2024 in music

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

• Black Midi

• Boygenius

• Foo Fighters

• Tenacious D

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• Thank You, I'm Sorry

• 2 – Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (Amon Düül II)

• 3 – Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)

• 4

  • Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer
  • Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (Ainbusk)
  • David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer
  • Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theatre actress and singer

• 5

  • Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (The Collins Kids)
  • Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer

• 6

  • Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist
  • Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter

• 7

  • Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer
  • Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum)

• 8

  • Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter
  • Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer
  • Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer
  • Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer (death announced on this date)

• 9

  • Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter
  • Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist
  • Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical singer
  • James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak)

• 10

  • Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist
  • Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer

• 11

  • Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey
  • Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist

• 12

  • Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer
  • David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer

• 13

  • Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer
  • Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist
  • Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer

• 15 – K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer

• 16

  • Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach)
  • Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader

• 17

  • Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer
  • Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher

• 18

  • Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer
  • Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist
  • Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ
  • The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese folk singer

• 19

  • Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer
  • Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer
  • Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer
  • Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer
  • Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las)

• 20

  • Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer
  • Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter.

• 22

  • Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist
  • Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter
  • Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (Markscheider Kunst)

• 23

  • Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli, La Bouche, No Mercy)
  • Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish Eurodance singer (Rednex).

• 24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (Bamses Venner)

• 25

  • Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer
  • Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director

• 26

  • Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist
  • Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist
  • Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer

• 27 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter

• 28 – Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer

• 29

  • Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist
  • Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane)

• 30 – Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress

• 2

  • Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer
  • Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer
  • Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (MC5)

• 3 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters)

• 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter

• 6

  • Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band)
  • Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor

• 7

  • Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer
  • Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
  • Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter

• 8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)

• 9

  • Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist
  • Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (Can)
  • Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer

• 11

  • Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist
  • Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority)
  • Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor

• 12

  • Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor
  • Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist
  • Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (Pērkons)
  • Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey

• 13

  • Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ
  • Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish Rautalanka singer and guitarist

• 15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)

• 16

  • Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer
  • Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix)
  • Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian
  • Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer
  • Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (Flat Duo Jets)
  • Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (The Bell Sisters)

• 18

  • Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist
  • Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer

• 19

  • Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor (death announced on this date)
  • Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (Humble Pie, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers, The Gass). (death announced on this date)

• 20

  • David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (The Happenings)
  • Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist (death announced on this date)

• 21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire)

• 22

  • John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (The Quarrymen)
  • Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist

• 23

  • Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer
  • Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer

• 24 – Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban guaracha singer

• 25

  • Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper
  • Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage)

• 26

  • Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali Bhajan singer and composer
  • Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer

• 28

  • Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter
  • Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist

• 29 – Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist

• 1

  • Ernest Berger, 73, Czech-born British funk and disco drummer (Heatwave)
  • Don Wise, 81, American R&B saxophonist

• 2

  • Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (Steely Dan)
  • Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist
  • W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist

• 3

  • Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer
  • Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer
  • Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist
  • Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer
  • Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani semi-classical singer
  • Presto, 31, German rapper
  • Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist
  • Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer
  • Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer
  • Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (Blackberry Smoke)

• 4

  • B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (The Gaylads)
  • Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier

• 5

  • Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer
  • Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach
  • Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (La Mar Enfortuna) (death announced on this date)

• 6 – Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer

• 7

  • Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer
  • Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (Helen and Joseph). (death announced on this date)
  • Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer
  • Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer

• 8

  • Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer
  • Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist
  • George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist
  • Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (Modus)

• 9

  • Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter
  • Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter
  • Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter

• 10

  • Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak)
  • Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist
  • T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (The Pretenders, Vai)
  • Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (Les Variations)
  • Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Waterboys, World Party)

• 11

  • Boss, 54, American rapper
  • Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (Raspberries) (death announced on this date)
  • Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader

• 12

  • Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground)
  • James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor
  • Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (Junkhouse)

• 13

  • Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (Vanity Fare)
  • John Blunt, British rock drummer (The Searchers) (death announced on this date)
  • Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist
  • Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer
  • Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist

• 14

  • Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer
  • Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (Marquis de Sade)
  • Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist
  • Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor
  • Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (Wild Colonials)

