2021 in music

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## Specific genres

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

## Bands formed

* ≠Me
* ASP
* Be First
* BGYO
* Bini
* Billlie
* Blitzers
* Ciipher
* Epex
* Ho6la
* Hot Issue
* INI
* Ive
* Just B
* Kingdom
* Lightsum
* Lovejoy
* Mirae
* The Morris Springfield Project
* Naniwa Danshi
* NTX
* Omega X
* Pixy
* Purple Kiss
* Silk Sonic
* The Smile
* T1419
* Tri.be
* WJSN The Black

## Soloist debuts

* Adora
* Addison Rae
* Ai Hashimoto
* Aguri Ōnishi
* Angela Ken
* Angelina Jordan
* Ayuni D
* BamBam
* Bella Poarch
* Belle Mariano
* Diarra Sylla
* D.O.
* Do Han-se
* Edan Lui
* Elaiza Ikeda
* El Noba
* Gayle
* Gigi De Lana
* Hiroki Moriuchi
* I.M
* Jay B
* Jinyoung
* Jo Yu-ri
* Joy
* I.M
* Kwon Eun-bi
* L
* Lee Seung-hyub
* Lili
* Lisa
* Luke Hemmings
* Lyca Gairanod
* Marika Kouno
* Miyu Honda
* Nathan Evans
* Nicholas Hamilton
* Olivia Rodrigo
* Park So-yeon
* PinkPantheress
* Reina Kondō
* Rie Takahashi
* Rosé
* Sorn
* Takanori Iwata
* Takuya Eguchi
* Wendy
* Young K
* Youngjae
* Yugyeom
* Yuqi

## Bands reformed

* The Boo Radleys
* Defleshed
* Ellis, Beggs & Howard
* Faces
* Gang of Four
* New Radicals
* Mudvayne
* No Angels
* Porcupine Tree
* Shadows Fall
* TO1

## Bands on hiatus

* Dogleg
* Got7
* Kariyushi58
* Lovelyz
* Silent Siren
* Suchmos
* Tokyo Performance Doll

## Bands disbanded

* 100%
* 1Team
* AŌP
* Ayumikurikamaki
* Beach Slang
* Berry Good
* Blackalicious
* Blu-Billion
* Brand X
* Butterfly Child
* Cabaret Voltaire
* Cellchrome
* Los Chunguitos
* Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
* CY8ER
* Chromatics
* Daft Punk
* Datblygu
* Demons & Wizards
* Desurabbits
* The Fat Boys
* GFriend
* Golden Earring
* Hollywood Monsters
* Iris
* Iz\*One
* Maison Book Girl
* MKTO
* The Monkees
* Omega
* OnePixcel
* Ought
* Pink Cres.
* The Posies
* Potty Mouth
* The Preatures
* Rascal Flatts
* Return to Forever
* Sakura Gakuin
* SGO48
* Sly and Robbie
* Stereo Total
* Tenth Avenue North
* Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
* V6
* Yuck

## Deaths

### January

* **1**
	+ Carlos do Carmo, 81, Portuguese fado singer
	+ Misty Morgan, 75, American country music singer (Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan)
	+ Liam Reilly, 65, Irish folk rock singer and keyboardist (Bagatelle)
	+ Jan Vering, 65, German gospel singer
* **3**
	+ Gerry Marsden, 78, English rock singer and guitarist (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
	+ Warren McLean, Australian rock drummer (Machinations, I'm Talking, Divinyls)
* **4** – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish death metal singer and guitarist (Children of Bodom) (death announced on this date)
* **5** – John Georgiadis, 81, British classical violinist and conductor
* **6** – Paul de Leon, 52, American metal drummer (Las Cruces)
* **7**
	+ Deezer D, 55, American rapper and actor
	+ Genival Lacerda, 89, Brazilian forro singer
	+ Jamie O'Hara, 70, American country music singer-songwriter (The O'Kanes)
* **8**
	+ Ed Bruce, 81, American country music singer-songwriter
	+ Michael Fonfara, 74, Canadian blues and rock keyboardist (The Electric Flag, Rhinoceros, Downchild Blues Band)
	+ Uno Loop, 91, Estonian singer and guitarist
	+ Elijah Moshinsky, 75, Australian opera director
* **10** – Thorleif Torstensson, 71, Swedish dansband singer, guitarist and saxophonist (Thorleifs)
* **11**
	+ Howard Johnson, 79, American jazz multi-instrumentalist
	+ Mark Keds, 50, British pop punk singer (Senseless Things)
	+ Don Miller, 80, American pop singer (The Vogues)
* **13**
	+ Tim Bogert, 76, American psychedelic rock bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice)
	+ Duke Bootee, 69, American rapper, producer and songwriter
	+ Sylvain Sylvain, 69, American glam rock guitarist (New York Dolls)
* **14**
	+ Duranice Pace, 62, American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)
	+ Larry Willoughby, 73, American country music singer-songwriter
* **16**
	+ Jason Cope, 43, American country guitarist (The Steel Woods)
	+ Pave Maijanen, 70, Finnish rock keyboardist (Hurriganes, Dingo)
	+ Claudia Montero, 58, Argentine classical composer
	+ Phil Spector, 81, American record producer, pop musician (The Teddy Bears), and songwriter
* **17**
	+ Ghulam Mustafa Khan, 89, Indian classical singer
	+ Junior Mance, 92, American jazz pianist
	+ Sammy Nestico, 96, American jazz composer and arranger
* **18**
	+ Perry Botkin Jr., 87, American composer and arranger
	+ Maria Koterbska, 96, Polish swing and jazz singer
	+ Jimmie Rodgers, 87, American pop singer
* **20** – Joe Jordan, 79, American pop singer and musician (The Jordan Brothers)
* **21**
	+ Randy Parton, 67, American country music singer-songwriter
	+ Marc Phillips, 66, American rock singer (Hotel) and record producer
* **22**
	+ Narendra Chanchal, 80, Indian religious singer
	+ Guem, 73, Algerian jazz singer
	+ James Purify, 76, American R&B singer (James & Bobby Purify)
* **23**
	+ Jonas Gwangwa, 83, South African jazz trombonist (The Jazz Epistles)
	+ Gabriel Ruiz Díaz, 45, Argentine alternative rock bassist (Catupecu Machu)
* **24** – Tom Stevens, 64, American alternative country bassist (The Long Ryders)
* **25** – Iron, 29, South Korean rapper
* **26** – Cara O'Sullivan, 59, Irish opera singer
* **27** – Trung Kiên, 81, Vietnamese classical singer
* **28**
	+ César Isella, 82, Argentine folk singer and guitarist (Los Fronterizos)
	+ Sibongile Khumalo, 63, South African jazz and classical singer
	+ Singing Sandra, 63, Trinidadian calypso singer
	+ Rick Shaw, 79, American folk singer and string guitarist (The Hillside Singers)
* **29**
	+ Ahmed Achour, 75, Tunisian classical composer and conductor
	+ Grady Gaines, 86, American blues saxophonist
	+ Jeremy Lubbock, 89, English arranger and composer
	+ Hilton Valentine, 77, English rock guitarist (The Animals)
* **30**
	+ Double K, 43, American rapper (People Under the Stairs)
	+ Sophie, 34, Scottish electronic singer-songwriter and producer
	+ Alla Yoshpe, 83, Russian pop singer
* **31** – Wambali Mkandawire, Malawian jazz singer

