Musicians and singers who died in April 2025

Joe Louis Walker, the trailblazing blues guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter whose genre-defying sound reshaped modern blues, passed away peacefully on the evening of April 30, 2025. He was 75.… via bluesrockreview

Kari Løvaas (85) has died. Opera singer Kari Løvaas from Skien has died, aged 85.… via ta

Not integrable On the death of the composer Christfried Schmidt In the last years of his life he was granted triumphs. The world premieres of the »Markus Passion» under Kai-Uwe Jirka on Good Friday 2019 in Berlin and those of the 2. Symphony “Martin Luther King” on the 3rd October 2021 in Dresden… via jungewelt

Mike Peters MBE, the legendary Welsh frontman of rock band The Alarm and a tireless global advocate for blood cancer patients, has died at the age of 66 following a 30-year fight with various forms of the disease.… via weheartmusic

British folk great Wizz Jones has died.The news was confirmed overnight (April 27th) in a statement on the songwriter’s social media channels, penned by his son, Simeon Jones. Wizz Jones had been in poor health for some time, and passed away in a hospice two days after his 86th birthday.… via clashmusic

Charles Beare died on Saturday aged eighty-seven. The director of J. & A. Beare and later Beare Violins Ltd, he dedicated his life to studying the work of the great violin makers. His opinion was sought on many thousands of fine instruments and his certificates were regarded by many as an irreproachable guarantee of authenticity. Many of the world’s finest musicians entrusted him with their instruments, including Jacqueline du Pré, Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Mstislav Rostropovich and Yo-Yo Ma.… via tarisio

Richard Wernick, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and Penn music professor emeritus, has died at 91 He wrote hundreds of scores over six decades, and his “Visions of Terror and Wonder” for a mezzo-soprano and orchestra won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for music.… via inquirer

A beloved New Orleans musician and teacher, Paul Batiste, has died at 74. Batiste is a native of New Orleans, and was songwriter and bandleader for the Batiste Brothers Band.
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Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas has died, aged 71.The musician, who also performed with Rocket From The Tombs, and made numerous solo projects, passed away in his home town of Brighton & Hove yesterday (Wednesday April 23).… via nme

A famous Muscle Shoals keyboardist, David Briggs, who worked with several big-name artists died on April 22, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame.… via whnt

Clem Burke, the longtime drummer for Blondie who played a key role in the New Wave movement and appeared on albums by Pete Townshend, Iggy Pop, and Bob Dylan, died Sunday at the age of 70. … via rollingstone

Dave Allen, the founding bassist of English post-punk greats Gang Of Four, died last Saturday at 69. His former bandmate Hugo Burnham confirmed the news in a post today on Gang Of Four’s Instagram account, noting that Allen had been living with early-onset dementia for the last several years of his life.… via stereogum