2018 in music

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## Specific locations

* African
* American
* Asian
	+ Chinese
	+ Japanese
	+ Philippine
	+ South Korean
* Canadian
* European
	+ British
	+ Scandinavian
		- Danish
		- Finnish
		- Icelandic
		- Norwegian
		- Swedish
* Latin

## Specific genres

* Classical
* Country
* Heavy metal
* Hip hop
* Electronic
* Jazz
* Latin
* New Wave
* Opera
* Pop
* Punk
* Rock
* R&B
* World music

## Bands formed

* Ateez
* AKB48 Team SH
* AKB48 Team TP
* boygenius
* D-Crunch
* (G)I-dle
* GWSN
* Honey Popcorn
* Iz\*One
* Kids See Ghosts
* King & Prince
* Loona
* LSD
* MNL48
* Nature
* NeonPunch
* NEX7
* Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
* Nine Percent
* Noir
* NTB
* Oceanhoarse
* Oh!GG
* Pattern-Seeking Animals
* Pristin V
* Rocket Girls 101
* Stray Kids
* Static-X
* The Distillers
* Target
* The Driver Era
* UNB
* Uni.T
* WJMK

## Bands reformed

* ABBA
* B2K
* BBMak
* The Distillers
* Hootie & The Blowfish
* Late of the Pier
* The Kinks
* Mötley Crüe
* Pussycat Dolls
* The Raconteurs
* Soft Cell
* Spice Girls
* Swedish House Mafia
* Utopia
* Westlife

## Bands on hiatus

* Brand New
* The Color Morale
* Dark Sermon
* Devin Townsend Project
* Fifth Harmony
* fun.
* Heart
* Hedley
* Katatonia
* Karnataka
* Moose Blood
* One Direction
* PWR BTTM
* Slipknot
* Sorority Noise

## Bands disbanded

* 7 Seconds
* Alcazar
* at17
* At the Drive-In
* Balance and Composure
* Bestie
* The Charm the Fury
* D12
* Dirge Within
* The Fall
* GMS
* LFO
* Mastersystem
* Minus the Bear
* The Orwells
* Owl John
* The Pizza Underground
* Royal Headache
* Runrig
* Rush
* Say Anything
* Seventeen
* Slaughterhouse
* Sleeping Giant
* Soundgarden
* Splashh
* The Strypes
* The Thermals
* Ultimate Painting
* Vattnet
* Vallenfyre
* Wild Beasts
* Young and in the Way

## Deaths

### January

* **1**
	+ Jon Paul Steuer (33), American punk singer and actor
	+ Betty Willis (76), American R&B singer
* **2** – Rick Hall (85), American record producer
* **3** – Josiah Boyd (32), American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon)
* **4** – Ray Thomas (76), British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues)
* **5** – Mikio Fujioka (36), Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal)
* **7**
	+ France Gall (70), French pop singer
	+ Buster Stiggs (63), British-born New Zealand punk drummer (Suburban Reptiles, The Swingers, Models)
* **9**
	+ Denise LaSalle (78), American blues and R&B singer-songwriter
	+ Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy)
* **10** – "Fast" Eddie Clarke (67), British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead, Fastway)
* **12** – Pierre Pincemaille (61), French classical organist
* **13** – Tzimis Panousis (63), Greek comedy singer
* **15**
	+ Edwin Hawkins (74), American gospel singer, songwriter and pianist
	+ Dolores O'Riordan (46), Irish alternative rock singer-songwriter (The Cranberries)
* **16**
	+ Dave Holland (69), English heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Trapeze)
	+ Madalena Iglésias (78), Portuguese classic pop singer
* **18** – Steve Nisbett (63), Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
* **19** – Fredo Santana (27), American rapper
* **20**
	+ Terry Evans (70), American blues singer and guitarist
	+ Mario Guccio (64), Belgian rock singer (Machiavel)
	+ Jim Rodford (76), British rock bassist (Argent, The Kinks, The Zombies)
* **22** – Preston Shannon (70), American blues singer and guitarist
* **23**
	+ Hugh Masekela (78), South African jazz trumpeter
	+ Lari White (52), American country music singer
* **24** – Mark E. Smith (60), British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall)
* **25**
	+ Tommy Banks (81), Canadian jazz pianist
	+ Steve Foster, Australian folk singer
* **26**
	+ Buzz Clifford (76), American pop singer
	+ Floyd Miles (74), American blues singer and guitarist
	+ Igor Zhukov (81), Russian classical pianist
* **27** – Grant Fell (56), New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens)
* **28** – Neil Harris (63), British punk guitarist (Sham 69)
* **28**
	+ Eddie Shaw (80), American blues saxophonist
	+ Coco Schumann (93), German jazz guitarist
* **31**
	+ Del Delker (93), American gospel singer
	+ Leah LaBelle (31), Canadian-born American R&B singer

