Celt Sound System)
  • Jim Gordon, 77, American rock drummer (Derek and the Dominos, The Wrecking Crew, Traffic) and songwriter
  • Canisso, 57, Brazilian rock bassist (Raimundos)
• 14
  • Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer-songwriter
  • Dix Denney, American punk guitarist (The Weirdos, Thelonious Monster) (death announced on this date)
• 15 – Théo de Barros, 80, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer (Quarteto Novo)
• 16 – Tony Coe, 88, English jazz clarinetist and saxophonist
• 17
  • Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American R&B and funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic, The Parliaments)
  • Fito Olivares, 75, Mexican cumbia saxophonist
  • Mick Slattery, 77, British space rock guitarist (Hawkwind)
• 20 – Dmitry Nova, 34, Russian synthpop and house producer (Cream Soda)
• 21
  • Oleksandr Kozarenko, 59, Ukrainian classical pianist and composer
  • Anita Thallaug, 85, Norwegian pop singer
• 22
  • Tom Leadon, 70, American rock guitarist (Mudcrutch)
  • Wayne Swinny, 59, American nu metal guitarist (Saliva)
• 23
  • Luca Bergia, 54, Italian alternative rock drummer (Marlene Kuntz)
  • Keith Reid, 76, English psychedelic rock lyricist and songwriter (Procol Harum)
  • Peter Shelley, 80, English pop singer-songwriter
• 25
  • Juca Chaves, 84, Brazilian comedy pop singer
  • Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English theatre and television composer
• 26 – Ray Pillow, 85, American country singer
• 27
  • James Bowman, 81, English opera singer
  • Daniel Chorzempa, 78, American classical organist and composer
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, 99, Ethiopian classical pianist and composer
  • Howie Kane, 81, American pop singer (Jay and the Americans) (death announced on this date)
  • Jocelyn Morlock, 53, Canadian classical composer
  • Peggy Scott-Adams, 74, American blues and R&B singer
• 28
  • Blas Durán, 73, Dominican bachata singer
  • Sanath Nandasiri, 81, Sri Lankan playback and pop singer
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese electronic keyboardist (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and composer
• 29
  • Brian Gillis, 48, American pop singer (LFO)
  • Sweet Charles Sherrell, 80, American R&B and funk bassist (The J.B.'s)
• 30
  • Alfio Cantarella, 81, Italian rock drummer (Equipe 84)
  • Mark Russell, 90, American musical comedy singer and pianist
  • Ray Shulman, 73, English progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Gentle Giant), songwriter and record producer
  • Caroline "Care Failure" Kawa, 36, Canadian alternative rock singer (Die Mannequin)

April

• 2
  • Pedro Lavirgen, 92, Spanish opera singer
  • Seymour Stein, 80, American music executive and founder of Sire Records
• 3
  • Andrew Laing, British punk drummer (Cockney Rejects)
  • Rena Koumioti, 81, Greek new wave singer
  • Jack Vreeswijk, 59, Swedish folk singer and composer
• 4 – Vivian Trimble, 59, American alternative rock keyboardist and singer (Luscious Jackson, Dusty Trails, Kostars)
• 5 – Duško Gojković, 91, Serbian jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger
• 6
  • Paul Cattermole, 46, English pop singer (S Club 7)
  • Nora Forster, 80, German music promoter
• 7
  • Guy Bailey, British hard rock guitarist and songwriter (The Quireboys)
  • Ian Bairnson, 69, Scottish rock guitarist and saxophonist (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot)
  • Kidd Jordan, 87, American jazz saxophonist
  • John Regan, 71, American hard rock bassist (Frehley's Comet)
  • Lasse Wellander, 70, Swedish pop guitarist (ABBA)
• 8 – Bob Heatlie, 76, Scottish songwriter and record producer
• 9
  • Karl Berger, 88, German jazz pianist
  • Valter Dešpalj, 75, Croatian classical cellist
  • Chuck Morris, 46, American jam band percussionist (Lotus) (body discovered on this date)
• 11 – Cynara, 78, Brazilian bossa nova singer (Quarteto em Cy)
• 12 – Jah Shaka, Jamaican dub and reggae sound system operator (death announced on this date)
• 14
  • Cliff Fish, 73, English pop bassist (Paper Lace)
  • Mark Sheehan, 46, Irish pop rock guitarist (The Script)
• 15 – Peter Badie, 97, American jazz bassist
• 16 – Ahmad Jamal, 92, American jazz pianist
• 17
  • Ivan Conti, 76, Brazilian jazz-funk drummer (Azymuth)
  • April Stevens, 93, American pop singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens)
• 18 – Otis Redding III, 59, American funk and soul singer and guitarist (The Reddings)
• 19
  • Moonbin, 25, South Korean K-pop singer (Astro)
  • Ron "Patch" Hamilton, 72, American Christian pop singer-songwriter
  • Martin Petzold, 67, German classical singer (Thomanerchor)
  • Carlo Saba, 54, Indonesian jazz pop singer (Kahitna)
  • Federico Salvatore, 63, Italian pop singer-songwriter
• 20 – Pamela Chopra, 75, Indian playback singer
• 21 – Mark Stewart, 62, English post-punk singer-songwriter (The Pop Group)
• 22 – Ron Cahute, 68, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and accordionist
• 23
  • Keith Gattis, 52, American country singer-songwriter
  • Isaac Wiley Jr., 69, American funk drummer (Dazz Band)
• 24 – Lilian Day Jackson, 63, American disco singer (Spargo)
• 25
  • Harry Belafonte, 96, American calypso and pop singer
  • Ralph Humphrey, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (The Mothers of Invention)
  • Manfred Weiss, 88, German classical composer
• 26 – Billy "The Kid" Emerson, 97, American rock and roll singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
• 27 – Wee Willie Harris, 90, English rock and roll singer
• 28
  • Tim Bachman, 71, Canadian rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Brave Belt)
  • Helge Engelke, 61, German hard rock guitarist (Fair Warning)
  • Johnny Fean, 71, Irish Celtic rock guitarist (Horslips, Zen Alligators)
  • Claude Gray, 91, American country music singer
• 29 – Don Sebesky, 85, American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and conductor
• 30 – Broderick Smith, 75, Australian rock singer and harmonica player (Carson, The Dingoes)

