2022 in music

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## Specific locations

* African music
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* Australian music
* Brazilian music
* British music
* Canadian music
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* Czech music
* Danish music
* European music
* Finnish music
* French music
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* Icelandic music
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* Irish music
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* Japanese music
* Latin music
* Malaysian music
* Mongolian music
* Norwegian music
* Philippine music
* Polynesian music
* Scandinavian music
* South Korean music
* Swedish music
* Taiwanese music
* Vietnamese music

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* Heavy Metal
* Hip Hop
* Rock

## Bands formed

* Apink Chobom
* Astro – Jinjin & Rocky
* Blank2y
* Classy
* Got the Beat
* H1-Key
* ILY:1
* Irris
* Jinjin & Rocky
* Kep1er
* Lapillus
* Le Sserafim
* Metamuse
* Nmixx
* TAN
* Tempest
* TNX
* Trendz
* Viviz
* XG
* Younite

## Soloist debuts

* Alexa Ilacad
* Cho Mi-yeon
* Choi Ye-na
* Jeremy Lee
* Kihyun
* Krystian Wang
* Lauren Spencer-Smith
* Nayeon
* SennaRin
* Wonpil
* Yoshino Aoyama
* Yuju
* Yuki Yomichi

## Bands reformed

* 2NE1
* The Academy Is...
* Be Your Own Pet
* Big Bang
* Bluebottle Kiss
* DNCE
* Doping Panda
* Get Scared
* Girls' Generation
* Kisschasy
* Mrs. Green Apple
* Pink Floyd (a one off recording, "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!", in aid of Ukrainian Humanitarian relief, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
* Pity Sex
* Sunk Loto
* Sunny Day Real Estate
* TISM
* Unwound
* Yellowcard
* The Mars Volta

## Bands disbanded

* April
* The Birds of Satan
* CLC
* DEL48
* The Detroit Cobras
* Empire
* Every Time I Die
* Genesis
* Go to the Beds
* Hot Issue
* The Judds
* Kids See Ghosts
* Lunarsolar
* The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
* Mighty Diamonds
* Neverland Express
* NU'EST
* Predia
* Procol Harum
* The Pussycat Dolls
* Roberts and Barrand
* Sweet Trip
* Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
* TRCNG
* Waterson:Carthy
* We Girls

## Bands on hiatus

* Brockhampton
* Florida Georgia Line
* Little Mix
* Mary's Blood
* Violent Soho
* Yoshimotozaka46