• 15 – Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter

• 17

  • Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist
  • Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer
  • Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)

• 18

  • Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North)
  • Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer
  • Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (The Blackbyrds)

• 19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (Hepcat)

• 20

  • Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist
  • George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band)
  • Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer

• 21 – Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer

• 23

  • Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist
  • Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist

• 24

  • Vincent Bonham, 67, American funk singer (Raydio) (death announced on this date)
  • Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper
  • Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian opera composer

• 25

  • Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer
  • Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (Ultravox, Tiger Lily)
  • Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist

• 26

  • Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (Suburban Reptiles)
  • Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer
  • Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter
  • George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer

• 27 – La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer

• 28 – Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player

• 29 – Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Pentangle).

• 30

  • Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer (death announced on this date)
  • Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo multi-genre singer

• 31 – Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Robert Glasper Experiment)

• 1

  • Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.
  • Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (The Wallflowers, School of Fish)

• 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer

• 3

  • Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer
  • Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers)
  • Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist
  • Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer
  • Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist

• 4

  • Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead)
  • Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints)

• 5

  • Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.
  • Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism)
  • C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (FireHouse)

• 6 – Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper

• 7

  • Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor
  • Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist
  • Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer
  • Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist

• 8 – Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans)

• 9

  • Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra)
  • Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer
  • Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba)
  • Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic)
  • Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (Kayak)

• 10 – Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster (death announced on this date)

• 11

  • Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer
  • Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer

• 12

  • Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (The Fall) (death announced on this date)
  • Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (Organized Noize)

• 13

  • Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer
  • Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer

• 14 –

  • Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (The Seldom Scene)
  • Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist

• 15

  • Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (The Gazette)
  • Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (The Jets, Boys Club)

• 16

  • Clorofila, 56, Mexican Nortec DJ (Nortec Collective)
  • K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic singer
  • Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)

• 17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (Tavares) (death announced on this date)

• 18

  • Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
  • Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (Dead Meadow)
  • Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer
  • Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer

• 19

  • Naomy, 46, Romanian pop singer
  • Eddie Sutton, 59, American crossover thrash singer (Leeway)

• 20

  • Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter
  • Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers)

• 21

  • Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
  • MC Duke, 58, British rapper
  • Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (The Limeliters)
  • KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer

• 22 – Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist (death announced on this date)

• 23 – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish cèilidh accordionist

• 24 – Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (The Moody Blues)

• 26

  • Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist.
  • Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian pagode singer (Molejo)
  • Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist

• 27 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter

• 28 – Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra)

• 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist

• 1

  • Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan sintir player
  • Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player
  • Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer
  • Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)

• 2

  • Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)
  • John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.

• 3 – Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (Kentucky Thunder)

• 4

  • Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (Abraxas)
  • Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter

• 5

  • Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian mezwed singer
  • Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian Panchari melam chenda player.

• 6

  • Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger
  • Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter
  • Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer

• 7

  • Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer
  • Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys)
  • Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger

• 8

  • John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
  • Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
  • Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter
  • Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (MC5)

• 9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (Six Ft Hick)

• 12 – David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist.

• 13

  • Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist
  • Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer

• 14 – Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer

• 15

  • John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs)
  • Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan Andalusi classical singer

• 17

  • Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal) (body discovered on this date)
  • Missinho, 64, Brazilian Axé singer (Chiclete com Banana)

• 18

  • Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist
  • Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer
  • John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
  • Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (Staind)

• 19 – Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach

• 21 – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer

• 22 – Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer

• 24 – Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Iron Butterfly)

• 25 – Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Sherman Brothers)

• 27

  • Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.
  • Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer

• 28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (Camisa de Vênus)

• 29

  • Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter
  • Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and Kora player.

• 30 – Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators)

• 31 – Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa)

• 1 – Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger.

• 2

  • Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer
  • Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (Black Lace)

• 3 – Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew).