May

• 1
  • Gordon Lightfoot, 84, Canadian folk singer-songwriter
  • Pugh Rogefeldt, 76, Swedish psychedelic pop singer-songwriter
• 3
  • Moulay Tahar Al Asbahani, 75, Moroccan funk and gnawa singer (Jil Jilala)
  • John Albert, 53, American punk guitarist and drummer (Christian Death, Bad Religion)
  • Linda Lewis, 72, English pop and soul singer-songwriter
• 4
  • Rob Laakso, 44, American indie rock guitarist (Kurt Vile and the Violators, Swirlies)
  • Karaikudi Mani, 77, Indian Carnatic mridangam player
  • Jasmin Stavros, 68, Croatian pop singer
• 5
  • Chris Strachwitz, 91, American record company founder and executive (Arhoolie Records)
  • Jack Wilkins, 78, American jazz guitarist
• 6 – Menahem Pressler, 99, German-born Israeli-American classical pianist (Beaux Arts Trio)
• 7
  • Grace Bumbry, 86, American opera singer
  • Soňa Červená, 97, Czech opera singer
  • Seán Keane, 76, Irish Celtic fiddler (The Chieftains)
• 8 – Rita Lee, 75, Brazilian Tropicália and psychedelic rock singer-songwriter (Os Mutantes)
• 9
  • Liudmila Kovnatskaya, 82, Russian musicologist
  • Jon Povey, 80, British rock drummer and keyboardist (Pretty Things, Bern Elliott and the Fenmen)
  • Joaquin Romaguera, 90, American opera singer
  • Günter Wewel, 88, German opera singer
• 10
  • Rolf Harris, 93, Australian pop singer and multi-instrumentalist
  • Stu James, 77, British rock singer (The Mojos)
• 11 – Francis Monkman, 73, English progressive rock guitarist, keyboardist and songwriter (Curved Air, Sky, Matching Mole)
• 12 – Dum-Dum, 54, Brazilian rapper (Facção Central)
• 13 – Arno Veimer|et, 50, Estonian hard rock guitarist and lyricist (Terminaator)
• 14
  • John Giblin, 71, Scottish rock and jazz bassist (Brand X)
  • Ingrid Haebler, 93, Austrian classical pianist
• 15 – Bernt Rosengren, 85, Swedish jazz saxophonist (death announced on this date)
• 16
  • Richard Landis, 77, American country singer-songwriter and record producer
  • Lester Sterling, 87, Jamaican ska saxophonist (The Skatalites, Byron Lee and the Dragonaires)
• 17 – Algy Ward, 63, English punk and heavy metal bassist (Tank, The Damned, The Saints)
• 19
  • Pete Brown, 82, English rock singer and lyricist
  • Andy Rourke, 59, English indie rock bassist (The Smiths)
• 20
  • Paul Desenne, 63, Venezuelan classical cellist and composer
  • Sven Nyhus, 90, Norwegian folk fiddler
• 21
  • Ed Ames, 95, American pop singer (Ames Brothers)
  • Thotakura Somaraju, 68, Indian film composer
• 22
  • Kirk Arrington, 61, American heavy metal drummer (Metal Church)
  • Ferus Mustafov, 72, Macedonian folk saxophonist
  • Chas Newby, 81, British rock bassist (The Beatles)
• 23
  • Mark Adams, 64, American doom metal bassist (Saint Vitus)
  • Redd Holt, 91, American jazz drummer (The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Young-Holt Unlimited)
  • Floyd Newman, 91, American R&B and soul saxophonist (The Mar-Keys, The Memphis Horns)
  • Sheldon Reynolds, 63, American funk and R&B guitarist (Sun, Commodores, Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 24
  • Javier Álvarez, 67, Mexican classical composer
  • Jack Martin Händler, 75, Slovak classical violinist and conductor
  • Bill Lee, 94, American jazz bassist and film composer
  • George Maharis, 94, American pop singer
  • Tina Turner, 83, American-born Swiss rock and R&B singer (Ike & Tina Turner)
• 25
  • Joy McKean, 93, Australian country singer-songwriter
  • Jean-Louis Murat, 71, French pop singer-songwriter
• 26
  • Jack Lee, 71, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves)
  • Reuben Wilson, 88, American jazz organist
• 31 – Dickie Harrell, 82, American rock and roll drummer (Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps)