### February

* **1** – Mowzey Radio (33), Ugandan pop singer (Goodlyfe Crew)
* **2** – Dennis Edwards (74), American R&B singer (The Temptations)
* **3** – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (65), American jazz and rock drummer
* **5** – Zeno Roth (51), German rock guitarist
* **6** – John Perry Barlow (70), American rock songwriter (Grateful Dead)
* **7** – Pat Torpey (64), American hard rock drummer (Mr. Big)
* **8**
	+ Algia Mae Hinton (88), American blues singer
	+ Lovebug Starski (57), American rapper
	+ Ebony Reigns (20), Ghanaian dancehall singer
* **9**
	+ Jóhann Jóhannsson (48), Icelandic film composer
	+ Craig MacGregor (68), American rock bassist (Foghat)
* **11**
	+ Vic Damone (89), American pop singer
	+ Tom Rapp (70), American psychedelic rock singer (Pearls Before Swine)
* **12** – Daryle Singletary (46), American country singer
* **13**
	+ Scott Boyer (70), American rock singer and guitarist (Cowboy, The 31st of February)
	+ Billy Johnson, American emo and noise rock drummer (Reggie and the Full Effect, Rocket Fuel Is The Key)
	+ Klaasje van der Wal (69), Dutch hard rock bassist (Shocking Blue)
* **14** – Nuray Hafiftaş (53), Turkish folk singer
* **16** – Barbara Alston (74), American R&B singer (The Crystals)
* **19**
	+ Norm Rogers (61), American alternative country drummer (The Jayhawks, Cows)
	+ Stormin MC (34), British grime rapper
* **22** – Errol Buddle (89), Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist
* **23** – Eddy Amoo (73), British soul singer (The Real Thing)

### March

* **1** – Bill Burkette (75), American pop singer (The Vogues)
* **2**
	+ Jesus Lopez Cobos (78), Spanish classic music conductor
	+ Brandon Jenkins (48), American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter
	+ Van McLain (62), American rock guitarist and singer (Shooting Star)
* **3**
	+ Patrick Doyle (31), British indie rock drummer (Veronica Falls)
	+ Kenneth Gärdestad (69), Swedish pop songwriter
* **7** – Jerzy Milian (82), Polish jazz vibraphonist
* **9** – Pyarelal Wadali (75), Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers)
* **11** – Ken Dodd (90), British comedian and pop singer
* **12**
	+ Nokie Edwards (82), American surf rock guitarist (The Ventures)
	+ Craig Mack (46), American rapper
* **13**
	+ Claudia Fontaine (57), British pop and ska singer (Afrodiziak)
	+ Charlie Quintana (56), American punk rock drummer (The Plugz, Cracker, Social Distortion, Agent Orange)
* **14** – Steve Mandell (76), American bluegrass guitarist and banjoist
* **16**
	+ Laurence Cleary (60), Irish new wave guitarist (The Blades)
	+ Buell Neidlinger (82), American jazz bassist and cellist
* **18** – Killjoy (48), American death metal singer (Necrophagia, Viking Crown)
* **20** – Peter "Mars" Cowling (72), British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band, The Flying Hat Band, Gnidrolog)
* **24** – Lys Assia (94), Swiss pop singer
* **25** – Seo Min-woo (33), South Korean pop singer (100%)
* **26** – Kenny O'Dell (73), American country singer-songwriter
* **28** – Caleb Scofield (39), American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In, Zozobra, Old Man Gloom)
* **30**
	+ Alias (41), American rapper and producer
	+ Sabahudin Kurt (82), Bosnian folk singer
* **31** – Frode Viken (63), Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E.)

