Musicians and singers who died in January 2020
Trombonist Lucien Barbarin has succumbed to cancer at the age of 63. Barbarin is the great-nephew of Paul Barbarin and second cousin to banjoman Danny Barker |
Cincinnati Singer/Songwriter/guitarist Taylor Shannon had passed away at the age of 30. Shannon’s Home & Tennessee album scored him the 2016 Cincinnati Entertainment Award for top local Country artist. |
Mezzo-soprano Nedda Casei made her operatic debut at the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie in 1960 … and from there toured all the major opera houses, including the Teatro San Carlo, Prague Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Chicago Lyric Opera, the Salzburg Festival, Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Lceu… |
Australian star Natasha Stuart died at the age of 43, after losing to breast cancer. |
Othmar Mága’s family told the WDR, that the conductor died at the age of 90 after a long illness. |
WNOP-AM radio host Bob Nave died at his home on Tuesday. He was the keyboardist for The Lemon Pipers and The Blues Merchants |
Toni Smith (also sometimes called “Tonni”) has died, causes unknown. She joined a latter day version of the 50s vocal group The Crystals and her single “Funkin’ For Jamaica” (with Tom Browne) became a smash around the world |
Songerwriter Ed Setser died on Monday at Baptist Health in Corbin, Ky., at the age of 77. He wrote classic hits like “I’ve Got a Rock ‘n Roll Heart” for Eric Clapton, as well “Seven Spanish Angels” (with songwriters Troy Seals and Steve Diamond) for Willie Nelson and Ray Charles. |
Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin died at the age of 53. He also played in Teenage Time Killers |
Venezuelan musician Alberto Naranjo has died. He started playing professionally at the age of 18, in 1959, playing in several local dance bands, such as Chucho Sanoja and Los Melódicos. |
Bob Shane, the last original member of The Kingston Trio, has died on Sunday at a hospice near his home in Phoenix. |
Famed cabaret singer and performer, Michou died at a hospital in Paris, according to his press agent, François Deblaye. Michou is a contraction of “Mimi” (his grandmother’s nickname for him) and “Chouchou” (as his friends nicknamed him). |
New Mexican folk musician Antonia Apodaca has died on Jan 25. She’s been playing music for over 80 years; her primary instruments were the accordion and guitar |
Drummer Bob Gullotti was a co-founding member of The Fringe and was part of Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio’s Surrender To Air project in 1996 |
Beloved singer Narciso Parigi died in Florence on Saturday. |
Sean Reinert, longtime drummer for progressive/technical metal pioneers Cynic has died at his California home Friday night (January 24). |
Lyricist Nusrat Badr, who wrote “Dola Re Dola” for Sanjay Leela Bhansali‘s film Devdas died on Thursday. He went on to write over 800 songs in 104 films and music albums |
Former Nile and Divine Heresy bassist Joseph Payne has died at the age of 35. |
German opera and concert singer Franz Mazura died on Thursday at the age of 95. The bass baritone was a member of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin from 1963. |
Dunedin’s jazz musician Calder Prescott died on Jan 23rd to liver cancer. He started volunteering on Otago Access Radio in April 2003. |
Welsh writer, director and member of the Monty Python comedy team Terry Jones has died aged 77, according to his agent |
Meritxell Negre, who was the 2008 Peaches in Peaches & Herb, has died at the age of 48. |
TV star Joseph Hannesschläger is dead: The popular actor from the ZDF television series “Rosenheim Cops” has lost the fight against his cancer. He also released the 2011 album München im Sommer, 7 Days Music from Sony Music |
New Orleans singer Robert Parker has passed away, according to family members. |
Jethro Butow, known for his South Africa guitar work, has died in a car accident, according to reports. |
The President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, announced the death of his friend Allah Thérèse |
Jimmy Heath, a prolific saxophonist, composer and bandleader who played alongside some of the biggest names of jazz, including Miles Davis and John Coltrane, has died. |
Singer, instrumentalist and composer Dan Andrei Aldea, a former leader of Sfinx in the 1970s, died at the age of 69, on a Friday night from Saturday, following a cardiac arrest. |
Born on November 7, 1934, Sunanda, popularly known as “Guruma”, had started her career in singing at All India Radio in Cuttack in 1948 at the age of 14. |
David Olney, an Americana singer-songwriter, passed on Saturday night while performing onstage at the 30A Songwriter Festival. He was 71. |
Brazilian trumpeter Cláudio Roditi died in the early hours of Saturday in New Jersey. He had been battling cancer for the past five years. |
Makame Faki was widely known in East Africa and around the world as the father or king of kidumbak, traditional drumming unique to the islands of Zanzibar. Faki was also a master of taarab |
San Francisco’s legendary musicians, Steve Fataar, died on Saturday morning. While there was no official confirmation of his death, hundreds of Fataar’s fans took to social media to offer condolences … via timeslive.co.za |
Dennis Garcia, bassist and co-founder of Filipino band Hotdog, has died, his daughter announced on Sunday.
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Juan Carlos Saravia, founder of the Argentine folk music group Los Chalchaleros, died in Salta because of a deteriorated state of health, the official Télam portal reported on Saturday. He was 89 years old.
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Noted musician and Padma Shri Dr RA Sathyanarayna passed away at his residence in the city on Thursday night.
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The Australian horn legend Barry Tuckwell AC, OBE died on 16 January 2020 at the age of 88. One of the great horn virtuosi of the second half of the 20th century, he was also a conductor and teacher who worked all over the world… via abc.net.au
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Russian composer Maxim Golovin died on January 15, 2020 at the age of 46 from cancer. His death was reported by the sister on his Facebook page…
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Chris Darrow was an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, Darrow has died at the age of 75, on January 15, 2020, of complications from a stroke.