June

• 1
  • Pacho El Antifeka, 42, Puerto Rican rapper
  • Roy Taylor, Irish pop rock singer and bassist (Jump the Gun)
  • Cynthia Weil, 82, American pop songwriter
  • Kurt Widmer, 82, Swiss classical singer (death announced on this date)
• 2 – Kaija Saariaho, 70, Finnish classical composer
• 4
  • Dora María, 89, Mexican folk singer
  • George Winston, 74, American new age and R&B pianist
• 5 – Astrud Gilberto, 83, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
• 6 – Tony McPhee, 79, English blues rock guitarist (The Groundhogs)
• 7 – Banani Ghosh, Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer
• 8 – Peter Belli, 79, Danish pop singer
• 9 – Niel Immelman, 78, South African classical pianist (death announced on this date)
• 10 – Yannis Markopoulos, 84, Greek classical and film composer
• 11 – Suna Kan, 86, Turkish classical violinist
• 13
  • Christy Dignam, 63, Irish rock singer (Aslan)
  • Blackie Onassis, 57, American alternative rock drummer (Urge Overkill)
• 14 – Sharda, 85, Indian playback singer
• 15
  • Sergey Kolchin, 45, Russian rock guitarist (Zemlyane)
  • Dan Lardner, American indie rock singer and guitarist (QTY) (death announced on this date)
  • Luiz Schiavon, 64, Brazilian keyboardist (RPM)
• 16 – Peter Dickinson, 88, English classical composer and musicologist
• 17 – Dave Maclean, 78, Brazilian pop rock singer-songwriter
• 18
  • Big Pokey, 48, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
  • Nasrollah Nasehpour, 82, Iranian radif singer
  • Krzysztof Olesiński, 70, Polish rock bassist (Maanam)
  • Cornel Țăranu, 88, Romanian classical composer
  • Teresa Taylor, 60, American alternative rock drummer (Butthole Surfers)
• 19
  • Max Morath, 96, American ragtime pianist
  • Gabriele Schnaut, 72, German opera singer
  • Ryan Siew, 26, Australian metalcore guitarist (Polaris)
• 20
  • Choi Sung-bong, 33, South Korean singer
  • Vyacheslav Nagovitsin, 83, Russian classical composer
  • John Waddington, 63, English post-punk guitarist (The Pop Group, Maximum Joy, Perfume)
  • Paolo Zavallone, 90, Italian disco singer
• 22
  • Robert Black, 67, American classical bassist (Bang on a Can All Stars)
  • Peter Brötzmann, 82, German jazz saxophonist
• 23
  • Sheldon Harnick, 99, American musical theater lyricist and songwriter
  • Jesse McReynolds, 93, American bluegrass mandolinist, singer and songwriter (Jim & Jesse)
  • Lee Rauch, 58, American metal drummer (Megadeth, Dark Angel)
• 24
  • Claude Barzotti, 69, Belgian pop singer
  • Rachel Yakar, 87, French opera singer
• 25 – Tapas Das, 68, Indian rock singer-songwriter (Moheener Ghoraguli)
• 27 – Bobby Osborne, 91, American bluegrass mandolinist and singer (Osborne Brothers)
• 30
  • Lord Creator, 87, Trinidad-born Jamaican calypso and ska singer-songwriter
  • Monte Cazazza, American industrial composer and singer (death announced on this date)
  • Rick Froberg, 55, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits, Pitchfork)