### April

* **1** – Audrey Morris (89), American jazz singer
* **3** – Lill-Babs (80), Swedish pop singer
* **4** – Don Cherry (94), American pop singer
* **5** – Cecil Taylor (89), American jazz pianist
* **6** – Jacques Higelin (77), French chanson singer
* **8** – Nathan Davis (81), American jazz multi-instrumentalist
* **10** – Yvonne Staples (80), American soul singer (The Staple Singers)
* **11** – Timmy Matley (36), Irish pop singer (The Overtones)
* **14** – Milan Škampa (89), Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet)
* **16** – Dona Ivone Lara (97), Brazilian samba singer
* **17**
	+ Randy Scruggs (64), American country guitarist and songwriter
	+ Big Tom (81), Irish country singer
* **19** – Reginald McArthur (63), American R&B singer (The Controllers)
* **20**
	+ Avicii (28), Swedish EDM DJ and producer
	+ Brian Henry Hooper (55), Australian alternative rock guitarist (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
* **23** – Bob Dorough (94), American jazz singer and pianist
* **24** – Paul Gray (54), Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee)
* **26** – Charles Neville (79), American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers)
* **29** – Ted Devoux (55), American rapper (Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.)
* **30**
	+ Tim Calvert (52), American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore, Forbidden)
	+ Rose Laurens (65), French pop singer-songwriter

### May

* **1**
	+ John "Jabo" Starks (79), American funk and R&B drummer (The J.B.'s)
	+ Wanda Wiłkomirska (89), Polish classical violinist
* **2** – Tony Cucchiara (80), Italian folk singer
* **4**
	+ Steve Coy (56), British new wave drummer (Dead or Alive)
	+ Tony Kinman, American cowpunk singer and bassist (Rank and File, The Dils)
	+ Abi Ofarim (80), Israeli pop singer
* **5** – Dick Williams (91), American pop singer (The Williams Brothers)
* **7** – Gayle Shepherd (81), American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters)
* **9**
	+ Ben Graves (46), American horror punk drummer (Murderdolls)
	+ Carl Perkins (59), New Zealand reggae singer (House of Shem)
* **10** – Scott Hutchison (36), British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, The Fruit Tree Foundation, Mastersystem)
* **11** – Matt Marks (38), American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound)
* **13** – Glenn Branca (69), American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls)
* **16** – Hideki Saijo (63), Japanese pop singer
* **17** – Jon Sholle (70), American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist
* **19**
	+ Reggie Lucas (65), American multi-genre guitarist (Mtume), producer and songwriter
	+ Patricia Morison (103), American showtunes singer and actress
* **25** – Piet Kee (90), Dutch classical organist
* **27** – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice)
* **28**
	+ Evio Di Marzo (64), Venezuelan tropical singer and guitarist (Adrenalina Caribe)
	+ Stewart Lupton (43), American indie rock singer (Jonathan Fire\*Eater)
	+ Josh Martin (46), American grindcore guitarist (Anal Cunt)
* **29** – Jürgen Marcus (69), German schlager singer
* **31** – Demba Nabé (46), German dancehall rapper (Seeed)