• 4 – C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper

• 5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)

• 7

  • Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer (death announced on this date)
  • Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer

• 8

  • Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter
  • Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer

• 9

  • William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and Bruckner expert
  • Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer

• 11

  • Enchanting, 26, American rapper
  • Marcel Guilloux, 93, French kan ha diskan singer and storyteller.
  • Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and yé-yé singer-songwriter
  • Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (The Selecter)
  • Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (Fenix TX) (death announced on this date)
  • Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist
  • Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical sarod player

• 12 – Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer

• 13

  • Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter
  • Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)

• 14 – Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of Diesel Only Records

• 16

  • Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter
  • Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer

• 17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (Dario G)

• 18 – James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (James Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks)

• 19

  • Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer
  • Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer
  • James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor

• 20 – Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer

• 23

  • Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper
  • Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player
  • David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.

• 24

  • Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (Crazy Town)
  • Rob Stone, 55, American record producer

• 25

  • Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer
  • Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer

• 26 – Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter

• 27

  • Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter
  • Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer
  • Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter

• 28

  • Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer
  • Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk chapei dang veng player
  • Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (Pussycat)

• 29 – Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer

• 30

  • Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter
  • Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (death announced on this date)

• 1

  • Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter
  • Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer
  • Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist

• 2 – Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket)

• 3 – Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter

• 5 – Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist (death announced on this date)

• 6

  • Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian Italo disco singer-songwriter
  • Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stealers Wheel)

• 8

  • Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (Menudo).
  • Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer

• 9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)

• 10 – Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter

• 11 – Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and showband singer

• 13

  • Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer
  • Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer

• 14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (Ton Steine Scherben)

• 15

  • Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer
  • Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer
  • Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer

• 16

  • Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (Nationalteatern)
  • Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock)
  • Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist.

• 17

  • Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (Brujeria)
  • Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist
  • Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition) (death announced on this date)

• 18 – Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer

• 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande kora player

• 20

  • Jerry Miller, 81, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Moby Grape, The Rhythm Dukes)
  • Sandy Posey, 80, American pop and country singer
  • Eugene Sârbu, 73, Romanian classical violinist.

• 21

  • Kim Min-ki, 73, South Korean folk rock singer-songwriter
  • Evelyn Thomas, 70, American Hi-NRG singer

• 22

  • Jerzy Artysz, 93, Polish opera singer
  • Klara Berkovich, 96, Soviet-born American classical violinist
  • Duke Fakir, 88, American R&B singer (Four Tops)
  • Elena Mauti Nunziata, 77, Italian opera singer
  • John Mayall, 90, English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 23 – Ekaterina Shklyaeva, 86, Russian folk pop singer (Buranovskiye Babushki) (death announced on this date)

• 24

  • Shafin Ahmed, 63, Bangladeshi rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Miles)
  • Antonio Cabán Vale, 81, Puerto Rican folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Bill Crook, Canadian alternative metal and pop punk bassist (Spiritbox, Living With Lions). (death announced on this date)

• 25

  • Pascal Danel, 80, French pop singer-songwriter
  • Benjamin Luxon, 87, British opera singer
  • Tadashi Yabe, 59, Japanese acid jazz DJ and music producer (United Future Organization).

• 26

  • Jason Clark, American gospel singer (The Nelons).
  • Sd Laika, American deconstructed club producer and DJ (death announced on this date)
  • Kelly Nelon Clark, 64, American gospel singer (The Nelons)
  • Amber Nelon Thompson, American gospel singer (The Nelons)
  • Tomáš Vendl, 52, Czech black metal bassist (Master's Hammer)

• 27

  • Pat Collier, 72, English punk rock bassist (The Vibrators) and record producer
  • Danny Clarke, 71–72, Jamaican reggae singer (The Meditations)
  • DJ Polo, American hip hop DJ (Juice Crew) and record producer
  • Oldřich Janota, 74, Czech folk singer-songwriter
  • Mísia, 69, Portuguese fado singer
  • Wolfgang Rihm, 72, German classical composer

• 28

  • Chino XL, 50, American rapper
  • Martin Phillipps, 61, New Zealand indie pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Chills) (death announced on this date)
  • Mick Underwood, 78, English rock drummer (Quatermass, Strapps, Gillan)

• 30 – Onyeka Onwenu, 72, Nigerian pop and gospel singer-songwriter

• 31

  • DJ Randall, 54, British jungle and drum and bass DJ
  • Arthur Miles, 74, American R&B and jazz singer
  • Carmen Pateña, 83, Filipino pop singer