### February

* **1** – Temur Tsiklauri, 75, Georgian pop singer (VIA Iveria)
* **2** – Aaron Wegelin, American indie rock drummer (Elf Power)
* **3**
	+ Anne Feeney, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
	+ Jim Weatherly, 77, American pop and country music singer-songwriter
* **4**
	+ Stefan Cush, 60, British folk-punk singer and guitarist (The Men They Couldn't Hang)
	+ Matt Harris, American power pop bassist (The Posies)
	+ Jessie Smith, 79, American R&B singer (The Ikettes)
	+ Nolan Porter, 71, American R&B singer-songwriter
	+ Gil Saunders, American soul singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes)
* **5**
	+ Abdoul Jabbar, 40, Guinean dance singer
	+ Douglas Miller, 71, American gospel singer
	+ Örs Siklósi, 29, Hungarian metalcore singer (AWS)
* **7**
	+ Elliot Mazer, 79, American record producer and audio engineer
	+ Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, 71, Italian opera director (Opéra Royal de Wallonie)
	+ Ricardo Silva Elizondo, 67, Mexican pop singer
* **8**
	+ Roza Akkuchukova, 70, Russian pop singer
	+ Servando Cano Rodríguez, 78, Mexican Tejano singer-songwriter
	+ Mary Wilson, 76, American R&B singer (The Supremes)
* **9**
	+ Chick Corea, 79, American jazz fusion keyboardist and composer (Return to Forever, Chick Corea Elektric Band)
	+ Cedrick Cotton, 46, American R&B singer (Ideal)
	+ Ghédalia Tazartès, 73, French musique concrète multi-instrumentalist
* **10**
	+ Jon Mark, 77, English pop singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mark-Almond)
	+ Lee Sexton, 92, American bluegrass banjoist
* **11** – Joel Pina, 100, Portuguese fado guitarist (Amália Rodrigues)
* **12** – Milford Graves, 79, American jazz drummer (New York Art Quartet)
* **13**
	+ Louis Clark, 73, British symphonic rock conductor and keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, ELO Part II, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)
	+ Sydney Devine, 81, British country and skiffle singer
* **14**
	+ Erriquez, 60, Italian folk rock singer and guitarist (Bandabardò)
	+ Ari Gold, 47, American R&B singer
* **15**
	+ Steuart Bedford, 81, British classical conductor and pianist
	+ Lucien Gourong, 77, French cabaret singer
	+ Andréa Guiot, 93, French opera singer
	+ Raymond Lévesque, 92, French chanson singer
	+ Johnny Pacheco, 85, Dominican salsa multi-instrumentalist (Fania All-Stars) and record producer
* **16**
	+ Carman, 65, American contemporary Christian singer
	+ Tonton David, 53, French reggae singer
* **17**
	+ Françoise Cactus, 57, German indie rock singer and drummer (Stereo Total)
	+ Ali Hossain, 80, Bangladeshi classical composer
	+ U-Roy, 78, Jamaican reggae singer
* **18**
	+ Prince Markie Dee, 52, American rapper (The Fat Boys)
	+ Miles Seaton, 41, American indie rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Akron / Family)
* **19**
	+ Đorđe Balašević, 67, Serbian rock singer (Rani Mraz)
	+ James Burke, 70, American soul singer (Five Stairsteps)
	+ Jerold Ottley, 86, American choral conductor (Mormon Tabernacle Choir)
* **20**
	+ Joe Burke, 81, Irish folk accordionist
	+ Richard Shephard, 71, British classical conductor
	+ Gene Taylor, 68, American rock keyboardist (The Blasters, Canned Heat, The Fabulous Thunderbirds)
* **21** – Hélène Martin, 92, French chanson singer
* **22** – Yalchin Rzazadeh, 74, Azerbaijani pop singer
* **23** – Sean Kennedy, 35, Australian metalcore bassist (I Killed The Prom Queen, Deez Nuts)
* **24** – Sardool Sikander, 60, Indian folk singer
* **26** – Bob James, 68, American hard rock singer (Montrose)
* **27** – Danilo Rustici, 72, Italian progressive rock guitarist (Osanna)
* **28**
	+ Anna Kast, 39, Russian EDM singer (Little Big)
	+ Ian North, 68, American power pop singer and guitarist (Milk 'N' Cookies, Neo)
	+ Jorge Oñate, 71, Colombian vallenato singer