### June

* **1**
	+ Andrew Massey (72), British classical conductor
	+ Sinan Sakić (61), Serbian turbo-folk singer (Južni Vetar)
* **2** – Wayne Secrest (68), American bassist (Confederate Railroad)
* **3** – Clarence Fountain (88), American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama)
* **4** – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets)
* **5**
	+ Teddy Johnson (97), British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson)
	+ Jimmy Gonzalez (67), American Tejano singer (Mazz)
	+ Ralph Santolla (51), American metal guitarist (Deicide, Obituary, Iced Earth)
* **7** – Al Capps (79), American arranger, composer and record producer
* **8** – Danny Kirwan (68), British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
* **9** – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions)
* **10**
	+ Neal E. Boyd (42), American operatic pop singer
	+ Ras Kimono (60), Nigerian reggae singer
* **11** – Wayne Dockery (76), American jazz bassist
* **12** – Jon Hiseman (73), British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum, Colosseum II, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
* **13** – D. J. Fontana (87), American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys)
* **15**
	+ Delia Bell (83), American bluegrass singer (Bill Grant and Delia Bell)
	+ Nick Knox (60), American psychobilly drummer (The Cramps, Electric Eels)
	+ Matt Murphy (88), American blues guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
* **16** – Rebecca Parris (66), American jazz singer
* **18**
	+ Jimmy Wopo (21), American rapper
	+ XXXTentacion (20), American rapper
* **19**
	+ Bansi Quinteros (41), Spanish psychedelic trance keyboardist (GMS, 1200 Micrograms)
	+ Lowrell Simon (75), American singer (The Lost Generation)
* **22**
	+ Geoffrey Oryema (65), Ugandan afro-pop singer and guitarist
	+ Vinnie Paul (54), American metal drummer (Pantera, Damageplan, Hellyeah)
* **24** – George Cameron (70), American baroque pop drummer (The Left Banke)
* **21** – David Corcoran (64), American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter)
* **26**
	+ Fedor Frešo (71), Slovak rock bassist (The Soulmen, Prúdy)
	+ Ed Simons (101), American classical music conductor
* **27** – Steve Soto (54), American punk rock bassist (Adolescents, Agent Orange, Manic Hispanic)
* **29** – Eugene Pitt (80), American doo wop singer (The Jive Five)
* **30** – Dean Webb (81), American bluegrass mandolinist (The Dillards)

### July

* **2**
	+ Henry Butler (68), American jazz pianist
	+ Alan Longmuir (70), Scottish pop bassist (Bay City Rollers)
	+ Bill Watrous (79), American jazz trombonist
* **3** – Richard Swift (41), American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins, The Arcs, Starflyer 59)
* **4** – Carmen Campagne (58), Canadian folk singer
* **6**
	+ Vlatko Ilievski (33), Macedonian rock singer and guitarist
	+ Vince Martin (81), American folk singer
* **7**
	+ Brett Hoffmann (51), American death metal singer (Malevolent Creation)
	+ Garry Lowe (65), Jamaican-born Canadian reggae and blues rock musician (Big Sugar)
* **8** – Tab Hunter (86), American actor and pop singer
* **9** – Stefan Demert (78), Swedish pop singer
* **10** – Ye Lwin (70), Burmese rock guitarist
* **13** – K. Rani (75), Indian playback singer
* **15** – Theryl DeClouet (66), American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic)
* **18** – Raivo Rätte (48), Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud)
* **25** – Patrick Williams (79), American composer, arranger and conductor
* **27** – Mark Shelton (60), American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road)
* **28** – Olga Jackowska (67), Polish rock singer (Maanam)
* **29**
	+ Sam Mehran (31), British dance-punk singer and guitarist (Test Icicles)
	+ Tomasz Stańko (76), Polish jazz trumpeter and composer
* **31** – Irvin Jarrett (69), Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle, Third World)

### August

* **1**
	+ Celeste Rodrigues (95), Portuguese fado singer
	+ Umbayee (67), Indian ghazal singer
* **2** – Neil Argo (71), American film and television composer
* **3**
	+ Brad Daymond (48), Canadian house DJ (Love Inc.)
	+ Tommy Peoples (70), Irish folk fiddler (The Bothy Band)
* **4** – Lorrie Collins (76), American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids)
* **5**
	+ Majid Al-Majid (52), Saudi folk singer
	+ Ellen Joyce Loo (32), Canadian-born Hong Kong folktronica singer and guitarist (at17)
* **8** – Linda Mkhize (37), South African rapper
* **9** – Arthur Davies (77), Welsh opera singer
* **10** – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell (40), American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55)
* **14**
	+ Jill Janus (42), American heavy metal singer (Huntress)
	+ Valentina Levko (92), Russian opera singer
	+ Randy Rampage (58), Canadian thrash metal and punk singer and bassist (Annihilator, D.O.A., Stress Factor 9)
* **16** – Aretha Franklin (76), American R&B and soul singer
* **17**
	+ Claudio Lolli (68), Italian pop singer
	+ Danny Pearson (65), American R&B singer
* **20** – Eddie Willis (82), American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
* **21** – Spencer P. Jones (61), Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon)
* **22**
	+ Ed King (68), American rock guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
	+ Lazy Lester (85), American blues singer and guitarist
* **24** – DJ Ready Red (53), American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys)
* **25** – Kyle Pavone (28), American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans)
* **26** – Inge Borkh (97), German opera singer
* **29**
	+ Tony Camillo (90), American record producer and arranger (Bazuka)
	+ Ellie Mannette (90), Trinidadian steelpan drummer
* **30** – Joseph Kobzon (80), Russian pop singer

