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.
Dónal Lunny1947 – 2026 · Musician and record producerThe bouzouki player and producer who reshaped Irish traditional music, from Planxty to Moving Hearts.
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Anita Louis1949 – 2026 · Soul singer (The Soul ChildrenMemphis soprano of The Soul Children, whose voice carried the heart of Stax soul.
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Frans Geysen1936 – 2026 · ComposerFlemish composer who found his own path to repetitive music and gave the recorder quartet a modern voice.
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Sam Noto1930 – 2026 · Jazz trumpeter and flugelhornistBuffalo's bebop trumpeter, from Kenton and Basie to Xanadu. The music turned his life around.
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Suzanne Nyiranyamibwa1943 – 2026 · Singer and songwriterRwandan singer who carried the liberation struggle and the memory of the genocide in her voice.
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Doddy Katamsi1967 – 2026 · Rock singer (ElpamasThe rock voice of Pak Tua and the teacher behind a generation of Indonesian singers.
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Alpay1935 – 2026 · Singer and songwriterHe gave Turkish pop some of its most lasting romantic songs.
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Netinho1966 – 2026 · Singer-songwriter (axé music)The voice of Milla, who carried Bahia's Carnival to the whole of Brazil.
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Wilma De Angelis1930 – 2026 · Singer and television presenterThe Milanese voice of Nessuno and Patatina, and a pioneer of cooking on Italian television.
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Biva Sengupta1932 – 2026 · Rabindra Sangeet singer and music teacherShe sang Tagore's songs as if telling them to you, and taught generations to do the same.
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Victor Hugo Ayala1934 – 2026 · SingerThe bolero voice of Bogotá radio, and for a generation the voice of Colombia's anthem.
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Prince Waly1991 – 2026 · RapperPrince of Montreuil. A cinematic voice of French rap who turned eight years of illness into Moussa.
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Pino Presti1943 – 2026 · BassistThe bass behind Libertango and the arranger behind Mina's golden 1970s.
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Jibesh Chamling Rai† 2026 · Music teacherNepali music guru, school composer, and father of singers Melina Rai and Junu Rai.
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Erez Halevi1954 – 2026 · SingerHe sang that nature made us as we are, and gave Israel songs that still feel like the night.
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John Bröcheler1945 – 2026 · Operatic bass-baritone and concert singerDutch bass-baritone who carried Vaals choir roots to Glyndebourne, La Scala, and the strangest new scores.
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Mike Beigel1947 – 2026 · Electronics engineer and inventorHis name was little known, but millions have heard the sound he invented.
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André Bon1946 – 2026 · ComposerFrench composer who carried Messiaen's classroom to Villa Médicis, then wrote operas that reached the screen.
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Syed Imran Ahmed† 2026 · GuitaristDhaka metal guitarist and Mechanix co-founder who helped take Bangladeshi heavy music to national television.
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Philippe Caillard1924 – 2026 · Choral conductorSelf-taught French choral conductor who gave voice to Renaissance polyphony and trained generations of choir leaders.
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Bruno Campanella1943 – 2026 · ConductorBari-born bel canto maestro who led the world's great houses with rigor, sensitivity, and elegance.
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Tony Thorpe1945 – 2026 · GuitaristRubettes guitarist whose white-suit hits and Baby I Know still echo.
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Dave Kendall1963 – 2026 · Music journalistHe gave alternative music a home on MTV's 120 Minutes, and a generation found its sound.
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Tommy Hunter1937 – 2026 · Country singerCanada's Country Gentleman. Singer, host of The Tommy Hunter Show, and Order of Canada member who brought country music into the living room.
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Michael Tilson Thomas1944 – 2026 · ConductorMTT, the conductor who made the San Francisco Symphony world class and taught millions to love the orchestra.
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Alan Osmond1949 – 2026 · SingerThe leader of The Osmonds, who carried the load so his brothers could shine.
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Dave Mason1946 – 2026 · SingerHe wrote Feelin' Alright? and played on rock's greatest records. Through the music, his presence endures.
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Phil Campbell1961 – 2026 · rock guitaristMotörhead guitarist for 31 years and leader of Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons.
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Billy Steinberg1950 – 2026 · SongwriterHe wrote Like a Virgin, True Colors and Eternal Flame, and millions sang his words back to him.
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Brad Arnold1978 – 2026 · SingerThe Mississippi kid who wrote Kryptonite in algebra class and gave a generation its rock soundtrack.
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Ken Peplowski1959 – 2026 · Jazz clarinetistThe clarinetist who carried Benny Goodman's swing into a new century, with a warm, woody sound and a laugh on every bandstand.
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Chuck Negron1942 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterThe voice of Joy to the World and One, who found his way back from addiction and spent his life helping others do the same.
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Haji Gulrez Tabassum† 2026 · Pashto folk singerThe king of the Peshawar stage, whose tappay carried village songs to radio, film and television.
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Stephen Kovacevich1940 – 2026 · PianistPianist whose Beethoven recordings combined clarity, intelligence and quiet daring.
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Misha Mavashi1985 – 2026 · RapperRapper of Moya krepost and founder of Northern Man, who urged a generation toward sport and sobriety.
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Tipchalit Phromchana1983 – 2026 · SingerA voice from Academy Fantasia who went on to fly, remembered for his talent and his smile.
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David Šmídt† 2026 · MusicianKeyboardist of Eddie Stoilow and director of Evropa 2, whose songs and stations filled Czech airwaves.
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Benito di Paula1941 – 2026 · Brazilian singerSambeiro and pianeiro who gave Brazil Retalhos de Cetim, Charlie Brown and Mulher Brasileira.
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Deva1950 – 2026 · Film composer and singerThenisai Thendral, the breeze of sweet music, who carried gaana from the streets of Chennai to Tamils around the world.
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Jacqueline Van Quaille1936 – 2026 · Operatic sopranoGhent soprano, the diva of Flanders, who sang for 56 years from Tosca to Castafiore.
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Ezra Sastry† 2026 · Telugu Christian gospel singerLyrical evangelist whose Telugu hymns carried the gospel across two states for five decades.
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Chris Welsh† 2026 · DrummerDied Pretty drummer whose pulse drove Australian alternative rock.
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Joël Manglou1958 – 2026 · SingerSinger of the land and the Creole tongue, who carried the soul of Réunion in every song.
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Roberto Tibiriçá1954 – 2026 · Conductor (maestro)Brazilian maestro who shaped orchestras from Rio to Curitiba and taught generations how the baton speaks.
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Gabino Palomares1950 – 2026 · Singer-songwriterMexican canto nuevo voice; author of La maldición de Malinche.
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Manuel Seal1960 – 2026 · SongwriterSo So Def hitmaker whose melodies powered Usher, Mariah Carey, and TLC.
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Moses Matovu1949 – 2026 · MusicianPapa Moi of Afrigo Band: Uganda's longest-running bandleader, voice and alto sax for five decades.
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BloodHound Q502004 – 2026 · RapperChicago drill voice who turned grief into bars, then left too soon.
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