### March

* **1** – Ralph Peterson Jr., 58, American jazz drummer (Out of the Blue, The Jazz Messengers)
* **2**
	+ Chris Barber, 90, English jazz bandleader and trombonist
	+ Mark Goffeney, 51, American rock bassist
	+ Radim Pařízek, 67, Czech heavy metal drummer (Citron)
	+ Bunny Wailer, 73, Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
* **3**
	+ Medea Abrahamyan, 88, Armenian classical cellist
	+ Duffy Jackson, 67, American jazz drummer
* **4**
	+ Alan Cartwright, 75, English rock bassist (Procol Harum)
	+ Barbara Ess, 72, American post-punk multi-instrumentalist (Y Pants, Disband)
	+ Helmut Winschermann, 100, German classical oboist, and conductor (Deutsche Bachsolisten)
* **5**
	+ Anna Shuttleworth, 93, British classical cellist
	+ Michael Stanley, 72, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* **7**
	+ Sanja Ilić, 69, Serbian folk rock keyboardist (San, Balkanika)
	+ Josky Kiambukuta, 72, Congolese rumba singer (TPOK Jazz)
	+ Lars-Göran Petrov, 49, Swedish heavy metal singer and drummer (Entombed, Entombed A.D., Morbid)
* **9** – James Levine, 77, American classical conductor and pianist (Metropolitan Opera)
* **8**
	+ Adrian Bărar, 61, Romanian heavy metal guitarist and composer (Cargo)
	+ James Mac Gaw, French progressive rock guitarist (Magma)
* **11**
	+ Ray Campi, 86, American rockabilly musician
	+ Jewlia Eisenberg, 50, American avant-rock singer (Charming Hostess)
	+ Florentín Giménez, 95, Paraguayan classical and folk pianist
* **12** – Maximiliano Djerfy, 46, Argentine alternative rock guitarist (Callejeros)
* **14**
	+ Eulalio Cervantes, 52, Mexican rock saxophonist (Maldita Vecindad)
	+ Reggie Warren, 52, American R&B singer (Troop)
* **15**
	+ Dragoljub Đuričić, 58, Serbian rock and jazz drummer (YU Grupa, Kerber, Leb i sol)
	+ Doug Parkinson, 74, Australian pop and jazz singer (Fanny Adams, The Life Organisation)
* **16** – Bill Irvine, 87, American rock and roll pianist (Chuck Alaimo Quartet)
* **17**
	+ Matt Miller, 34, American indie rock keyboardist (Titus Andronicus)
	+ Freddie Redd, 92, American jazz keyboardist
	+ Corey Steger, 42, American metalcore guitarist (Underoath)
* **18** – Paul Jackson, 73, American jazz fusion bassist (The Headhunters, Azteca)
* **19**
	+ Cristián Cuturrufo, 48, Chilean jazz trumpeter
	+ Gary Leib, 65, American new wave keyboardist (Rubber Rodeo)
* **20**
	+ Constance Demby, 81, American new age keyboardist and dulcimer player
	+ Taryn Fiebig, 49, Australian opera singer
	+ Yevgeny Nesterenko, 83, Russian opera singer
	+ Dan Sartain, 39, American garage rock and rockabilly singer-songwriter
* **23**
	+ Don Heffington, 70, American roots rock drummer (Lone Justice, Watkins Family Hour)
	+ Hana Hegerová, 89, Slovak chanson singer
	+ Peter Viskinde, 67, Danish rock guitarist (Malurt, Big Fat Snake)
* **25** – Tavish Maloney, 24, American emo guitarist (Oso Oso)
* **26** – Brett Bradshaw, 50, American glam metal drummer (Faster Pussycat)
* **28** – Malcolm Cecil, 84, British jazz bassist and synthesizer player (Tonto's Expanding Head Band, Blues Incorporated, The Jazz Couriers)
* **29**
	+ Jerry Burgan, 76, American folk rock guitarist (We Five)
	+ Hans Kinds, 74, Dutch blues rock guitarist (Cuby + Blizzards)
* **30** – Willie Schofield, 81, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons)
* **31**
	+ Anzor Erkomaishvili, 80, Georgian folk singer
	+ Jadwiga Wysoczanská, 93, Czech opera singer