### September

* **1** – Randy Weston (92), American jazz pianist
* **2** – Conway Savage (58), Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
* **4** – Don Gardner (87), American R&B singer-songwriter
* **5** – Nasty Savage (50), American thrash metal bassist (Nasty Savage)
* **7**
	+ Don McGuire (86), American pop singer (The Hilltoppers)
	+ Mac Miller (26), American rapper
* **8** – Chelsi Smith (43), American pop singer
* **10** – Johnny Strike (70), American punk singer and guitarist (Crime)
* **12** – Rachid Taha (59), Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour)
* **14** – Max Bennett (90), American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express, The Wrecking Crew)
* **16**
	+ Maartin Allcock (61), British folk multi-instrumentalist (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull)
	+ Big Jay McNeely (91), American R&B saxophonist
* **18** – Wesley Tinglin (75), Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys)
* **22** – Chas Hodges (74), British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave)
* **27** – Marty Balin (76), American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
* **29**
	+ Otis Rush (84), American blues singer and guitarist
	+ Michael Weiley (58), Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy)
* **30** – Kim Larsen (72), Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin')

### October

* **1**
	+ Charles Aznavour (94), French pop singer
	+ Jerry González (69), American Latin jazz trumpeter
* **3** – John Von Ohlen (77), American jazz drummer (Blue Wisp Big Band)
* **3** - Hugo Raspoet (77), Belgian folk singer (*Helena*, *Evviva Il Papa*)
* **4** – Hamiet Bluiett (78), American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet)
* **5** – Bernadette Carroll (74), American pop singer (The Angels)
* **6** – Montserrat Caballé (85), Spanish opera singer
* **7** - John Wicks, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records, The Kursaal Flyers)
* **8** – Tim Chandler (48), American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos, The Swirling Eddies, The Choir)
* **10** – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love)
* **12** – Andy Goessling (59), American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth)
* **14** – Saleem Abdul Majid (57), Malaysian rock singer (Iklim)
* **16** – Du Yuwei (19), Chinese pop singer (GNZ48)
* **17**
	+ Valters Frīdenbergs (30), Latvian pop singer (Valters and Kaža)
	+ Oli Herbert (48), American metalcore guitarist (All That Remains)
* **18**
	+ Ayub Bachchu (56), Bangladeshi rock singer and guitarist (Souls, Love Runs Blind)
	+ Sergey Bondarenko (31), Ukrainian pop rock singer (Nensi)
	+ Randolph Hokanson (103), American classical pianist
* **23** – Mighty Shadow (77), Trinidadian calypsonian
* **24**
	+ Hip Hop Pantsula (38), South African rapper
	+ Wah Wah Watson (67), American R&B and funk guitarist (The Funk Brothers)
	+ Tony Joe White (75), American swamp rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
* **25** – Sonny Fortune (79), American jazz saxophonist
* **26** – Baba Oje (87), American rapper and musician (Arrested Development)
* **27**
	+ Freddie Hart (91), American country and gospel singer
	+ Teddy Scott (82), American R&B singer (The G-Clefs)
	+ Todd Youth (47), American punk rock guitarist (Murphy's Law, Danzig, The Chelsea Smiles)
* **28** – Babs Beverley (91), British pop singer (Beverley Sisters)
* **29**
	+ Jimmy Farrar (67), American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet, Gator Country)
	+ Young Greatness (34), American rapper
* **30**
	+ Hardy Fox (73), American avant garde multi-instrumentalist and composer (The Residents)
	+ Beverly McClellan (49), American blues and folk singer
* **31** – Kenny Marks (67), American contemporary Christian singer