• 1 – Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ builder

• 2 – Nicu Covaci, 77, Romanian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Transsylvania Phoenix)

• 3

  • Shaun Martin, 45, American jazz fusion and gospel multi-instrumentalist (Snarky Puppy)
  • Antônio Meneses, 66, Brazilian classical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio)
  • Phloen Phromdaen, 85, Thai luk thung singer

• 4 – Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, 74, Spanish classical conductor and composer

• 5 – Maurice Williams, 86, American doo-wop singer-songwriter (Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs)

• 7 – Jack Russell, 63, American glam metal singer (Great White)

• 9

  • Carl Bevan, 51, Welsh Britpop drummer (60 Ft. Dolls) (death announced on this date)
  • Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist
  • Charles R. Cross, 67, American music journalist
  • Dave Sweetapple, 58, American indie rock and stoner metal bassist (Sweet Apple, Witch).
  • Carl Weathersby, 71, American blues guitarist

• 10 – Celestina Casapietra, 85, Italian opera singer

• 11

  • Gökçe Akçelik, 47, Turkish psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Replikas)
  • Haniya Aslam, 46, Pakistani pop rock singer and guitarist (Zeb and Haniya)
  • Steve Davislim, 57, Malaysian-born Australian opera singer (death announced on this day)
  • Talos, 37, Irish indie electronic singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  • Chon Travis, American punk singer (Love Equals Death)

• 12

  • Christof Nel, 80, German theatre and opera director
  • Zdeněk Pololáník, 88, Czech classical composer, conductor and organist.

• 13 – Greg Kihn, 75, American power pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Greg Kihn Band)

• 14 – Dean Roberts, 49, New Zealand electroacoustic multi-instrumentalist and composer (death announced on this date)

• 15

  • Joe Chambers, 81, American psychedelic soul singer-songwriter (The Chambers Brothers)
  • Peter Marshall, 98, American pop singer and musical theater actor

• 16

  • Charles Blackwell, 84, English pop arranger, record producer, film composer and songwriter (death announced on this date)
  • Bobby Hicks, 91, American bluegrass fiddler
  • Luther Kent, 76, American blues singer
  • Rajko Maksimović, 89, Serbian classical composer
  • Tore Ylwizaker, 54, Norwegian experimental rock keyboardist (Ulver)

• 17

  • Johnny "Dandy" Rodríguez, 78, American Afro-Cuban jazz and salsa bongo player (Típica 73).
  • Bert Susanka, 62, American surf rock and cowpunk singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ziggens)

• 20

  • Erik Barrett, 48, American metalcore bassist (100 Demons) (death announced on this date)
  • Maryvonne Le Dizès, 84, French classical violinist (death announced on this date)
  • Manju Mehta, 79, Indian classical sitar player.
  • Charin Nantanakorn, 91, Thai pop singer

• 21

  • Diana, 76, Brazilian pop singer
  • Russell Stone, 77–78, English singer (R&J Stone)

• 22 – Justin Chearno, 54, American indie rock guitarist (Pitchblende, Turing Machine, Unrest, Panthers)

• 23

  • Daron Beck, 48, American synth-doom singer and keyboardist (Pinkish Black)
  • Russell Malone, 60, America jazz guitarist
  • Catherine Ribeiro, 82, French psychedelic rock singer (Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes)

• 26 – Paul Dwayne, 60, Canadian country singer-songwriter

• 27

  • Richard Macphail, 73, English rock singer (Anon) and road manager (Genesis)
  • Makaya Ntshoko, 84, South African jazz drummer

• 30

  • Fatman Scoop, 53, American rapper
  • Danielle Moore, 52, English downtempo singer (Crazy P)
  • Cunnie Williams, 61, American R&B singer (death announced on this date)

• 31 – Jessica Mbangeni, 47, South African gospel singer

• 1

  • Mike Billard, 60, Canadian jazz drummer (Jeff Johnston Trio).
  • Teresa Bright, 64, American hapa haole guitarist and ukulele player.