### April

* **1** – Tony Pola, Australian blues-rock drummer (Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists)
* **2**
	+ Shaukat Ali, 76, Pakistani folk singer
	+ Morris "B.B." Dickerson, 71, American funk bassist and singer (War)
	+ Gabi Luncă, 82, Romanian lăutărească singer
	+ Nelu Ploieşteanu, 70, Romanian lăutărească singer
* **3**
	+ Earl Bulinski, 72, American rock musician (The Electras)
	+ Jill Corey, 85, American pop singer
* **4** – Paul Humphrey, 60, Canadian new wave singer (Blue Peter)
* **5**
	+ Haja El Hamdaouia, 91, Moroccan aita and chaabi singer
	+ Krzysztof Krawczyk, 74, Polish pop singer and composer
* **6** – Predrag Živković Tozovac, 85, Serbian folk singer
* **9** – DMX, 50, American rapper
* **10**
	+ Shay Healy, 78, Irish pop songwriter
	+ Bob Petric, American indie rock guitarist (Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments)
	+ Bosse Skoglund, 85, Swedish blues drummer
* **11**
	+ Mita Haque, 58, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sagreet singer
	+ Zoran Simjanović, 74, Serbian classical composer and rock keyboardist (Siluete, Elipse)
* **13**
	+ Farid Ahmed, 66, Bangladeshi film composer
	+ Leonid Bortkevich, 71, Belarusian folk rock singer (Pesniary)
	+ Rocco Filippini, 77, Swiss classical cellist
* **14**
	+ Michel Louvain, 83, Canadian pop singer
	+ Rusty Young, 75, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
* **15** – Barby Kelly, 45, Spanish-born German folk singer (The Kelly Family)
* **16**
	+ Barry Mason, 85, British pop songwriter
	+ Mike Mitchell, 77, American rock guitarist (The Kingsmen)
* **17** – Black Rob, 52, American rapper
* **18**
	+ Lew Lewis, British pub rock harmonica player (Eddie and the Hot Rods)
	+ Paul Oscher, 71, American blues singer
	+ Lars Ranzenberger, 53, German-born Spanish power metal bassist (Metalium)
* **19** – Jim Steinman, 73, American rock lyricist, composer, pianist, and record producer
* **20** – Les McKeown, 65, Scottish pop rock singer (Bay City Rollers)
* **21**
	+ Lea Dali Lion, 47, Estonian pop singer
	+ Joe Long, 88, American pop rock bassist (The Four Seasons)
* **22** – Shock G, 57, American rapper (Digital Underground)
* **23**
	+ Fredi, 78, Finnish novelty pop singer
	+ Milva, 81, Italian pop singer
* **25**
	+ Denny Freeman, 76, American blues guitarist
	+ Rajan Mishra, 70, Indian khyal sarangi player (Rajan and Sajan Mishra)
* **27** – Paul Couter, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
* **28**
	+ Toni Dalli, 87, Italian pop singer
	+ Anita Lane, 61, Australian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
	+ Liuwe Tamminga, 67, Dutch classical harpsichordist and organist
* **29**
	+ Johnny Crawford, 75, American pop singer
	+ John Hinch, 73, British heavy metal drummer (Judas Priest, Bakerloo)
	+ Tony Markellis, 68, American jam band bassist (Trey Anastasio Band)
	+ Will Mecum, 48, American stoner rock guitarist (Karma to Burn, Year Long Disaster)
* **30**
	+ John Dee Holeman, 92, American blues guitarist
	+ Anthony Payne, 84, British classical composer
	+ Ray Reyes, 51, Puerto Rican pop singer (Menudo, El Reencuentro)

### May

* **1**
	+ Debu Chaudhuri, 85, Indian classical sitarist
	+ Wondress Hutchinson, 56, American dance singer (Mantronix)
* **2** – Tommy West, 78, American music producer and pop singer-songwriter (Cashman & West)
* **3**
	+ Phil Naro, 63, American hard rock singer (Talas)
	+ Lloyd Price, 88, American R&B singer-songwriter
* **4**
	+ Rodolfo García, 75, Argentine psychedelic rock drummer (Almendra, Aquelarre)
	+ Nick Kamen, 59, English pop singer-songwriter
	+ Genji Kuniyoshi, 90, Japanese folk singer
* **6**
	+ Comagan, 48, Indian playback singer
	+ Vanya Kostova, 64, Bulgarian pop singer (Tonika)
	+ Prem Dhoj Pradhan, 82, Nepali pop singer and guitarist
	+ Pervis Staples, 85, American gospel singer (The Staple Singers)
* **7**
	+ G. Anand, 67, Indian playback singer
	+ Vanraj Bhatia, 93, Indian film composer
	+ Cassiano, 77, Brazilian funk and soul singer-songwriter
* **8** – Curtis Fuller, 86, American jazz trombonist (The Jazz Messengers)
* **10**
	+ Svante Thuresson, 68, Swedish jazz and schlager singer (Gals and Pals)
	+ Pauline Tinsley, 93, British opera singer
* **12** – Maran, 48, Indian gaana singer
* **13**
	+ Norman Simmons, 91, American jazz pianist and arranger
	+ Jack Terricloth, 50, American dark cabaret singer (The World/Inferno Friendship Society)
	+ Bill Tsamis, 60, American metal guitarist (Warlord)
* **14** – Ester Mägi, 99, Estonian classical composer
* **15**
	+ Đorđe Marjanović, 89, Serbian schlager and pop singer
	+ Mario Pavone, 80, American jazz bassist
* **16**
	+ Patsy Bruce, 81, American country songwriter
	+ MC Kevin, 23, Brazilian funk carioca singer
* **17**
	+ Nicolas Ker, 50, French electronic singer (Poni Hoax)
	+ Neal Ford, 78, American psychedelic rock singer (Neal Ford and the Fanatics)
	+ Amarendra Mohanty, 63, Indian film composer and singer
* **18** – Franco Battiato, 76, Italian progressive rock and new wave singer-songwriter
* **19**
	+ Johnny Ashcroft, 94, Australian country and folk singer-songwriter
	+ Alix Dobkin, 80, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
	+ Martin Turnovský, 92, Czech classical conductor
* **20** – Roger Hawkins, 75, American rock and soul drummer (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section)
* **22** – Glenn Douglas Tubb, 85, American country singer-songwriter
* **23**
	+ Dewayne Blackwell, 84, American country songwriter
	+ Lorrae Desmond, 93, Australian cabaret singer and actress
* **24**
	+ John Davis, 66, American dance pop singer (Milli Vanilli)
	+ Samuel E. Wright, 74, American pop singer and actor
* **25** – Søren Holm, 25, Danish indie pop singer (Liss)
* **26** – Patrick Sky, 80, American folk singer-songwriter
* **27**
	+ Tiit Haagma, 67, Estonian progressive rock bassist (Ruja)
	+ Shantiraj Khosla, 54, Indian film composer and singer
	+ Nelson Sargento, 96, Brazilian samba singer
* **28**
	+ Zohra Abdullayeva, 68, Azerbaijani mugham singer
	+ Jimi Bellmartin, 71, Indonesian-born Dutch funk singer
* **29**
	+ B. J. Thomas, 78, American pop singer
	+ Johnny Trudell, 82, American jazz trumpeter
* **31** - Lil Loaded, 20, American rapper