## Deaths

### January

* **1** – Mighty Bomber, 93, Trinidadian calypso singer
* **2**
	+ Ana Bejerano, 60, Spanish pop singer (Mocedades)
	+ Kenny J, 69, Trinidadian calypso and soca singer
	+ Traxamillion, 42, American hip hop producer
	+ Jay Weaver, 42, American Christian rock bassist (Big Daddy Weave)
* **3** – Lewis Jordan, 74, American pop guitarist and singer (The Jordan Brothers)
* **4**
	+ Jessie Daniels, 58, American R&B singer (Force MDs)
	+ Andrzej Nowak, 63, Polish heavy metal guitarist (TSA)
* **5**
	+ Dale Clevenger, 81, American classical French hornist
	+ Neil Nongkynrih, 51, Indian classical pianist
* **6**
	+ Carlo Meliciani, 92, Italian opera singer
	+ Calvin Simon, 79, American funk singer (Parliament-Funkadelic)
	+ Yoram Taharlev, 83, Israeli pop lyricist
* **7**
	+ Harpdog Brown, 59, Canadian blues singer and harmonica player
	+ Koady Chaisson, 37, Canadian folk banjoist (The East Pointers)
	+ Bobby Harrison, 82, British psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Procol Harum, Freedom, Snafu)
	+ Marc Dé Hugar, 52, Australian glam metal guitarist (Candy Harlots)
	+ R. Dean Taylor, 82, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
* **8**
	+ Marilyn Bergman, 93, American pop lyricist
	+ Ramdas Kamat, 90, Indian Marathi theatre singer
	+ Michael Lang, 77, American tour promoter and producer
* **9**
	+ Maria Ewing, 71, American opera singer
	+ James Mtume, 76, American jazz and R&B multi-instrumentalist (Mtume)
* **10**
	+ Gerry Granahan, 89, American rock and roll and pop singer-songwriter
	+ Francis Jackson, 104, British classical organist and composer
	+ Khan Jamal, 75, American jazz vibraphonist
	+ Burke Shelley, 71, British heavy metal singer and bassist (Budgie)
* **11**
	+ Bruce Anderson, 72, American experimental rock guitarist (MX-80)
	+ Martin Carrizo, 50, Argentine rock and heavy metal drummer (A.N.I.M.A.L., Indio Solari)
	+ Rosa Lee Hawkins, 76, American pop and R&B singer (The Dixie Cups)
	+ Jordi Sabatés, 73, Spanish sunshine pop and classical pianist (Pic-Nic)
* **12**
	+ Everett Lee, 105, American classical violinist and conductor
	+ Waiphot Phetsuphan, 79, Thai Luk Thung singer
	+ Ronnie Spector, 78, American R&B and pop singer (The Ronettes)
* **13**
	+ CPO Boss Hogg, 52, American rapper
	+ Fred Parris, 85, American doo-wop musician (The Five Satins)
	+ Sonny Turner, 83, American R&B singer (The Platters)
	+ Fred Van Hove, 84, Belgian free jazz pianist
* **14**
	+ Dallas Frazier, 82, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Greg Webster, 84, American funk drummer (Ohio Players)
* **15**
	+ Ralph Emery, 88, American radio disc jockey
	+ Jon Lind, 73, American folk rock and pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Howdy Moon)
	+ Rachel Nagy, 48, American blues rock singer (The Detroit Cobras)
	+ Beverly Ross, 87, American pop songwriter (Ronald & Ruby)
* **16** – Carmela Corren, 83, Israeli-Austrian pop singer
* **17** – Armando Gama, 67, Portuguese pop singer
* **18**
	+ Dick Halligan, 78, American jazz rock multi-instrumentalist (Blood, Sweat & Tears) and film composer
	+ Freddie Hughes, 78, American gospel and soul singer
	+ Tito Matos, 53, American bomba percussionist (Viento de Agua)
* **19** – Badal Roy, 82, Indian-American jazz fusion tabla player
* **20**
	+ Meat Loaf, 74, American rock singer
	+ Tom Smith, 65, American experimental rock multi-instrumentalist (To Live and Shave in L.A., Peach of Immortality)
	+ Elza Soares, 91, Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer
	+ Karolos Trikolidis, 74, Austrian classical conductor
* **21** – Terry Tolkin, 62, American music journalist and music executive (Elektra Records), coined the term "alternative music"
* **22**
	+ Kirti Shiledar, 69, Indian classical singer
	+ Don Wilson, 88, American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
* **23** – Beegie Adair, 84, American jazz pianist
* **24**
	+ Osvaldo Peredo, 91, Argentine tango singer
	+ Boris Pfeiffer, 53, German folk metal multi-instrumentalist (In Extremo)
* **25**
	+ Hardev Dilgir, 82, Indian folk lyricist
	+ Andy Ross, 66, British punk rock singer and guitarist (Disco Zombies) and music executive (Food Records)
	+ Pat King, 77-78, Scottish progressive rock bassist (Manfred Mann's Earth Band)
* **26** – Janet Mead, 83, Australian Christian music singer
* **27**
	+ Alain Bancquart, 87, French classical composer
	+ Diego Verdaguer, 70, Argentine-Mexican pop singer
* **29** – Sam Lay, 86, American blues drummer (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
* **30**
	+ Jon Appleton, 83, American electronic composer, co-inventor of the Synclavier
	+ Philip Paul, 96, American jazz, blues, and R&B drummer
	+ Max Riebl, 30, Australian opera singer
	+ Hargus "Pig" Robbins, 84, American country and rock pianist
	+ Norma Waterson, 82, British folk singer (The Watersons)
* **31**
	+ Alejandro Alonso, 69, Mexican Christian rock guitarist
	+ Jimmy Johnson, 93, American blues guitarist
	+ Trey Johnson, 53, American rock singer and guitarist (Sorta)