• 2

  • James Darren, 88, American pop singer
  • Peter Kubik, 49, Austrian black metal guitarist (Abigor) (death announced on this date)
  • Pat Lewis, 76, American soul singer (death announced on this date)

• 3 – Göran Fristorp, 76, Swedish schlager singer-songwriter (Malta)

• 4

  • Oswald d'Andréa, 90, French classical pianist and film composer
  • Bora Đorđević, 71, Serbian hard rock singer-songwriter (Riblja Čorba).

• 5

  • Roy Cape, 82, Trinidadian calypso saxophonist (death announced on this date)
  • Herbie Flowers, 86, English rock bassist (Blue Mink, T. Rex, Sky).
  • Martin France, 60, British jazz drummer
  • Sérgio Mendes, 83, Brazilian bossa nova pianist and composer
  • Rich Homie Quan, 34, American rapper
  • Władysław Słowiński, 94, Polish classical composer and conductor.

• 6

  • Will Jennings, 80, American pop lyricist
  • Mark Moffatt, 74, Australian pop guitarist (The Monitors) and record producer
  • Screamin' Scott Simon, 75, Americanrock and roll pianist and singer (Sha Na Na)

• 7

  • Jimmy Gilmer, 83, American rock and roll singer (The Fireballs)
  • Dan Morgenstern, 94, German-born American music journalist and archivist

• 8

  • Viktor Lyadov, 58, Russian classical pianist
  • Zoot Money, 82, English blues rock singer and keyboardist (Eric Burdon and The Animals, Zoot Money's Big Roll Band)
  • Ben Thapa, 42, English operatic pop singer (G4)
  • Caterina Valente, 93, French-Italian pop singer and guitarist

• 10

  • Frankie Beverly, 77, American R&B and funk singer-songwriter (Maze)
  • Doug Hood, 70, New Zealand record producer

• 12

  • Robin Guy, 54, British punk and alternative rock drummer (Sham 69, All About Eve)
  • Papa Kojak, 68, Jamaican reggae singer

• 13

  • Moisés Canelo, 74, Honduran pop singer-songwriter
  • Tommy Cash, 84, American country singer
  • Chalmers Davis, 73, American country keyboardist (The Shooters)

• 15

  • David Davis, 63, American bluegrass mandolinist
  • Tito Jackson, 70, American pop and R&B singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
  • Roli Mosimann, 68, Swiss-born American experimental rock drummer (Swans, Wiseblood) and record producer

• 16 – Billy Edd Wheeler, 91, American country singer-songwriter

• 17

  • Evin Agassi, 78, Iranian-born American pop singer.
  • Kenny Hyslop, 73, Scottish new wave drummer (Slik, Zones, Simple Minds, Set the Tone) (death announced on this date)
  • Rise Kagona, 62, Zimbabwean jit guitarist (Bhundu Boys)
  • JD Souther, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter

• 18

  • Juan Brujo, 61, American death metal singer (Brujeria)
  • Dick Diamonde, 76, Dutch-born Australian rock bassist (The Easybeats)
  • Nick Gravenites, 85, American blues singer and guitarist (The Electric Flag, Big Brother and the Holding Company)
  • Zulya Kamalova, 55, Russian-born Australian folk singer

• 19 – Florence Warner, 77, American pop and commercial jingle singer

• 20

  • Richard Dyer, 82, American music critic
  • Srirangam Kannan, 72, Indian classical morsing player
  • Kim Richmond, 84, American jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Sayuri, 28, Japanese pop singer-songwriter

• 21

  • Paul Cripple, American anarcho-punk guitarist (Reagan Youth)
  • Benny Golson, 95, American jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Eddie Low, 81, New Zealand country singer
  • Roger Palm, 75, Swedish pop drummer (ABBA)
  • Juan Carlos Salazar, 59, Venezuelan folk singer and cuatro player

• 23 – Freddie Salem, 70, American Southern rock guitarist (Outlaws) (death announced on this date)

• 24 – Cat Glover, 60, American funk singer and rapper

• 27

  • John McNeil, 76, American jazz trumpeter
  • Pit Passarell, 56, Argentine-born Brazilian heavy metal singer and bassist (Viper)