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French clarinetist Guy Deplus has just died at the age of 95. He was a member of the Republican Guard Orchestra, The Column Orchestra, the band Le Domaine… via resmusica.com
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World-renowned soprano Nadezda Kniplova, soloist of the National Theater and The Prague State Opera, died at the age of 87 in Prague… via ceskenoviny.cz
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Bruno Nettl, musicologist, teacher and author of the school book Excursions in World Music, has died at the age of 89. Announcement via illinois.edu
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Steve Martin Caro is co-founder and original singer of the baroque-pop band The Left Banke, best known for their 1966 hits “Walk Away Renee” and “Pretty Ballerina” has died at age 71.
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Chamin Correa was a Mexican guitarist known for playing romantic songs on the requinto, a smaller, higher-pitched cousin to the guitar. Chamin Correa passed Away on Tuesday, 14th of January, 2020 at age 90.
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Emeritus artist Ștefan Petrache passed away in the evening of January 13. The announcement was made by his daughter Ștefania Petrache.
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Hylda Sims, English folk musician and poet Passed Away on Monday, January 13th, 2020 at age 87/88.
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Alana Filippi was a French singer and songwriter. Her real name was Pascale Filippi, and she also sometimes used the pseudonym Jeanne Ermilova.
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Tom, the accordion player in The Alexander Brothers has died. His brother, Jack, died in 2013. The brothers were awarded MBEs in 2004 for services to entertainment in Scotland… via sundaypost.com
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The godfather of German free jazz pianist, Wolfgang Dauner, has died at the age of 84.
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Belgium singer / songwriter, Marc Morgan died. He was discovered by Yves Bigot and Philippe Poustis, and found fame with his popular single, “Notre Mystère, nos reunions”, in 1993.
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Carlos “Cuco” Rojas, the harpist from Cimarrón, has died. The Grammy nominated band features four-stringed cuatro, harp, maracas, and also peruvian-flamenco cajón, brazilian surdo, afro-colombian tambora, a stomp dance as a percussion component and tribal indigenous whistles.
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Petar Introvič, who releases music as Petar Introvič and Bluesberry (his backing band), has died from a biking accident that took place in June 2019! His son confirmed his death… details in Czech via lidovky.cz
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Rock and roll legend Bobby Comstock, who found fame as a solo singer and the founder of Bobby Comstock and the Counts has passed away at his home at the age of 78… via 14850.com
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New Orleans bounce rapper 5th Ward Weebie (real name Jerome Cosey), who had such local hits like “Let Me Find Out” and landed a cameo appearance on Drake’s 2018 hit “Nice for What.” Via nola.com
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Hains’ mother, American and Australian actress and singer Jane Badler, wrote, “He was 27 and had the world at his feet. But sadly he struggled with mental illness and addiction.” Via billboard.com
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Fiddler Pat Collins died at his home on Tuesday.
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Rush‘s drummer and lyricist, Neil Peart, has died, according to the progressive rock band’s Twitter account… via yahoo.com
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Former Hawkwind drummer Martin Griffin (who played on albums including Sonic Attack and Choose Your Masques has died – via loudersound.com. Thanks to Andy
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Nancy Falkow McBride, the singer-songwriter who was a mainstay in the Philadelphia music scene, died on Saturday, Jan. 5, in Dublin, Ireland, after a two-year struggle with ovarian cancer. Via inquirer.com
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Influential Detroit DJ Mark David Fisher dies at 50. He was known as MD!, Dluv, and Nefarious. Fisher helped establish the Detroit Electronic Music Festival and DetroitLuv, the largest Detroit-based online electronic music message board. Thanks to clickondetroit.com
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Welsh composer Jonathan Rhys Hill died at the age of 36, via slippedisc.com. He composed the BBC’s The Trial of Christine Keeler. |
UK’s longest serving conductor. Thanks to slippedisc.com |
Borok died in Dallas on 4 January 2020 at age 75, from lung cancer. His survivors include his wife Marilyn and their two children, Mark and Sarah.
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Sad news that bassist Mikey Lawless lost his battle with cancer this afternoon. The band have crossed through our sights on several occasions, all of which featured Mikey rumbling out the bass rhythm – via moshville.co.uk. Thanks to Andy
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William Algar is credited as trumpeter on several songs from Shock Headed Peters. Algar’s head and torso were discovered in his flat in Barnes, southwest London, on 3 January. A 17-year old boy is charged with his murder, more details at sky.com
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Founding member of longtime instrumental band The Spotnicks has died on Jan 3rd. Fellow Spotnicks bassist Björn Thelin passed away on 24 Jan 2017. |
American soul singer, songwriter and record producer from Detroit, Michigan.
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Minnesota rapper Alexis Alijai Lynch (aka Lexii Alijai) died at the age of 21 on New Year’s Day. Alijai has collaborated with Ashley DuBose, Kehlani, and Jrichol, among others. Details about her death were not immediately released, according to Buzzfeed.
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Marty Grebb played keyboard for The Buckinhams in the late 60s. Would later play with Eric Clapton. The news was announced by his current band The Weight Band, thanks to Ultimate Classic Rock.
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The godfather of West Texas music, Tommy Hancock, has died at the age of 90. Details of his career can be read at Austin Chronicle.
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Leading international violin soloist, Jaap Schröder, has died on New Year’s Day. He served as music director of Academy of Ancient Music, and as visiting music director of Smithsonian Chamber Players. He wrote Bach’s Solo Violin Works: A Performer’s Guide Paperback, published by Yale University Press.
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Musician and DJ, Michael Singer, died in a car accident on New Year’s Day.
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