### June

* **3** – Karla Burns, 66, American opera singer
* **6** – Michele Merlo, 28, Italian pop singer-songwriter
* **7** – David C. Lewis, American soft rock and new age keyboardist (Ambrosia, Shadowfax)
* **8**
	+ Farhad Humayun, 42, Pakistani psychedelic rock drummer and singer (Overload)
	+ Dean Parrish, 78, American soul singer
* **9** – Juan Nelson, 62, American blues rock bassist (Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals)
* **11**
	+ Heribert Beissel, 88, German classical composer
	+ Jon Lukas, 72, Maltese pop singer
* **14** – Selçuk Tekay, 68, Turkish classical composer and violinist
* **16** – Novica Zdravković, 73, Serbian folk singer
* **17** – Fane Flaws, 70, New Zealand rock guitarist (The Crocodiles, The Spats, Blerta)
* **18**
	+ Gift of Gab, 50, American rapper (Blackalicious)
	+ Takeshi Terauchi, 82, Japanese surf rock guitarist
* **20**
	+ Jeanne Lamon, 71, American-Canadian classical violinist and conductor
	+ Lionel Leroy, 65, French pop singer
	+ Gianna Rolandi, 68, American opera singer
* **21**
	+ Nobuo Hara, 94, Japanese jazz saxophonist
	+ Mamady Keïta, 70, Guinean djembe player
	+ Pat Lupo, 66, American rock bassist (John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band)
* **22** – Parassala B. Ponnammal, 96, Indian Carnatic singer
* **23**
	+ David Edwards, 56, Welsh post-punk singer (Datblygu)
	+ Ellen McIlwaine, 75, American-Canadian psychedelic rock and blues singer and slide guitarist (Fear Itself)
	+ Peter Zinovieff, 88, British electronic composer and founder of Electronic Music Studios
* **25**
	+ Rinaldo Rafanelli, 71, Argentine psychedelic rock singer (Color Humano, Sui Generis)
	+ Wes, 57, Cameroonian world music singer
* **26**
	+ Jon Hassell, 84, American jazz trumpeter
	+ Frederic Rzewski, 83, American classical pianist and composer
	+ Johnny Solinger, 55, American hard rock singer (Skid Row)
* **27**
	+ Willy Crook, 55, Argentine new wave saxophonist (Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota)
	+ Peps Persson, 74, Swedish blues and reggae singer
* **28**
	+ Burton Greene, 84, American free jazz pianist
	+ Paul Koulak, 78, French television composer
* **29**
	+ John Lawton, 74, British rock singer (Uriah Heep, Lucifer's Friend, Les Humphries Singers)
	+ Bryan St. Pere, 53, American alternative rock drummer (Hum)

### July

* **1**
	+ Louis Andriessen, 82, Dutch classical composer
	+ Steve Kekana, 62, South African soul and Mbaqanga singer
* **4**
	+ Sanford Clark, 85, American rockabilly singer
	+ Rick Laird, 80, Irish jazz fusion bassist (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Brian Auger and the Trinity)
* **5** – Raffaella Carrà, 78, Italian pop singer
* **9** – Andy Williams, 49, American Christian rock drummer (Casting Crowns)
* **10**
	+ Byron Berline, 77, American bluegrass fiddler
	+ Chris Hutka, American post-hardcore singer (The Bunny the Bear)
* **11**
	+ Juini Booth, 73, American jazz bassist (The Sun Ra Arkestra)
	+ Sound Sultan, 44, Nigerian rapper
* **13** – Brother Resistance, 67, Trinidadian rhythm poet
* **14**
	+ Gary Corbett, American blues rock keyboardist (Cinderella)
	+ Jeff LaBar, 58, American glam metal and blues rock guitarist (Cinderella)
* **15**
	+ Joe Cassidy, Irish indie pop singer-songwriter (Butterfly Child)
	+ Boris Goryachev, 49, Russian a capella singer (Turetsky Choir Art Group)
	+ Pyotr Mamonov, 70, Russian alternative rock singer-songwriter (Zvuki Mu)
	+ Tsepo Tshola, 67, Mosotho afro-jazz singer (Sankomota)
* **16** – Biz Markie, 57, American rapper
* **17**
	+ Dolores Claman, 94, Canadian television composer and pianist
	+ Robby Steinhardt, 71, American progressive rock singer and violinist (Kansas)
	+ Graham Vick, 67, English opera director
* **19**
	+ Tolis Voskopoulos, 80, Greek laïko singer
	+ Chuck E. Weiss, 76, American blues rock singer-songwriter
* **20** – Jerry Granelli, 80, American-born Canadian jazz drummer
* **21**
	+ Tõnu Aare, 67, Estonian rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Apelsin)
	+ Clarence McDonald, 76, American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer
* **22**
	+ Pavel Pelc, 71, Czech art rock bassist and singer (Progres 2)
	+ Peter Rehberg, 53, Austrian-British electronic musician (KTL) and founder of Mego
* **23**
	+ Fakir Alamgir, 71, Bangladeshi folk singer
	+ Wally Gonzales, 71, Filipino blues rock guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band)
* **25** – Count M'Butu, 75-76, American blues-rock percussionist (The Derek Trucks Band) *(death announced on this date)*
* **26**
	+ Mike Howe, 55, American heavy metal singer (Metal Church, Heretic)
	+ Joey Jordison, 46, American heavy metal drummer and guitarist (Slipknot, Murderdolls, Scar the Martyr, Sinsaenum)
* **27**
	+ Dusty Hill, 72, American blues rock bassist and singer (ZZ Top)
	+ Willie Winfield, 91, American doo-wop singer (The Harptones)
* **28**
	+ Giuseppe Giacomini, 80, Italian opera singer
	+ Shahram Kashani, 47, Iranian pop singer
	+ Johnny Ventura, 81, Dominican salsa and merengue singer
* **29** – Gonzoe, 45, American rapper (Kausion)
* **30** – Jacob Desvarieux, 65, Guadeloupean-French zouk singer
* **31** – Jerzy Matuszkiewicz, 93, Polish jazz saxophonist