• 28 – Kris Kristofferson, 88, American country singer-songwriter

• 29

  • Rohan de Saram, 85, British-born classical Sri Lankan cellist
  • Martin Lee, 77, English pop singer-songwriter (Brotherhood of Man)
  • Stoika Milanova, 79, Bulgarian classical violinist (death announced on this date)

• 30

  • Dave Allison, 68, Canadian heavy metal guitarist (Anvil)
  • Fayo, 46, Canadian folk singer-songwriter

• 1

  • Vyacheslav Dobrynin, 78, Russian pop rock singer and composer (Samotsvety)
  • Fritz Escovão, 81, Brazilian samba rock singer and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)

• 2

  • Arbogaste Mbella Ntone, 82, Cameroonian gospel singer
  • Ken Tobias, 79, Canadian folk singer-songwriter

• 3

  • Terje Bjørklund, 79, Norwegian jazz pianist and composer
  • Jack Colwell, 34, Australian indie rock singer-songwriter.
  • Jerry Miller, American ska singer (The Untouchables)

• 5 – Mimis Plessas, 99, Greek film composer and classical pianist

• 6 – Johnny Neel, 70, American Southern rock singer and keyboardist (The Allman Brothers Band)

• 7

  • Hans van Hemert, 79, Dutch music producer and songwriter
  • Cissy Houston, 91, American gospel and R&B singer (The Sweet Inspirations)
  • Jack Ponti, 66, American songwriter and record producer

• 8 – Jorge Arriagada, 81, Chilean-French film composer

• 9

  • Michel Boyibanda, 84, Congolese rumba and soukous singer (TPOK Jazz).
  • Bruno Pochesci, 54, Italian-born French singer-songwriter
  • Leif Segerstam, 80, Finnish classical conductor, composer and multi-instrumentalist

• 10

  • Adam Abeshouse, 63, American recording engineer, music producer and classical violinist
  • El Taiger, 37, Cuban reggaeton singer

• 11

  • Kiril Marichkov, 79, Bulgarian progressive rock singer and bassist (Shturcite)
  • Aminollah Rashidi, 99, Iranian classical singer and composer

• 12

  • Jackmaster, 38, Scottish house DJ
  • Ka, 52, American rapper

• 13 – Libby Titus, 77, American pop singer-songwriter

• 15 – Ollie Olsen, 66, Australian post-punk multi-instrumentalist (No, Whirlywirld, Max Q, Orchestra of Skin and Bone, Taipan Tiger Girls) and film composer

• 16

  • Inger Lorre, 61, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nymphs)
  • Alan Mansfield, 72, American-New Zealand rock keyboardist (Dragon), songwriter, and record producer
  • Liam Payne, 31, English pop singer (One Direction)

• 18 – Shujeo Shyam, 78, Bangladeshi music director

• 20

  • Barbara Dane, 97, American jazz, blues, and folk singer
  • Janusz Olejniczak, 72, Polish classical pianist

• 21

  • Egidio Cuadrado, 71, Colombian vallenato accordionist
  • Paul Di'Anno, 66, English heavy metal singer (Iron Maiden)
  • Mimi Hines, 91, Canadian pop singer and musical theater actress
  • Barbara Kolb, 85, American classical composer

• 22

  • Claire Daly, 66, American jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Edd Griles, 78, American music video director
  • Ferenc Sánta Jr., 79, Hungarian classical and Romani folk violinist

• 23

  • Jack Jones, 86, American pop singer
  • Linda LaFlamme, 85, American psychedelic rock keyboardist and songwriter (It's a Beautiful Day)

• 24

  • DJ Clark Kent, 57, Panamanian–American hip hop DJ and record producer
  • Marco Paulo, 79, Portuguese pop singer
  • Hans Rotmo, 76, Norwegian folk rock singer-songwriter

• 25 – Phil Lesh, 84, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and bassist (Grateful Dead)

• 26 – Ustad Tafu, 79, Pakistani classical tabla player and film score composer

• 28

  • Bill Beach, 92, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (death announced on this date)
  • Manuel "Guajiro" Mirabal, 91, Cuban guajira trumpeter (Buena Vista Social Club)

• 30

  • Richard Andrew, 58, Australian indie rock drummer (Underground Lovers, Crow, Black Cab)
  • Arthur Moreira Lima, 84, Brazilian classical pianist

• 31 – Candy Devine, 85, Australian radio broadcaster and pop singer (death announced on this date)

• 3

  • Quincy Jones, 91, American record producer, songwriter, arranger, and jazz trumpeter
  • Andy Leek, 66, English new wave keyboardist (Dexys Midnight Runners).