### February

* **1**
	+ Hiroshima, Japanese hardcore punk drummer (GISM)
	+ Glenn Wheatley, 74, Australian rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)
	+ Leslie Parnas, 90, American classical cellist
	+ Jon Zazula, 59, American record executive (Megaforce Records)
* **2**
	+ Endo Anaconda, 66, Swiss pop singer-songwriter (Stiller Has)
	+ Joe Diorio, 85, American jazz guitarist
	+ Willie Leacox, 74, American folk rock drummer (America)
* **3** – Donny Gerrard, 75, Canadian pop rock singer (Skylark)
* **4**
	+ Kerry Chater, 76, Canadian rock bassist and songwriter (Gary Puckett & The Union Gap)
	+ Gianluca Floris, 57, Italian opera singer
* **5**
	+ Rubén Fuentes, 95, Mexican classical and mariachi violinist
	+ Damodar Hota, 86, Indian classical singer
* **6**
	+ George Crumb, 92, American classical composer
	+ Syl Johnson, 85, American blues guitarist
	+ Lata Mangeshkar, 92, Indian playback singer
* **7** – Zbigniew Namysłowski, 82, Polish jazz multi-instrumentalist
* **8** – Bruce Greig, 54, American death metal guitarist (Misery Index, Dying Fetus)
* **9**
	+ Betty Davis, 77, American funk singer
	+ Ian McDonald, 75, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (King Crimson, Foreigner)
	+ Nora Nova, 93, Bulgarian pop singer
* **10**
	+ Walter Barylli, 100, Austrian classical violinist
	+ Brian Dunning, 71, Irish classical and Celtic flautist (Nightnoise)
	+ Roman Kostrzewski, 61, Polish thrash metal singer (Kat)
	+ Owen Moran, 62, British new wave bassist (Cook da Books)
	+ Steve Salas, 70, American Latin musician (El Chicano, Tierra)
* **11** – Mike Rabon, 78, American rock singer and guitarist (The Five Americans)
* **12**
	+ Miguel Vicens Danus, 78, Spanish pop-rock bassist (Los Bravos)
	+ Howard Grimes, 80, American soul drummer (Hi Rhythm Section)
	+ Bob DeMeo, 66, American jazz drummer
* **13** – King Louie Bankston, 49, American power pop and garage rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Exploding Hearts)
* **14**
	+ Ralf Bursy, 66, German pop singer
	+ Sandy Nelson, 83, American rock 'n' roll drummer
	+ Roger Segal, 49, American punk rock bassist (Trashlight Vision)
* **15**
	+ Bappi Lahiri, 69, Indian disco singer and composer
	+ Sandhya Mukherjee, 90, Indian playback singer
	+ Vivi l'internationale, 75, Beninese pop singer
* **16** – Ramón Stagnaro, 67, Peruvian folk guitarist
* **17**
	+ Dallas Good, 48, Canadian rock singer and guitarist (The Sadies)
	+ David Tyson, 62, American R&B singer (The Manhattans)
* **18**
	+ Christopher Scicluna, 62, Maltese pop singer-songwriter (Chris and Moira)
	+ Scotty Wray, 64, American country guitarist (The Wrays)
* **19**
	+ Gary Brooker, 76, British progressive rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Procol Harum, The Paramounts, Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band)
	+ Nightbirde, 31, American pop singer
* **20**
	+ Sami Clark, 73, Lebanese pop singer
	+ Jamal Edwards, 31, British music entrepreneur and DJ
	+ Sam Henry, 65, American punk drummer (Wipers, The Rats, Napalm Beach)
	+ Joni James, 91, American pop singer
	+ Nils Lindberg, 88, Swedish classical composer and pianist
	+ Teruhiko Saigō, 75, Japanese pop singer
	+ Setha Sirichaya, 77, Thai rock singer (The Impossibles)
	+ Martin Yeritsyan, 90, Armenian classical violinist
* **21** – Bernardas Vasiliauskas, 83, Lithuanian classical organist
* **22**
	+ Muvaffak "Maffy" Falay, 92, Turkish jazz trumpeter (Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band)
	+ Mark Lanegan, 57, American alternative rock singer-songwriter (Screaming Trees, The Gutter Twins, Queens of the Stone Age)
	+ Josephine Veasey, 91, British opera singer
* **23**
	+ Carlos Barbosa-Lima, 77, Brazilian jazz and classical guitarist
	+ Jayananda Lama, 65, Nepali folk singer
	+ Jaakko Kuusisto, 48, Finnish classical violinist
	+ Riky Rick, 34, South African rapper
	+ Antonietta Stella, 92, Italian opera singer
* **24** – Don Craine, 76, British R&B singer and guitarist (Downliners Sect)
* **25**
	+ Alibaba Mammadov, 93, Azerbaijani mugham singer
	+ MC Skibadee, 46, British rapper
	+ Nicky Tesco, 66, British punk rock singer (The Members)
* **26** – Snootie Wild, 36, American rapper