July

• 2 – Margaret Nisbett, 94, Australian opera singer
• 3
  • Vicki Anderson, 83, American soul singer (death announced on this date)
  • Mo Foster, 78, English rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Affinity, Fancy, RMS)
  • Sudakshina Sarma, 88, Indian borgeet singer
• 4
  • Jenő Jandó, 71, Hungarian classical pianist
  • Canelita Medina, 84, Venezuelan salsa singer
  • Robin Tamang, 60, Nepalese hard rock singer
• 5
  • Rob Agerbeek, 85, Indonesian-born Dutch jazz pianist
  • Anthony Gilbert, 88, British classical composer
  • Coco Lee, 48, Hong Kong-American pop singer-songwriter
  • Ralph Lundsten, 86, Swedish classical composer
  • Martin Stevens, 69, Canadian pop singer
  • George Tickner, 76, American rock guitarist (Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch) (death announced on this date)
• 6
  • Graham Clark, 81, English opera singer
  • Peter Nero, 89, American pop and classical pianist and conductor (Philly Pops)
  • Caleb Southern, 53, American record producer
• 8
  • Victor Pikayzen, 90, Russian classical violinist
  • Özkan Uğur, 69, Turkish rock bassist (MFÖ)
• 10
  • Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, 89, German jazz multi-instrumentalist
  • Bob Segarini, 77, American-Canadian rock singer-songwriter (The Wackers)
• 11
  • Toni Carbone, 62, Italian new wave bassist (Denovo)
  • Sam Cutler, 80, English tour manager (The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead)
  • Yuzo Toyama, 92, Japanese classical composer
• 12 – André Watts, 77, American classical pianist
• 14 – Anthony Meo, American hardcore punk drummer (Biohazard) (death announced on this date)
• 15 – Chen Mao-shuen, 87, Taiwanese classical composer
• 16 – Jane Birkin, 76, English-French pop singer
• 17
  • DJ Deeon, 56, American house DJ and producer
  • João Donato, 88, Brazilian jazz and bossa nova pianist
  • Walt Groller, 92, American polka accordionist
  • Marc Herrand, 98, French pop and chanson singer (Les Compagnons de la chanson)
• 19 – Mark Thomas, 67, British film composer
• 21
  • Hafiz Abdelrahman, Sudanese traditional and classical flautist
  • Tony Bennett, 96, American pop singer
  • Neal Langford, 50, American indie rock bassist (The Shins) (death announced on this date)
  • Chollathee Tharnthong, 85, Thai luk thung composer and singer
• 22
  • Peter Austin, 78, Jamaican ska singer (The Clarendonians)
  • Vince Hill, 89, English pop singer
  • Knut Riisnæs, 77, Norwegian jazz saxophonist and flautist
• 23 – Raymond Froggatt, 81, English pop singer and songwriter
• 24
  • Leny Andrade, 80, Brazilian jazz singer
  • Brad Houser, 62, American alternative rock bassist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, Critters Buggin)
  • Dóris Monteiro, 88, Brazilian pop singer
  • Cecilia Pantoja, 79, Chilean bolero singer-songwriter
• 25 – Andreas Tsoukalas, 60, Greek pop singer-songwriter
• 26
  • Randy Meisner, 77, American country rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Eagles, Poco)
  • Sinéad O'Connor, 56, Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter
  • Surinder Shinda, 70, Indian Punjabi singer
• 27 – Ruth W. Greenfield, 99, American classical pianist
• 28
  • Jim Parker, 88, British classical composer
  • Tommi Stumpff, 65, German EBM singer and multi-instrumentalist
• 29 – Manolo Miralles, 71, Spanish folk singer (Al Tall)
• 31 – Anders Stenmo, 67, Swedish-Austrian pop drummer (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung) (death announced on this date)

