Music
Singers, songwriters, players and producers whose records became part of people's lives. 352 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.
Carlos Fredi1945 – 2026 · Folk singerArgentine folk voice of Contracanto and Los Trovadores.
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Martina Arroyo1937 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoHarlem-born Met soprano who made Verdi and Puccini glow, and opened doors for Black opera artists.
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Lucian Piane1980 – 2026 · ComposerComposer, producer and RevoLucian remixer who turned a viral rant into a dance hit and helped give RuPaul's Drag Race its sound.
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Manolo del Valle1942 – 2026 · Singer (bolero and sonThe warm, unhurried voice of Cuban bolero, who sang of love without raising his voice.
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Ted Johnson1928 – 2026 · Folk music teacherA man made of music. He helped open the Old Town School of Folk Music in 1957 and taught Chicago to sing and play.
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Goran Bare1965 – 2026 · Rock singerThe voice of Majke, who turned hard years into the songs of Croatian rock.
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Piero De Benedictis1945 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter and actorThe Italian-born troubadour of "Mi viejo", who sang for the people, for children and for peace.
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George Fenton1949 – 2026 · ComposerThe composer behind Gandhi, the BBC news and The Blue Planet, who scored a nation's life.
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Antoine Ciosi1931 – 2026 · Corsican singerThe voice who sang Corsica's villages, exile and memory for more than sixty years.
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Pascualillo Coronado1959 – 2026 · Peruvian chicha and cumbia singerEl Rey de la Carretera Central. Voice of Peruvian cumbia carretera for more than five decades.
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Tony Reno1963 – 2026 · MusicianTony Reno, Yale's second-winningest football coach, led with integrity on and off the field.
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Tiruchi R. Thayumanavan1931 – 2026 · Carnatic percussionist (mridangamPudukottai-school mridangam and kanjira vidwan whose konnakkol and guru bhakti shaped Tiruchi's laya tradition.
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Sass Jordan1962 – 2026 · SingerMontreal rocker whose rasp powered Racine, Idol, and a late blues run.
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Danny Harris† 2026 · GuitaristDurban guitarist and founding member of The Raiders, remembered for a lifetime of music and teaching.
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Conrad "Cronos" Lant1963 – 2026 · BassistFounder and voice of Venom, who helped invent extreme metal.
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Motti Kastón1961 – 2026 · baritoneIsraeli baritone and Stuttgart Kammersänger whose Met training shaped a 35-year ensemble career.
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Omar Boutmazought† 2026 · Amazigh singerMiddle Atlas Amazigh singer whose lotar and Samhi Ayemma Samhi carried Zemmour song far beyond Khemisset.
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Pat Garrett1942 – 2026 · Country singer-songwriterBerks County country showman who built an amphitheater, a sheepskin empire, and steered young Taylor Swift toward Nashville.
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Aleksei Kozlov1935 – 2026 · SaxophonistFounder of Arsenal and a defining voice of Soviet and Russian jazz.
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Gilbert Rodriguez1940 – 2026 · Tejano singerTejano Blue Notes pioneer and founder of Gilbert's Mexican Restaurant
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Neil Henderson1953 – 2026 · Guitarist and songwriter (Bay City RollersEarly Bay City Rollers guitarist and Middle of the Road songwriter who kept playing long after the charts moved on.
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Jackie Jackson1947 – 2026 · ReggaeTreasure Isle and Maytals bassist whose rocksteady lines travelled the world.
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Vector Lovers1969 – 2026 · British electronic music producer (IDMReading-born IDM and electro producer behind Vector Lovers; Soma Records; Capsule For One.
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Chad Gilbert1981 – 2026 · GuitaristFounding guitarist of New Found Glory whose songs, humor, and grit shaped a generation of pop-punk.
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Bryan Kelly1934 – 2026 · English composerOxford-born composer of Kelly in C who brought Latin rhythms and joie de vivre to British music.
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Duncan Sheik1969 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterBarely Breathing hitmaker who woke Broadway with Spring Awakening.
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Pye Dubois1948 – 2026 · LyricistCanadian lyricist behind Tom Sawyer and Max Webster, who preferred the words to the spotlight.
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Margaret Rizza1929 – 2026 · English composer of contemplative church musicContemplative church composer who turned prayer into song for choirs of every ability.
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Joji Hirota1948 – 2026 · PercussionistThe Hokkaido drummer who made London's heart beat to taiko for half a century.
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Jack Grassel1948 – 2026 · Jazz guitaristMilwaukee jazz guitarist, teacher and inventor of the triple-neck guitar, for whom music was like breathing.
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Anny Schlemm1929 – 2026 · Opera and operetta singerNeu-Isenburg-born Kammersängerin who carried German music theatre from Halle to Bayreuth for nearly sixty years.
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Maureen Jones1927 – 2026 · Classical pianistSydney prodigy who helped found Musica Viva and became Europe's lady of the piano.
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Jerney Kaagman1947 – 2026 · Singer (Earth and Fire)The voice of Earth and Fire and a lifelong champion of Dutch musicians.
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Brian Doerksen1965 – 2026 · Worship leaderHe led worship with a whisper and sang over the suffering, and the whole Church sang his songs.
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Patrick Gleeson1934 – 2026 · Synthesizer pioneerSynthesizer pioneer who put modular electronics on Herbie Hancock’s stage and built Different Fur.
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Rodney Franklin1958 – 2026 · Jazz pianist and composerBerkeley jazz pianist whose Columbia hit The Groove lit UK dancefloors and whose Song for You remains a Quiet Storm favorite.
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Teejan Bai1956 – 2026 · Pandavani folk singer and Mahabharata storytellerThe Kapalik voice of Pandavani who took Chhattisgarh's Mahabharata storytelling to the world.
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Alex Bueno1963 – 2026 · Singer and guitarist (merengueEl Ruiseñor de la Sierra. The voice of Que vuelva and El jardín prohibido, who sang every Dominican rhythm.
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Frank Michael1947 – 2026 · SingerThe Seraing crooner who sang of love for fifty years and gave his heart to the fans who filled his halls.
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Sonny Rollins1930 – 2026 · Jazz tenor saxophonistThe Saxophone Colossus: jazz's greatest improviser, who wrote St. Thomas and Oleo and practised on the Williamsburg Bridge.
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Moya Brennan1952 – 2026 · Folk singerClannad's first lady of Celtic song: voice, harp and Donegal faith.
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Asha Bhosle1933 – 2026 · Playback singerLegendary Indian playback singer whose 12,000 songs shaped Bollywood for eight decades.
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Country Joe McDonald1942 – 2026 · SingerOne, two, three, what are we fighting for? The Woodstock voice who sang for peace and stood by those who served.
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Augie Meyers1940 – 2026 · MusicianThe Vox that gave Texas its groove. Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados legend, 1940 to 2026.
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Lil Poppa2000 – 2026 · RapperJacksonville's storyteller, who turned pain, loyalty and survival into melodic rap his fans still carry.
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Matti Caspi1949 – 2026 · Israeli composerThe kibbutz boy whose harmonies changed Hebrew song. Composer, arranger and the voice of Brit Olam.
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Francis Buchholz1950 – 2026 · Bass guitarist (Scorpions 1973 to 1992)The bass behind the Scorpions: Rock You Like a Hurricane, Still Loving You and Wind of Change.
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Phil McDonald† 2026 · Recording engineer and record producerAbbey Road engineer who helped record the Beatles and shared a Grammy for Abbey Road.
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