### March

* **1**
	+ Warner Mack, 86, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Richard Pratt, American R&B singer (Blue Magic)
* **2** – Chuck Criss, 36, American indie folk multi-instrumentalist (Freelance Whales)
* **3** – Denroy Morgan, Jamaican-American reggae singer
* **4** – Jimbeau Hinson, 70, American country singer-songwriter
* **5**
	+ Patricio Renán, 77, Chilean pop rock singer
	+ Jeff Howell, 60, American rock bassist (Foghat, Outlaws, Savoy Brown)
* **6**
	+ Mike Cross, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (Sponge)
	+ Pau Riba i Romeva, 73, Spanish folk rock guitarist
* **8**
	+ John Dean, 80, American blue-eyed soul singer (The Reflections)
	+ Grandpa Elliott, 77, American soul and blues singer and harmonica player
	+ Ziggy Sigmund, Canadian punk and alternative rock guitarist (Slow, Econoline Crush)
	+ Isao Suzuki, 89, Japanese jazz bassist
* **9** – Richard Podolor, 86, American rock and roll guitarist (The Pets) and record producer
* **10**
	+ Bobbie Nelson, 91, American country pianist (The Family)
	+ Gennadiy Pavlik, 52, Ukrainian classical and traditional folk singer (Veryovka Ukrainian Folk Choir)
	+ Jessica Williams, 73, American jazz pianist
* **11**
	+ Guayo Cedeño, 48, Honduran rock singer
	+ Brad Martin, 48, American country singer
	+ Timmy Thomas, 77, American soul singer
* **12**
	+ Barry Bailey, 73, American rock guitarist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
	+ Traci Braxton, 50, American R&B singer (The Braxtons)
	+ Kandikonda, 48, Indian film lyricist
	+ Pete St. John, 90, Irish folk singer-songwriter
* **13**
	+ Li Guangxi, 92, Chinese opera singer
	+ Mary Lee, 100, Scottish jazz singer
* **14** – Eric Mercury, 77, Canadian R&B singer
* **15**
	+ Dennis González, 67, American free jazz trumpeter
	+ Barbara Maier Gustern, 82, American vocal coach and musical theater singer
* **16**
	+ Barbara Morrison, 72, American jazz singer
	+ Bobby Weinstein, 92, American pop songwriter
* **18** – Bernabé Martí, 93, Spanish opera singer
* **19** – Michail Jurowski, 76, Russian classical conductor
* **21** – LaShun Pace, 60, American gospel singer
* **22**
	+ Eva Castillo, 52, Filipino pop singer
	+ Pierre Papadiamandis, 85, French pop pianist and singer
* **23** – Zinaida Ignatyeva, 84, Russian classical pianist
* **24** – John McLeod, 88, Scottish classical composer
* **25**
	+ Taylor Hawkins, 50, American alternative rock drummer (Foo Fighters, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders)
	+ Bobby Hendricks, 84, American R&B singer (The Drifters)
	+ Philip Jeck, 69, British avant garde and electronic composer and turntablist
	+ Keith Martin, 55, American R&B singer
* **26**
	+ Jeff Carson, 58, American country singer
	+ Bang Jun-seok, 51, South Korean film composer
	+ Tina May, 60, British jazz singer
	+ Keaton Pierce, 31, American post-hardcore singer (Too Close to Touch)
* **28** – Mira Calix, South African electronic composer
* **29**
	+ Irini Konitopoulou-Legaki, 90, Greek folk singer
	+ Jun Lopito, 64, Filipino rock guitarist
	+ Donald "Tabby" Shaw, 66, Jamaican reggae singer (Mighty Diamonds)
* **30**
	+ Francisco González, 68, American Chicano rock mandolinist and harpist (Los Lobos)
	+ Tom Parker, 33, British pop singer (The Wanted)
	+ Nathaniel Ian Wynter, 66, Jamaican reggae keyboardist (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
* **31** – Fred Johnson, 80, American doo-wop singer (The Marcels)