August

• 1
  • Alexander Kolker, 90, Russian film composer
  • Dom Minasi, 80, American jazz guitarist
• 3 – Carl Davis, 86, American-born British film composer and conductor
• 4 – John Gosling, 75, British rock keyboardist (The Kinks)
• 5 – Tristan Honsinger, 73, American free jazz cellist
• 6 – David LaFlamme, 82, American psychedelic rock singer and violinist (It's a Beautiful Day)
• 7
  • Gillian Bibby, 77, New Zealand classical composer and pianist
  • DJ Casper, 58, American dance DJ and songwriter
  • Erkin Koray, 82, Turkish Anatolian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Toussaint McCall, 89, American R&B singer
• 8 – Sixto Rodriguez, 81, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter
• 9
  • Peppino Gagliardi, 83, Italian pop singer
  • Robbie Robertson, 80, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Band)
• 10 – Brad Thomson, American mathcore guitarist (The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza) (death announced on this date)
• 11
  • Ron Peno, 68, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Died Pretty)
  • Carlos Camacho, 73, Puerto Rican pop singer (Los Hispanos)
  • Shoji Tabuchi, 79, Japanese-American country fiddler
• 12
  • Vilayil Faseela, 63, Indian Mappila songs singer
  • Berit Lindholm, 88, Swedish opera singer
• 13
  • Clarence Avant, 92, American music executive
  • Magoo, 50, American rapper and songwriter (Timbaland & Magoo)
• 14 – Jessica Cash, 84, British opera singer
• 15 – Arnold Östman, 83, Swedish classical conductor
• 16
  • Jerry Moss, 88, American recording executive
  • Renata Scotto, 89, Italian opera singer
• 17
  • Bobby Eli, 77, American soul and funk guitarist (MFSB), songwriter, and record producer
  • Gary Young, 70, American indie rock drummer (Pavement)
• 18 – Ray Hildebrand, 82, American pop singer-songwriter (Paul & Paula)
• 19
  • Gloria Coates, 89, American-born German classical composer
  • Václav Patejdl, 68, Slovak pop rock singer and keyboardist (Elán)
• 20 – Luc Smets, 76, Belgian rock singer and keyboardist (The Pebbles)
• 21 – Denis LePage, 74, Canadian disco singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Lime)
• 22
  • Toto Cutugno, 80, Italian pop singer-songwriter
  • Vaccine, 43, American dubstep producer
• 23 – Bob Feldman, 83, American pop singer (The Strangeloves), songwriter, and record producer
• 24
  • Bernie Marsden, 72, English hard rock guitarist (Whitesnake) and songwriter
  • Sakevi Yokoyama, Japanese hardcore punk singer (GISM)
• 25 – Carlos Gonzaga, 99, Brazilian rock singer
• 26
  • Bosse Broberg, 85, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer
  • John Kezdy, 64, American punk singer (The Effigies)
• 27
  • Robert Hale, 90, American opera singer (death announced on this date)
  • Brian McBride, 53, American ambient multi-instrumentalist (Stars of the Lid, Bell Gardens) (death announced on this date)
  • Denyse Plummer, 69, Trinidadian calypso and gospel singer
• 28
  • August 08, 31, American R&B singer-songwriter
  • James Casey, 40, American jam band saxophonist (Trey Anastasio Band)
• 29 – Peter King, 84, Nigerian Afrobeat and jazz multi-instrumentalist
• 30 – Jack Sonni, 68, American rock guitarist (Dire Straits)