### November

* **1**
	+ Thomas Diaz (32), American emo singer and musician (The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die)
	+ Dave Rowland (74), American country singer (Dave & Sugar)
* **2**
	+ Josh Fauver (39), American indie rock bassist (Deerhunter)
	+ Roy Hargrove (49), American jazz trumpeter
	+ Glenn Schwartz (77), American rock and blues guitarist (James Gang, Pacific Gas & Electric)
* **3**
	+ Mark Fosson, American primitive guitarist
	+ Maria Guinot (73), Portuguese pop singer
* **6** – Hugh McDowell (65), British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard, Electric Light Orchestra)
* **7**
	+ Scott Herrick, American pop singer (The Arbors)
	+ Francis Lai (86), French film composer
* **13** – Lucho Gatica (93), Chilean bolero singer
* **15**
	+ Roy Clark (85), American country singer
	+ Ivan Smirnov (63), Russian jazz fusion guitarist
* **16**
	+ Al James (72), British rock guitarist (Showaddywaddy)
	+ Norris Weir (72), Jamaican ska singer (The Jamaicans)
* **17** – Cyril Pahinui (68), American Hawaiian music guitarist
* **20**
	+ Roy Bailey (83), British folk singer, songwriter and guitarist
	+ Trevor McNaughton (77), Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians)
* **21** – Devin Lima (41), American pop singer (LFO)
* **22** – Imrat Khan (83), Indian classical sitarist
* **27** – Johnny Maddox (91), American ragtime pianist
* **28**
	+ Gary Haisman (60), British hip house singer
	+ Roger Neumann (77), American jazz saxophonist
* **29** – Erik Lindmark (46), American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh)

### December

* **1**
	+ Calvin Newborn (85), American jazz guitarist
	+ Jody Williams (83), American blues guitarist
* **2** – Perry Robinson (80), American jazz clarinetist
* **6**
	+ Ace Cannon (84), American pop saxophonist
	+ Pete Shelley (63), British punk singer, songwriter and guitarist (Buzzcocks)
* **7**
	+ The Mascara Snake (70), American avant-garde clarinetist (Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band)
	+ Lucas Starr (34), American metalcore and Christian rock bassist (Oh, Sleeper, Terminal, As Cities Burn)
* **9** – Yigal Bashan (68), Israeli pop singer
* **10** – Fred Wieland (75), Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers, The Mixtures)
* **11** – Angelo Conti (62), Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti)
* **13** – Nancy Wilson (81), American jazz singer
* **14**
	+ Vida Chenoweth (90), American classical marimbist and ethnomusicologist
	+ Joe Osborne (81), American rock bassist (The Wrecking Crew)
* **15**
	+ Arthur Maia (56), Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composer
	+ Jerry Chesnut (87), American country singer and songwriter
* **21** – Dipali Barthakur (77), Indian folk singer
* **22**
	+ Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
		- Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
		- Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
		- Herman Sikumbang, guitarist
	+ Jimmy Work (94), American country singer-songwriter
* **23** – Honey Lantree (75), British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs)
* **24**
	+ Jerry Riopelle (77), American pop singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Parade)
	+ Jaime Torres, Argentine folk charango player
	+ James Calvin Wilsey (61), American rock guitarist (Avengers, Chris Isaak)
* **25** – Guto Barros (61), Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz)
* **26** – Theodore Antoniou (83), Greek classical music composer and conductor
* **27** – Miúcha (81), Brazilian bossa nova singer
* **28**
	+ Christine McGuire (92), American pop singer (McGuire Sisters)
	+ Ray Sawyer, 81, American rock singer and percussionist (Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show)
* **29** – Aldo Parisot (100), Brazilian-born American classical music cellist
* **30** – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth)
* **31** – Dean Ford (72), Scottish pop and rock singer-songwriter (Marmalade, The Alan Parsons Project)

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in music