### April

* **1**
	+ C. W. McCall, 93, American country singer
	+ Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson, 70, Jamaican reggae singer (Mighty Diamonds)
	+ Roland White, 83, American bluegrass mandolinist (Kentucky Colonels, Nashville Bluegrass Band, Country Gazette)
* **4** – Joe Messina, 93, American R&B guitarist
* **5**
	+ Bobby Rydell, 79, American rock and roll singer
	+ Paul Siebel, 84, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* **6**
	+ Helen Golden, 81, Dutch pop singer
	+ Wen Hsia, 93, Taiwanese pop singer
* **7** – Birgit Nordin, 88, Swedish opera singer
* **8**
	+ Wade Buff, 87, American pop singer (The Dream Weavers)
	+ Con Cluskey, Irish pop musician (The Bachelors)
	+ Nagai Sriram, 41, Indian Carnatic violinist
* **9**
	+ Chris Bailey, 65, Kenyan-born Australian punk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saints)
	+ John Rossi, American blues rock drummer (Roomful of Blues)
* **10** – Mario Martínez, Spanish new wave guitarist (La Unión)
* **12**
	+ David Freel, 64, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Swell)
	+ Charles E. McCormick, 75, American R&B singer (Bloodstone)
* **13**
	+ Archie Eversole, 37, German-born American rapper
	+ Tim Feerick, American post-hardcore bassist (Dance Gavin Dance)
	+ Gloria Parker, 100, American jazz marimba and glass harp player
* **14**
	+ Orlando Julius, 79, Nigerian afrobeat saxophonist
	+ Trygve Thue, 71, Norwegian rock guitarist
* **16** – Bill Bourne, 68, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter (Tri-Continental)
* **17**
	+ Roderick Clark, 49, American R&B singer (Hi-Five)
	+ Prafulla Kar, 83, Indian playback singer
	+ DJ Kay Slay, 55, American hip hop disc jockey
	+ Radu Lupu, 76, Romanian classical pianist
	+ Hollis Resnik, 67, American musical theater singer and actress
* **18**
	+ Nicholas Angelich, 51, American classical pianist
	+ Harrison Birtwistle, 87, British classical composer
	+ José Luis Cortés, 70, Cuban timba flutist (NG La Banda)
	+ Jerry Doucette, 70, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
	+ Andrzej Korzyński, 82, Polish classical composer
	+ Janez Matičič, 95, Slovenian classical composer
* **20** – Guitar Shorty, 89, American blues guitarist
* **22** – Jan Rot, 64, Dutch pop singer-songwriter
* **23** – Arno, 72, Belgian rock singer (TC Matic)
* **24**
	+ Willi Resetarits, 73, Austrian cabaret singer
	+ Andrew Woolfolk, 71, American R&B saxophonist (Earth, Wind & Fire)
* **25**
	+ Susan Jacks, 73, Canadian pop and century singer-songwriter (The Poppy Family) and record producer
	+ Henny Vrienten, 73, Dutch ska singer-songwriter and bassist (Doe Maar)
	+ Shane Yellowbird, 42, Canadian country singer
* **26**
	+ Julie Daraîche, 83, Canadian country singer
	+ Randy Rand, American hard rock bassist (Autograph)
	+ Klaus Schulze, 74, German electronic keyboardist and synthesizer player (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel)
* **27**
	+ Judy Henske, 85, American folk singer-songwriter
	+ Walter Rossi, 74, Italian-Canadian rock singer and guitarist (Influence, Luke & The Apostles)
* **29**
	+ Allen Blairman, 81, American jazz drummer
	+ Roberto Lecaros, 77, Brazilian jazz multi-instrumentalist
	+ Tarsame Singh Saini, 54, British Asian fusion singer
* **30**
	+ Ray Fenwick, 75, British rock guitarist (The Syndicats, The Spencer Davis Group, Ian Gillan Band)
	+ Naomi Judd, 76, American country singer (The Judds)
	+ Gabe Serbian, American hardcore punk guitarist and drummer (The Locust, Dead Cross)