• 4

  • Johnny Madsen, 73, Danish rock singer-songwriter
  • Tyka Nelson, 64, American R&B singer
  • Renato Serio, 78, Italian film composer

• 5 – Sharda Sinha, 72, Indian folk and classical singer

• 8

  • Musafir Ram Bhardwaj, 94, Indian folk drummer
  • George Bohanon, 87, American jazz trombonist

• 9

  • Lou Donaldson, 98, American jazz saxophonist
  • Ella Jenkins, 100, American folk singer-songwriter
  • Ram Narayan, 96, Indian classical sarangi player

• 10

  • Pepe Justicia, 64, Spanish flamenco guitarist
  • Emre Tukur, 55, Turkish pop keyboardist (Klips ve Onlar) (death announced on this date)

• 11 – Papa Noël Nedule, 83, Congolese soukous guitarist.

• 12

  • Johnny Duhan, 74, Irish folk singer-songwriter
  • Roy Haynes, 99, American jazz drummer

• 13

  • Edgard Brito, 50, Brazilian folk metal keyboardist (Tuatha de Danann)
  • Shel Talmy, 87, American record producer

• 14

  • Tommy Alverson, American country singer-songwriter
  • Dennis Bryon, 75, Welsh rock drummer (Amen Corner, Bee Gees)
  • Vic Flick, 87, English session guitarist
  • Peter Sinfield, 80, English progressive rock lyricist (King Crimson) and record producer

• 15 – Aashish Khan, 84, Indian classical sarod player

• 16

  • S. Atan, 75, Singaporean-born Malaysian songwriter
  • Dejan Despić, 94, Serbian classical composer
  • Gerry Weil, 85, Austrian-born Venezuelan jazz pianist

• 17 – Vladimir Lyovkin, 57, Russian pop singer (Na Na)

• 18

  • Paulo Alexandre, 93, Portuguese pop singer
  • Jordi Bonell, 66, Spanish jazz guitarist
  • Charles Dumont, 95, French cabaret and chanson singer-songwriter
  • J. Saul Kane, 55, English trip hop and breakbeat hardcore DJ (death announced on this date)
  • Bjørn Müller, 64, Norwegian rock singer (Backstreet Girls)
  • György Pauk, 88, Hungarian classical violinist
  • Colin Petersen, 78, Australian pop rock drummer (Bee Gees, Humpy Bong)

• 19

  • Cesare Bonizzi, 78, Italian heavy metal singer
  • Odile Bailleux, 84, French classical harpsichordist and organist
  • Diva Gray, 72, American disco singer (Change, Chic)
  • Saafir, 54, American rapper
  • Graciela Susana, 71, Argentine tango singer

• 20

  • Ita Beausang, 88, Irish musicologist
  • Andy Paley, 72, American power pop multi-instrumentalist (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), songwriter, record producer, and composer
  • Mike Pinera, 76, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Ramatam)

• 21 – Willy Quiroga, 84, Argentine rock bassist (Vox Dei)

• 22

  • Toni Price, 63, American country blues singer
  • Harry Williams, 80, American R&B singer (Bloodstone)

• 23

  • Marius Bațu, 65, Romanian folk singer (Pasărea Colibri
  • Gabriel Cotabiță, 69, Romanian pop singer
  • Pavel Karmanov, 54, Russian classical composer
  • Chuck Woolery, 83, American psychedelic pop singer (The Avant-Garde).