### August

* **1**
	+ Paul Cotton, 78, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco, Illinois Speed Press)
	+ Kazimierz Kowalski, 70, Polish opera singer
* **3**
	+ Kelli Hand, 56, American techno DJ
	+ Allan Stephenson, 71, British classical cellist and composer
* **4**
	+ Razzy Bailey, 82, American country singer
	+ Jean "Binta" Breeze, 65, Jamaican dub poet
	+ Paul Johnson, 50, American house DJ
	+ Stan Lark, 81, American rock and roll bassist (The Fireballs)
	+ Anders Pettersson, 69, Swedish dansband keyboardist (Lasse Stefanz)
* **6**
	+ Les Vandyke, 90, British pop songwriter
	+ Wang Wenjuan, 94, Chinese yue opera singer
* **7** – Dennis Thomas, 70, American funk saxophonist (Kool & The Gang)
* **9**
	+ Joey Ambrose, 87, American rock and roll saxophonist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
	+ Killer Kau, 23, South African rapper
	+ Mpura, 26, South African rapper
	+ Chucky Thompson, 53, American record producer
* **11**
	+ Mike Finnigan, 76, American rock and jazz keyboardist
	+ Roy Gaines, 83, American electric blues guitarist
	+ Caroline Peyton, 69, American folk singer-songwriter
* **12** – Ronnell Bright, 91, American jazz pianist
* **13**
	+ Baba Zumbi, 49, American rapper (Zion I)
	+ Nanci Griffith, 68, American folk singer-songwriter
	+ Pil Trafa, 62, Argentine punk rock singer (Los Violadores)
* **14** – R. Murray Schafer, 88, Canadian avant-garde classical composer
* **15** – Jagjit Kaur, 91, Indian playback singer
* **16** – Hormoz Farhat, 93, Iranian-American classical composer
* **17** – Squeak, 26, American hip hop producer (Pivot Gang)
* **20**
	+ Tom T. Hall, 85, American country singer-songwriter
	+ Larry Harlow, 82, American salsa keyboardist (Fania All-Stars)
	+ Peter Ind, 93, British jazz bassist
	+ Michael Morgan, 64, American classical conductor
* **21**
	+ Bill Emerson, 83, American bluegrass banjoist
	+ Don Everly, 84, American country-rock and roll singer and songwriter (The Everly Brothers)
* **22**
	+ Charles Burles, 85, French opera singer
	+ Bob Fish, 72, British doo-wop singer (Darts)
	+ Brian Travers, 62, British pop and reggae saxophonist and songwriter (UB40)
	+ Eric Wagner, 62, American doom metal singer (Trouble, The Skull)
* **23**
	+ Fritz McIntyre, 62, British pop keyboardist (Simply Red)
	+ Olli Wisdom, 63, British goth rock singer (Specimen) and Goa trance producer
* **24**
	+ Pierre Dutot, 75, French classical trumpeter
	+ Charlie Watts, 80, English rock drummer (The Rolling Stones)
* **25** – Dave Harper, British indie rock drummer (Frankie & The Heartstrings)
* **26** – Kenny Malone, 83, American country drummer
* **27** – Siegfried Matthus, 87, German composer and conductor
* **29**
	+ Ron Bushy, 79, American psychedelic rock drummer (Iron Butterfly)
	+ John Drake, 74, American rock singer (The Amboy Dukes)
	+ Lee "Scratch" Perry, 85, Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and producer
* **30** – Lee Williams, 75, American gospel singer (Lee Williams and the Spiritual QC's)
* **31** – Nobesuthu Mbadu, 76, South African mbaqanga singer (Mahotella Queens)