### May

* **1**
	+ Ric Parnell, 70, British hard rock drummer (Atomic Rooster, Spinal Tap)
	+ Régine Zylberberg, 92, Belgian torch singer
* **2** – María José Cantilo, 68, Argentine folk singer-songwriter
* **4**
	+ Richard Connolly, 94, Australian television and liturgical composer
	+ Albin Julius, 54, Austrian martial industrial multi-instrumentalist (Der Blutharsch, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath a Cloud)
	+ Howie Pyro, 61, American punk rock bassist (D Generation, Danzig)
* **6** – Jewell, 56, American R&B singer
* **7** – Mickey Gilley, 86, American country singer-songwriter
* **9** – Minoru Nojima, 76, Japanese classical pianist
* **10**
	+ Richard Benson, 41, British progressive rock guitarist and singer-songwriter
	+ Doug Caldwell, 94, New Zealand jazz pianist
	+ Kjell Lönnå, 85, Swedish classical composer and choir leader
	+ Shivkumar Sharma, 84, Indian classical santoor player (Shiv–Hari)
* **11**
	+ William Bennett, 86, British classical flautist
	+ Trevor Strnad, 41, American melodic death metal singer (The Black Dahlia Murder)
	+ Alexander Toradze, 69, Georgian-born American classical pianist
* **12**
	+ Andrei Alpatov, 55, Russian hard rock drummer (Trek)
	+ Djalu Gurruwiwi, 86, Aboriginal Australian traditional yiḏaki player
	+ Ben Moore, 80, American soul and gospel singer (James & Bobby Purify, The Blind Boys of Alabama)
* **13**
	+ Teresa Berganza, 89, Spanish opera singer
	+ Lil Keed, 24, American rapper
	+ Rosmarie Trapp, 93, Austrian-born American choral singer (Trapp Family)
* **14** – Robert Cogoi, 82, Belgian pop singer
* **15**
	+ Deborah Fraser, 56, South African gospel singer
	+ Ricky Gardiner, 73, Scottish rock guitarist (Beggars Opera)
* **17**
	+ Rick Price, 77, British rock bassist (The Move, Wizzard)
	+ Vangelis, 79, Greek progressive rock and ambient keyboardist (Aphrodite's Child) and film composer
* **18**
	+ Cathal Coughlan, 61, Irish indie rock singer-songwriter (Microdisney, The Fatima Mansions)
	+ Bob Neuwirth, 82, American singer-songwriter
* **19** – Bernard Wright, 58, American jazz and funk singer and keyboardist
* **21** – Yam Bing-yee, 90, Chinese opera singer
* **23** – Thom Bresh, 74, American country singer
* **25** – Jean-Louis Chautemps, 90, French jazz saxophonist
* **26**
	+ Andy Fletcher, 60, British new wave and alternative rock keyboardist (Depeche Mode)
	+ Alan White, 72, British progressive rock drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band)
* **29**
	+ Steve Broughton, 72, British psychedelic rock drummer (Edgar Broughton Band)
	+ Ronnie Hawkins, 87, American-Canadian rock and roll singer
	+ Sidhu Moose Wala, 28, Indian rapper and singer
* **30** – Paul Vance, 92, American pop songwriter
* **31**
	+ KK, 53, Indian playback singer
	+ Ingram Marshall, 80, American classical composer
	+ Kelly Joe Phelps, 62, American blues singer-songwriter and slide guitarist
	+ Dave Smith, American sound engineer, founder of Sequential, and co-creator of the Prophet-5