September

• 1
  • Robert Becerra, 64, American punk guitarist (Stains)
  • Jimmy Buffett, 76, American country rock singer-songwriter
  • Milka Stojanović, 86, Serbian opera singer
• 2 – Walter Arlen, 103, Austrian-American classical composer and music critic
• 3 – José Sébéloué, 74, French pop guitarist and singer (La Compagnie Créole)
• 4
  • Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban pop singer (Cuarteto d'Aida)
  • Steve Harwell, 56, American alternative rock singer (Smash Mouth)
  • Sherali Joʻrayev, 76, Uzbek folk singer
  • Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American blues singer
  • Gary Wright, 80, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Spooky Tooth)
• 5
  • Tom Davies, 48, British-American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)
  • Joe Fagin, 83, British pop singer (death announced on this date)
  • Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian folk and country singer-songwriter (Runrig)
  • Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
  • Anatol Ugorski, 80, Russian-born German classical pianist
• 6
  • Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls)
  • Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist
  • Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer
  • Steve Roden, 59, American lowercase composer and synthesizer player
• 7
  • Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist
  • María Jiménez, 73, Spanish bolero and ranchera singer
  • Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian opera singer
• 8 – Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer
• 10
  • Evgeny Brazhnik, 78, Russian classical conductor
  • Brendan Croker, 70, English country rock guitarist (The Notting Hillbillies)
  • Charlie Robison, 59, American country singer-songwriter
  • Matthew Stewart, 41, American ska punk trumpeter (Streetlight Manifesto)
• 11 – Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli religious singer
• 12
  • Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish folk singer
  • MohBad, 27, Nigerian Afrobeats rapper and singer-songwriter
• 13
  • Manik Bhide, 88, Indian Hindustani classical singer
  • Roger Whittaker, 87, British folk singer-songwriter
• 14 – Fred Lewis, 72, American funk percussionist (Lakeside)
• 15
  • Franco Migliacci, 92, Italian pop lyricist
  • Suzanne Sarroca, 96, French opera singer
  • Paul Woseen, 56, Australian hard rock bassist and songwriter (The Screaming Jets)
• 16
  • Nikolai Dobronravov, 94, Russian pop and estrada lyricist
  • Irish Grinstead, 43, American R&B singer (702)
  • Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer
  • John Marshall, 82, English jazz fusion and progressive rock drummer (Nucleus, Soft Machine, Centipede)
• 17 – Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian pop singer (Dara Puspita)
• 19
  • Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian pop singer-songwriter and record producer
  • Stephen Gould, 61, American opera singer
• 20
  • Katherine Anderson, 79, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
  • Yaacov Bergman, 78, Israeli classical conductor
  • Kent Stax, American hardcore punk drummer (Scream)
• 21 – Robert W. Smith, 64, American classical trumpeter and composer
• 22
  • Mike Henderson, 70, American country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The SteelDrivers)
  • Peter Horton, 82, Austrian pop guitarist and singer (death announced on this date)
  • Stan Klees, 91, Canadian businessman (RPM) and record executive
  • Alejandro Meerapfel, 54, Argentine opera singer
  • Dieter Schneider, 86, German schlager lyricist
• 23
  • François Glorieux, 91, Belgian classical conductor and composer
  • Terry Kirkman, 83, American sunshine pop singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Association)
• 24
  • Felix Ayo, 90, Spanish-born Italian baroque and chamber violinist (I Musici)
  • Barry Olivier, 87, American folk guitarist, guitar teacher and founder of the Berkeley Folk Music Festival
• 25 – David McCallum, 90, Scottish easy listening composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist
• 27 – Dom Famularo, 70, American jazz drummer
• 28 – Stephen Ackles, 57, Norwegian rock and roll singer and pianist
• 29
  • Jon Fausty, 74, American sound and recording engineer
  • Ron Howden, 78, English progressive rock drummer (Nektar)
• 30
  • Russell Batiste Jr., 57, American funk and jazz fusion drummer (The Meters, Vida Blue, Papa Grows Funk)
  • Russell Sherman, 93, American classical pianist

October

• 1
  • Julian Bahula, 85, South African jazz drummer (Jabula)
  • Patricia Janečková, 25, Slovak opera singer
  • Joy Webb, 91, British gospel singer (The Joystrings)
  • Ricky Wolff, 78, South African pop singer (White Plains)
• 2
  • Herbert Handt, 97, American opera singer and conductor
  • Lefteris Hapsiadis, 69, Greek laïko and rebetiko lyricist
• 3
  • Jacqueline Dark, 55, Australian opera singer
  • Lena McLin, 95, American classical and religious composer and music teacher
• 5 – Bruno Filippini, 78, Italian pop singer
• 6 – Maurice Bourgue, 83, French classical oboist, composer, and conductor
• 7 – Reiner Goldberg, 83, German opera singer
• 8 – Ritchie Routledge, 73, British rock singer and guitarist (The Cryin' Shames)
• 9
  • Hugh Friel, 71, Irish new wave drummer (The Atrix)
  • Steven Lutvak, 64, American musical theater composer
  • Buck Trent, 85, American country multi-instrumentalist
• 11 – Rudolph Isley, 84, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
• 12
  • Michael Cooper, 71, Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Inner Circle, Third World)
  • Aérea Negrot, 43, Venezuelan house DJ and singer (Hercules and Love Affair)
• 13 – Garry Mapanzure, 25, Zimbabwean Afropop singer
• 14 – Gary Nuñez, 71, Puerto Rican plena and bomba bassist (Plena Libre)
• 16 – Gennady Gladkov, 88, Russian film composer
• 17 – Carla Bley, 87, American jazz composer and pianist
• 18 – Dwight Twilley, 72, American power pop singer-songwriter
• 19
  • The 45 King, 62, American hip hop record producer and DJ
  • Lasse Berghagen, 78, Swedish schlager singer
  • Atsushi Sakurai, 57 Japanese alternative rock singer-songwriter (Buck-Tick)
• 22 – Gregg Sutton, 74, American country rock bassist (Lone Justice) and songwriter
• 23
  • Chronis Aidonidis, 95, Greek folk singer
  • Angelo Bruschini, 62, English alternative rock and trip-hop guitarist (The Blue Aeroplanes, Massive Attack)
  • István Láng, 90, Hungarian classical composer
  • Mervin Shiner, 102, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24
  • Lily Afshar, 63, Iranian classical guitarist
  • Ricardo Iorio, 61, Argentine heavy metal singer and bassist (Almafuerte, Hermética, V8)
  • Steve Riley, 67, American hard rock drummer (Keel, W.A.S.P., L.A. Guns)
• 25 – Zdeněk Mácal, 87, Czech classical conductor
• 26
  • Goa Gil, 72, American psytrance and goa trance DJ
  • Rigo Star, 68, Congolese soukous guitarist and composer
• 27 – Axali Doëseb, 69, Namibian anthem composer
• 29 – Heath, 55, Japanese visual kei bassist (X Japan)