### September

* **1**
	+ Adalberto Álvarez, 72, Cuban son pianist (Son 14, Adalberto Álvarez y su Son)
	+ Carol Fran, 87, American soul blues singer and pianist
	+ Marty Fried, 77, American rock drummer (The Cyrkle)
	+ Aleksandr Khrabunov, 61, Russian rock guitarist (Zoopark)
* **2**
	+ Alemayehu Eshete, 80, Ethiopian jazz singer
	+ MadClip, 34, Greek-American rapper
	+ Mikis Theodorakis, 96, Greek classical and film composer
* **4**
	+ Billy Cafaro, 84, Argentine rock singer
	+ Gerhard Erber, 86, German classical pianist
* **5**
	+ Rickie Lee Reynolds, 72, American rock guitarist (Black Oak Arkansas)
	+ Sarah Harding, 39, British pop singer (Girls Aloud)
* **6**
	+ Sunil Perera, 68, Sri Lankan pop and baila singer (The Gypsies)
	+ Bennie Pete, 45, American jazz and funk sousaphonist (Hot 8 Brass Band)
* **7** – Warren Storm, 84, American swamp pop singer and drummer
* **8**
	+ Susan Anway, 70, American indie rock singer (The Magnetic Fields)
	+ Uno Loop, 91, Estonian estrada, pop and jazz singer, guitarist and music educator
	+ Pulamaipithan, 85, Indian film lyricist
* **9** – Amanda Holden, 73, British classical librettist
* **10**
	+ Michael Chapman, 80, British folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
	+ Rick Newell, 73, British psychedelic rock bassist (Rainbow Ffolly)
* **11** – María Mendiola, 69, Spanish pop singer (Baccara)
* **12** – Don Maddox, 90, American country singer (Maddox Brothers and Rose)
* **13** – George Wein, 95, American jazz pianist and co-founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival
* **14** – Vicente Zarzo Pitarch, 83, Spanish classical French horn player
* **15**
	+ Norman Bailey, 88, British opera singer
	+ Leonard Gibbs, 73, American jazz percussionist
* **16**
	+ Jane Powell, 92, American pop singer
	+ George Mraz, 77, Czech-born American jazz bassist and saxophonist (Quest, New York Jazz Quartet, The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
* **17** – Dottie Dodgion, 91, American jazz drummer
* **19**
	+ Sylvano Bussotti, 89, Italian classical composer
	+ András Ligeti, 68, Hungarian classical violinist
	+ Mats Paulson, 83, Swedish pop singer-songwriter
	+ Marina Tucaković, 67, Serbian folk and pop lyricist
* **20**
	+ Colin Bailey, 87, British-American jazz drummer
	+ Sarah Dash, 76, American R&B and funk singer (Labelle)
	+ Claude Lombard, 76, Belgian pop singer
	+ Julz Sale, British post-punk singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delta 5)
	+ Warner Williams, 91, American blues guitarist (Little Bit A Blues)
* **21**
	+ Richard H. Kirk, 65, British electronic and industrial multi-instrumentalist (Cabaret Voltaire, Sweet Exorcist)
	+ La Prieta Linda, 88, Mexican pop singer
* **22**
	+ Bob Moore, 88, American country bassist
	+ Jan Stanienda, 68, Polish classical violinist
* **23** – Sue Thompson, 96, American pop and country singer
* **24** – Pee Wee Ellis, 80, American jazz and soul saxophonist
* **25** – Patricio Manns, 84, Chilean folk singer-songwriter
* **26**
	+ George "Commander Cody" Frayne IV, 77, American country rock singer and keyboardist (Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen)
	+ Alan Lancaster, 72, British rock bassist (Status Quo, The Party Boys)
* **27**
	+ Darrell Bath, British punk guitarist (The Vibrators, The Dogs D'Amour)
	+ Chris Ho, Singaporean new wave singer (Zircon Lounge)
	+ Andrea Martin, 49, American R&B singer-songwriter
	+ Teymur Mirzoyev, 85, Azerbaijani jazz singer (Gaya Quartet)
* **28**
	+ Nana Ampadu, 76, Ghanaian highlife singer and guitarist
	+ Karan Armstrong, 79, American opera soprano
	+ Phi Nhung, 49, Vietnamese-American Vọng cổ singer
	+ Barry Ryan, 72, British pop singer
	+ Lonnie Smith, 79, American jazz organist
* **29**
	+ Hayko, 48, Armenian pop singer
	+ Olivier Libaux, 57, French new wave and lounge guitarist (Nouvelle Vague)
	+ Mike Renzi, 80, American jazz pianist and composer
* **30**
	+ Lennart Åberg, 79, Swedish jazz fusion saxophonist
	+ Carlisle Floyd, 95, American opera composer
	+ Greg Gilbert, 44, British indie rock singer and guitarist (Delays)

### October

* **1**
	+ Raymond Gniewek, 89, American classical violinist
	+ Robin Morton, 81, Irish folk singer and bodhran player (The Boys of the Lough)
	+ Ewert Ljusberg, 76, Swedish folk singer
* **2**
	+ John Rossall, 75, English glam rock saxophonist and trombonist (The Glitter Band)
	+ Sebastião Tapajós, 78, Brazilian folk guitarist
* **3** – Anouman Brou Félix, 86, Ivorian attie multi-instrumentalist
* **5** – Pat Fish, 64, British indie pop singer and guitarist (The Jazz Butcher)
* **8**
	+ Everett Morton, 71, Kittian-British ska drummer (The Beat)
	+ Jim Pembroke, 65, British-Finnish progressive rock singer (Wigwam, Blues Section)
	+ Jem Targal, 74, American psychedelic rock bassist (Third Power)
* **9** – Dee Pop, 65, American post-punk drummer (Bush Tetras, The Gun Club)
* **10** – Luis de Pablo, 91, Spanish classical composer
* **11**
	+ Misko Barbara, 49, Ukrainian rock singer (Dead Rooster)
	+ Deon Estus, 65, American R&B bassist and singer
* **12** – Paddy Moloney, 83, Irish Celtic folk multi-instrumentalist (The Chieftains, Ceoltóirí Chualann)
* **13** – Andrea Haugen, 45, German heavy metal singer
* **14**
	+ Emani 22, 22, American R&B singer
	+ Phil Leadbetter, 59, American bluegrass resonator guitarist
	+ Tom Morey, 86, American jazz drummer
* **15** – Regi Hargis, 70, American funk guitarist and singer (Brick)
* **16**
	+ Tom Gray, 70, American new wave and blues rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Brains, Delta Moon)
	+ Ron Tutt, 83, American rock drummer (TCB Band, Jerry Garcia Band)
* **17** – Bruce Gaston, 74, American Thai classical multi-instrumentalist
* **18**
	+ Franco Cerri, 95, Italian jazz guitarist and bassist
	+ Edita Gruberová, 74, Slovak opera singer
* **19** – Leslie Bricusse, 90, British film and theater composer and lyricist
* **21**
	+ Tommy DeBarge, 64, American R&B-funk bassist and singer (Switch)
	+ Dmitriy Galitsky, 65, Russian pop singer and keyboardist (Sinyaya Ptitsa)
	+ Bernard Haitink, 92, Dutch classical conductor and violinist
	+ Sergei Krinitzin, 65, Russian progressive rock drummer (Autograph)
	+ Robin McNamara, 74, American pop rock singer-songwriter
	+ Allan Wilmot, 96, Jamaican-born British pop singer (The Southlanders)
* **22**
	+ Jay Black, 82, American pop-rock singer (Jay and the Americans)
	+ Udo Zimmermann, 78, German opera and classical composer and conductor
* **24**
	+ Willie Cobbs, 89, American blues singer and harmonica player
	+ Sonny Osborne, 83, American bluegrass banjoist (Osborne Brothers)
* **25** – Alfredo Diez Nieto, 103, Cuban classical composer and conductor
* **26** – Rose Lee Maphis, 98, American country singer
* **27**
	+ Letieres Leite, 61, Brazilian afro-jazz composer and conductor (Orkestra Rumpilezz)
	+ William Shelby, 65, American funk keyboardist (Lakeside, Dynasty)
	+ Benjamin Vallé, 47, Swedish post-punk guitarist (Viagra Boys)
* **28** – Raša Đelmaš, 71, Serbian progressive rock drummer (YU Grupa, Zebra, Pop Mašina)
* **30** – Fan Tsai, 26, Taiwanese indie rock drummer (No Party for Cao Dong)