### June

* **1** – Deborah McCrary, 67, American gospel singer (The McCrary Sisters)
* **2**
	+ Hal Bynum, 87, American country songwriter
	+ Gracia Montes, 86, Spanish cobla singer
	+ Bhajan Sopori, Indian classical santoor player
* **3**
	+ El Noba, 25, Argentine cumbia singer
	+ Grachan Moncur III, 85, American jazz trombonist
* **4**
	+ Alec John Such, 70, American hard rock bassist (Bon Jovi)
	+ Trouble, 34, American rapper
* **6** – Jim Seals, 80, American soft rock singer-songwriter (Seals and Crofts)
* **9**
	+ Commander Tom, 59, German house and trance disc jockey
	+ Julee Cruise, 65, American dream pop singer-songwriter
* **11** – Amb Osayomore Joseph, 69, Nigerian highlife singer-songwriter
* **12**
	+ Gabe Baltazar, 92, American jazz saxophonist
	+ Roman Bunka, 70, German jazz fusion guitarist and oud player
* **14** – Joel Whitburn, 82, American *Billboard* charts historian
* **16**
	+ Big Rude Jake, 57, Canadian neo-swing singer-songwriter and bandleader
	+ Ivonne Haza, 83, Dominican opera singer
	+ Rino Vernizzi, 75, Italian jazz and classical bassoonist
* **18** – Adibah Noor, 51, Malaysian pop singer
* **19**
	+ Jim Schwall, 79, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Siegel–Schwall Band)
	+ Brett Tuggle, American rock keyboardist (Fleetwood Mac, Steppenwolf)
* **20** – Dennis Cahill, 68, American Irish folk guitarist (The Gloaming)
* **22** – Patrick Adams, 72, American disco arranger and producer (The Universal Robot Band, Musique)
* **23**
	+ Massimo Morante, 70, Italian progressive rock guitarist (Goblin)
	+ Yuri Shatunov, 48, Russian pop rock singer (Laskovyi Mai)
	+ Leluț Vasilescu, 66, Romanian rock drummer