November

• 1
  • Pierre Dutour, 91, French classical and jazz trumpeter, composer, and conductor
  • Leela Omchery, 94, Indian classical singer and musicologist
  • Vladimir Urbanovich, 85, Russian opera singer
  • Vic Vergeat, 72, Italian rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 2
  • Michel Pilz, 78, German jazz clarinetist
  • Evgeniy Shiryaev, 80, Russian classical composer
  • Yuri Temirkanov, 84, Russian classical conductor
• 3 – Pete Garner, 61, British alternative rock bassist (The Stone Roses) (death announced on this date)
• 5
  • Ryland Davies, 80, Welsh opera singer
  • Lolita Rodrigues, 94, Brazilian pop singer
• 6
  • Nadira Begum, Bangladeshi folk singer
  • Sean Martin, 26, English indie pop singer and guitarist (The Night Café) (death announced on this date)
• 7 – C-Knight, 52, American rapper (The Dove Shack)
• 9
  • R.L. Boyce, 68, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Junko Ohashi, 73, Japanese pop singer
• 10 – Johnny Ruffo, 35, Australian dance pop singer
• 11
  • Luis Carlos Gil, 72, Spanish pop singer (Trigo Limpio)
  • Conny Van Dyke, 78, American pop singer
  • Angelita Vargas, 77, Spanish flamenco singer
• 12 – Mohammed al Amin, 80, Sudanese folk singer-songwriter and oud player
• 13 – Ivo Kuusk, 86, Estonian opera singer
• 14 – Buzy, 66, French pop singer
• 15
  • P. K. Narayanan Nambiar, 96, Indian traditional mizhavu player
  • Karl Tremblay, 47, Canadian folk singer (Les Cowboys Fringants) (death announced on this date)
• 16
  • George "Funky" Brown, 74, American funk drummer and songwriter (Kool & the Gang)
  • Thành Được, 89, Vietnamese cải lương singer
• 17
  • Christiane Bervoets, 75, Belgian pop singer
  • Seóirse Bodley, 90, Irish classical composer
  • Charlie Dominici, 72, American progressive metal singer (Dream Theater, Dominici) (death announced on this date)
  • Claude Kahn, 88, French classical pianist
• 18 – David Del Tredici, 86, American classical composer
• 19
  • Ninie Doniah, 56, Malagasy salegy singer and composer
  • Catherine Christer Hennix, 75, Swedish minimalist and drone multi-instrumentalist and composer
  • Sara Tavares, 45, Portuguese pop and jazz singer
• 20 – Mars Williams, 68, American new wave and jazz fusion saxophonist (The Waitresses, The Psychedelic Furs, Liquid Soul)
• 21
  • Chad Allan, 80, Canadian rock singer, guitarist and keyboardist (The Guess Who, Brave Belt)
  • Horacio Malvicino, 94, Argentine jazz and tango guitarist and composer
• 22
  • Jean Knight, 80, American soul and funk singer (death announced on this date)
  • Phil Quartararo, 67, American music industry executive
• 24 – Jukka Haavisto, 93, Finnish swing accordionist and vibraphonist
• 25
  • Julio Anderson, 74, Chilean folk rock bassist (Los Jaivas)
  • Les Maguire, 81, English pop rock keyboardist and saxophonist (Gerry and the Pacemakers).
  • Akzhol Meirbekov, 73, Kazakh rock singer (Dos Mukasan)
  • Yngvar Numme, 79, Norwegian pop singer (Dizzie Tunes)
  • B. Sasikumar, 74, Indian carnatic violinist
• 26
  • Brian Godding, 78, Welsh jazz rock guitarist (Blossom Toes, Centipede).
  • Geordie Walker, 64, English post-punk guitarist and songwriter (Killing Joke, The Damage Manual)
• 28
  • Queenzy Cheng, 37, Malaysian pop singer
  • John Colianni, 61, American jazz pianist
• 29 – Scott Kempner, 69, American rock guitarist (The Dictators, The Del-Lords)
• 30 – Shane MacGowan, 65, Irish Celtic punk singer-songwriter (The Pogues).