• 24

  • Ahmad Nawab, 92, Malaysian jazz saxophonist and composer
  • Siegfried Thiele, 90, German classical composer

• 25 – Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha, 79, Czech folk singer-songwriter

• 26

  • Bob Bryar, 44, American alternative rock drummer (My Chemical Romance) (body discovered on this date)
  • Leah Kunkel, 76, American folk and pop rock singer (The Coyote Sisters)

• 27

  • Artt Frank, 91, American jazz drummer
  • Leonor González Mina, 90, Colombian cumbia singer

• 29

  • Will Cullen Hart, 53, American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System), co-founder of Elephant 6.
  • Bert De Coninck, 75, Belgian rock singer and guitarist

• 30 – Steve Alaimo, 84, American pop singer and record producer

• 1

  • Jacques Barsamian, 81, French rock singer and music journalist
  • Samantha Lawrence, 55, British hip hop and reggae singer (Wee Papa Girl Rappers)

• 2

  • Liu Chia-chang, 81 or 84, Taiwanese songwriter
  • Marlos Nobre, 85, Brazilian classical composer and pianist

• 3 – Huang Zhun, 98, Chinese classical composer and singer

• 5 – Mario Tessuto, 81, Italian pop singer

• 6

  • Angela Alvarez, 97, Cuban-born American folk-pop singer
  • Miho Nakayama, 54, Japanese pop singer
  • Dickie Rock, 88, Irish pop rock singer (The Miami Showband)

• 7 – Steady Bongo, 58, Sierra Leonean afropop singer

• 9 – Thomas Hertel, 73, German classical composer

• 10 – Lennie De Ice, 54, British jungle DJ (death announced on this date)

• 11

  • Corinne Allal, 69, Tunisian-born Israeli rock singer and guitarist
  • Michio Mamiya, 95, Japanese opera composer

• 12

  • Papia Sarwar, 72, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer
  • Martial Solal, 97, French jazz pianist

• 13

  • Koko Ateba, Cameroonian bikutsi singer and guitarist
  • Bill Kelly, 74, American rock singer and guitarist (The Buoys, Dakota)
  • Jon Camp, 75, British progressive rock singer and bassist (Renaissance)

• 15

  • Zakir Hussain, 73, Indian classical and jazz fusion tabla player (Shakti)
  • Ankaralı Turgut, 61, Turkish folk singer

• 16

  • Naa Amanua, 75–76, Ghanaian folk singer (Wulomei)
  • Anita Bryant, 84, American pop singer
  • Steve Lewinson, 60, British soul bassist (Simply Red)
  • Ruth McArdle, Belgian acid house singer (Lords of Acid) (death announced on this date)

• 17

  • Alfa Anderson, 78, American disco singer (Chic)
  • Mike Brewer, 80, American folk rock singer-songwriter (Brewer & Shipley)
  • David Mallett, 73, American folk singer-songwriter

• 18

  • Slim Dunlap, 73, American alternative rock guitarist (The Replacements)
  • Sigrid Kehl, 95, German opera singer
  • Heikki Silvennoinen, 70, Finnish progressive rock guitarist (Tabula Rasa)

• 19

  • Stanley Booth, 82, American music journalist
  • Gaboro, 23, Swedish rapper

• 20 – Sugar Pie DeSanto, 89, American R&B singer

• 21 – Casey Chaos, 59, American punk and metal singer (Amen, Christian Death)

• 23 – Gerardo Guevara, 94, Ecuadorian classical composer

• 24

  • Richard Perry, 82, American record producer
  • Priya Suriyasena, 80, Sri Lankan pop singer

• 25 – Dulce, 69, Mexican pop singer

• 26 – OG Maco, 32, American rapper

• 28

  • Selami Karaibrahimgil, 80, Turkish rock singer (Modern Folk Üçlüsü)
  • Lars Martin Myhre, 68, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Barre Phillips, 90, American jazz bassist

• 29

  • Eric Carlson, 66, American heavy metal guitarist (Mentors)
  • Linda Lavin, 87, American pop singer

• 30 – Joe Grech, 90, Maltese pop singer

• 31

  • Tom Johnson, 85, American minimalist composer
  • Don Nix, 83, American soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Mar-Keys)
  • Johnnie Walker, 79, English radio disc jockey

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