Founding member of The Band and long-time Martin Scorsese collaborator Robbie Robertson has died at the age of 80. Robertson’s…
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Neal Langford, founding bassist of The Shins, has died at age 50. The news was announced by the band’s frontman…
Randy Meisner, bass player in the classic lineup of Californian country rock band Eagles, has died after suffering from a…
Irish singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor has died at the age of 56. O’Connor’s death was confirmed in the early…
Actress and singer Jane Birkin has died at age 76. According to French news outlets, as per the ABC, Birkin…
Influential musician and producer Monte Cazazza has died at age 68. Cazazza was most famous for creating the term “industrial”…
Polaris guitarist Ryan Siew has died at the age of 26. The Australian metalcore band confirmed the tragic news “with…
Teresa Taylor, the longtime drummer for Butthole Surfers, has died at age 60 following a battle with lung disease. The…
Songwriter and frontman of San Francisco outfit The Nerves, Jack Lee, has died at age 71. Lee’s death was confirmed…
Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer whose vocals feature on Stan Getz and João Gilberto’s classic 1963 recording of ‘The Girl…
Joy McKean, a celebrated country music songwriter and the long-time partner and manager of Slim Dusty, has died following a…
English punk and rock musician Algy Ward has died. The bassist and singer – who founded heavy metal group Tank…
Legendary rock and soul singer and actress Tina Turner has died at the age of 83. Turner’s passing was confirmed…
British musician Andy Rourke, best known as the bass player for The Smiths, has died at the age of 59.…
Rita Lee, a founding vocalist of Brazilian psych-rock legends Os Mutantes, has died. Lee – who earned the title of Brazil’s…
American musician Rob Laakso, a longtime recording collaborator and bandmate of Kurt Vile, has died at the age of 44.…
Canadian folk songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died at age 84 in a Toronto hospital on Monday evening. His death was confirmed…
Founding member of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, guitarist Tim Bachman, has died at age 71. His son Ryder revealed the news on…
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