December

• 1 – Badar uz Zaman, 83, Pakistani classical singer
• 2 – Medea Amiranashvili, 93, Georgian opera singer.
• 3
  • Thanga Darlong, 103, Indian folk singer
  • Myles Goodwyn, 75, Canadian hard rock singer and guitarist (April Wine)
• 4
  • John Hyatt, British post-punk singer (The Three Johns)
  • Vlado Pravdić, 73, Bosnian hard rock keyboardist (Bijelo Dugme)
• 5
  • Mama Diabaté, 63, Guinean folk singer and multi-instrumentalist
  • Denny Laine, 79, English rock guitarist and songwriter (Wings, The Moody Blues)
• 6 – Michel Sardaby, 88, French jazz pianist
• 7
  • Ramón Ayala, 96, Argentine folk singer-songwriter
  • Terry Baucom, 71, American bluegrass singer and banjoist (Russell Moore and IIIrd Tyme Out)
  • Lola Dee, 95, American pop singer
• 8 – Nidra Beard, 71, American soul and funk singer (Dynasty) (death announced on this date)
• 10 – Cayle Sain, 31, American metal drummer (Twitching Tongues). (death announced on this date)
• 11
  • Jeffrey Foskett, 67, American pop rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Beach Boys)
  • Richard Kerr, 78, English singer-songwriter (death announced on this date)
  • Essra Mohawk, 75, American jazz rock singer-songwriter
  • Zahara, 36, South African Afro-soul singer
• 12
  • Roderick McLeod, Australian psychedelic rock singer (The Pineapples from the Dawn of Time)
  • Ole Paus, 76, Norwegian ballad singer-songwriter
• 13 – Travis Dopp, American post-hardcore guitarist (Small Brown Bike)
• 14 – Giorgos Tolios, 58, Greek post-punk drummer (Trypes)
• 15
  • Anup Ghoshal, 78, Indian playback singer and film composer
  • Bob Johnson, 79, British folk rock singer and guitarist (Steeleye Span)
• 16
  • Óscar Agudelo, 91, Colombian bolero singer
  • Colin Burgess, 77, Australian rock drummer (AC/DC, The Masters Apprentices) (death announced on this date)
  • Carlos Lyra, 90, Brazilian bossa nova singer and composer
  • Tim Norell, 68, Swedish pop songwriter (Norell Oson Bard).
• 17
  • Amp Fiddler, 65, American funk singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Enchantment, Parliament, Funkadelic)
  • Jim Ladd, 75, American disc jockey and radio personality (KMET, KLOS, Sirius XM),
  • Mike Maxfield, 79, English pop rock guitarist and songwriter (The Dakotas). (death announced on this date)
• 18
  • Ronnie Caryl, 70, English rock guitarist (Flaming Youth)
  • Susanna Parigi, 62, Italian pop singer-songwriter and pianist
• 19
  • Gunther Emmerlich, 79, German opera singer and jazz banjoist
  • Russell Hunter, 76, British psychedelic rock drummer (Pink Fairies, The Deviants)
  • Bram Inscore, 41, American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist (Electrocute), producer and songwriter
• 20 – Eric Moyo, 41, Zimbabwean gospel singer
• 22
  • Laura Lynch, 65, American country singer and bassist (The Dixie Chicks)
  • Heike Matthiesen, 59, German classical guitarist
• 23
  • Murad Kajlayev, 92, Russian classical composer and conductor
  • Lisandro Meza, 86, Colombian cumbia singer and accordionist
• 24
  • Vasilis Karras, 70, Greek laïko singer
  • Alice Parker, 98, American choral composer and conductor
  • Willie Ruff, 92, American jazz bassist and French hornist
• 25 – Thanh Điền, 56, Vietnamese Đờn ca tài tử guitarist
• 26
  • Tony Oxley, 85, English avant-garde jazz drummer
  • Tom Smothers, 86, American comedy and folk singer and guitarist (Smothers Brothers)
• 27 – Michael Gibbons Jr, American crossover thrash guitarist (Leeway)
• 28
  • Francis Dhomont, 97, French electroacoustic composer
  • Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 54, Peruvian rock singer-songwriter (Arena Hash)
  • Tommy Talton, 74, American rock guitarist (We the People, Cowboy)
• 29 – Les McCann, 88, American jazz pianist
• 30 – Bhavani Shankar, 66–67, Indian Hindustani classical pakhawaj drummer
• 31
  • Shmulik Bilu, 71, Israeli pop singer (Milk and Honey)
  • O. S. Thyagarajan, 76, Indian Carnatic singer

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