### July

* **1** – Irene Fargo, 59, Italian pop and theater singer
* **2** – Tristan Goodall, 48, Australian blues guitarist (The Audreys)
* **3**
	+ Miu Chu, 40, Taiwanese pop singer
	+ Antonio Cripezzi, 76, Italian pop singer and keyboardist (I Camaleonti)
* **4** – Alan Blaikley, 82, British pop songwriter
* **6** – Manny Charlton, 80, Scottish hard rock guitarist (Nazareth)
* **7**
	+ Samvel Sahakyan, Armenian disco singer
	+ Adam Wade, 87, American pop singer
* **8** – Alam Khan, 78, Bangladeshi film composer
* **9** – Barbara Thompson, 77, British jazz saxophonist (Colosseum, United Jazz + Rock Ensemble)
* **10**
	+ Andrew Ball, 72, British classical pianist
	+ Chantal Gallia, 65, Algerian-born French pop singer and humorist
* **11** – Monty Norman, 92, British film composer
* **12**
	+ Bramwell Tovey, 69, British classical conductor and composer
	+ Jan Wijn, 88, Dutch classical pianist
* **13**
	+ A. B. Crentsil, 72, Ghanaian highlife guitarist
	+ Rubina Qureshi, 81, Pakistani classical singer
* **14** – William Hart, 77, American R&B singer (The Delfonics)
* **15** – Paul Ryder, 58, English alternative dance bassist (Happy Mondays)
* **16** – Idris Phillips, 64, American jazz and folk pianist and guitarist
* **17** – César Pedroso, 75, Cuban songo and timba pianist (Los Van Van, Pupy y Los que Son, Son)
* **18**
	+ Vincent DeRosa, 101, American classical French hornist
	+ Povl Dissing, 84, Danish pop singer and guitarist
	+ Bhupinder Singh, 82, Indian ghazal and playback singer
* **19**
	+ Michael Henderson, 71, American jazz fusion bassist and R&B singer
	+ Richard Seal, 86, British classical organist and conductor
* **20**
	+ Alice Harnoncourt, 91, Austrian classical violinist
	+ Richard Harvey, Australian rock drummer (Divinyls, The Party Boys, Joe Walsh)
* **22**
	+ Núria Feliu, 80, Spanish jazz and folk singer
	+ Kenichi Ōkuma, 56, Japanese video game music composer
* **23**
	+ Mike Pela, 72, British record producer and mixing engineer
	+ Zayar Thaw, 41, Burmese rapper (Acid)
* **24**
	+ Vittorio De Scalzi, 72, Italian progressive rock singer and guitarist (New Trolls)
	+ Bob Heathcote, 58, American crossover thrash bassist (Suicidal Tendencies)
* **25**
	+ Martin How, 90, British classical organist and composer
	+ Sandy Roberton, British record producer
* **26** – Darío Gómez, 71, Colombian pop and ranchera singer
* **27**
	+ JayDaYoungan, 24, American rapper
	+ Mick Moloney, 77, Irish-American folk singer and folklorist
* **28** – Bernard Cribbins, 93, English pop singer and actor
* **29** – Jim Sohns, 75, American rock singer (The Shadows of Knight)
* **30**
	+ Archie Roach, 66, Australian folk singer-songwriter
	+ Raymond Raposa, American psychedelic folk singer-songwriter (Castanets)
* **31**
	+ Nirmala Mishra, 83, Indian playback singer
	+ Mo Ostin, 95, American record executive

### August

* **1** – Rosa de Castilla, 90, Mexican ranchera singer

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music

## References

1. ↑ "Every Time I die Have Broken up". *Loudwire*.
2. ↑ "Brockhampton Announce Indefinite Hiatus, Say Coachella 2022 is Their Final Show". *Pitchfork*. 14 January 2022.
3. ↑ R.I.P. Marc Lee Dé Hugar | News | Loud
4. ↑ We were very sad to hear about the passing of Pat King. Our thoughts and condolences go to his family and friends. Here's a short tribute video. Please do share your thoughts and memories of Pat with us.
5. ↑ Andriani, Ria (2022-05-03). "Vale Australian Countertenor Max Riebl who has died at the age of 30". *ABC Classic*. Retrieved 2022-05-11.