### November

* **1**
	+ Emmett Chapman, 85, American jazz guitarist and inventor of the Chapman Stick
	+ Nelson Freire, 77, Brazilian classical pianist
	+ Gilberto Grácio, 85, Portuguese luthier
	+ Pat Martino, 77, American jazz guitarist
* **2**
	+ Sabah Fakhri, 88, Syrian Muwashshah and Qudud Halabiya singer
	+ Declan Mulligan, 83, Irish-born American rock guitarist and bassist (The Beau Brummels)
	+ Ernest Wilson, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The Clarendonians)
	+ Ronnie Wilson, 73, American funk multi-instrumentalist (The Gap Band)
* **3** – Georgie Dann, 81, French pop singer
* **4** – Mario Lavista, 78, Mexican film composer
* **5** – Marília Mendonça, 26, Brazilian sertanejo singer-songwriter
* **6**
	+ Astro, 64, British reggae singer and percussionist (UB40)
	+ Andy Barker, 53, British acid house keyboardist and bassist (808 State)
	+ Barry Coope, English folk singer (Coope Boyes and Simpson)
	+ Marinko Rokvić, 67, Bosnian folk singer
* **7**
	+ Clifford Grant, 91, Australian opera singer
	+ Bopol Mansiamina, 72, Congolese soukous guitarist (Les Quatre Étoiles)
* **8** – Margo Guryan, 84, American pop singer-songwriter
* **10**
	+ Mike “Bones” Gersema, American hard drummer (L.A. Guns)
	+ John Kinsella, 81, Irish classical composer
	+ Miroslav Žbirka, 69, Slovak rock singer (Modus)
* **11**
	+ Graeme Edge, 80, British progressive rock drummer (The Moody Blues)
	+ Mark Gillespie, Australian pop singer-songwriter
	+ John Goodsall, 68, American-British progressive rock and jazz fusion guitarist (Brand X, Atomic Rooster)
* **13** – Philip Margo, 79, American doo-wop singer (The Tokens)
* **15** – Heber Bartolome, 73, Filipino folk singer
* **16** – Belinda Sykes, 55, British medieval folk singer and multi-instrumentalist (Joglaresa)
* **17**
	+ Keith Allison, 79, American garage rock bassist (Paul Revere & the Raiders)
	+ Dave Frishberg, 88, American jazz pianist and songwriter
	+ Theuns Jordaan, 50, South African blues singer-songwriter
	+ Young Dolph, 36, American rapper
* **18**
	+ Slide Hampton, 89, American jazz trombonist
	+ Ack van Rooyen, 91, Dutch jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
* **19**
	+ Hank von Hell, 49, Norwegian punk singer (Turbonegro)
	+ David Longdon, 56, British progressive rock singer and multi-instrumentalist (Big Big Train)
* **20**
	+ Jim Gallagher, 78, American surf rock drummer (The Astronauts)
	+ Billy Hinsche, 70, American pop singer, guitarist and keyboardist (Dino, Desi & Billy)
	+ Merima Njegomir, 68, Serbian sevdah singer
* **21**
	+ Yul Anderson, 63, American blues and gospel singer, guitarist and pianist
	+ Gurmeet Bawa, 77, Indian folk singer
	+ Gordon Crosse, 83, British classical composer
* **22**
	+ Joanne Shenandoah, 63, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
	+ Asya Sultanova, 98, Azerbaijani classical composer
* **23** – Tatyana Chudova, 77, Russian classical composer
* **24**
	+ Mārtiņš Brauns, 70, Latvian pop and theater composer and multi-instrumentalist
	+ Marilyn McLeod, 82, American R&B singer-songwriter
	+ Gared O'Donnell, 44, American post-hardcore singer and guitarist (Planes Mistaken for Stars)
* **26** – Stephen Sondheim, 91, American film and theater composer and lyricist
* **28**
	+ Alexander Gradsky, 72, Russian rock singer and composer
	+ Laila Halme, 87, Finnish pop singer
	+ Meñique, 87, Panamanian salsa singer
* **30**
	+ Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, 66, Indian film and theatre lyricist and singer
	+ Martin Wright, British alternative rock guitarist (Intastella)

### December

* **1**
	+ Grand Jojo, 85, Belgian pop singer
	+ Alvin Lucier, 90, American experimental composer and sound artist
* **2** – Abdel Karim al Kabli, 89, Sudanese folk singer and oud player
* **4**
	+ Thoppil Anto, 81, Indian playback singer
	+ Stonewall Jackson, 89, American country music singer
* **5**
	+ John Miles, 72, British progressive rock singer-songwriter
	+ Toni Santagata, 85, Italian folk singer
	+ Bill Staines, 74, American folk singer-songwriter
* **6** – János Kóbor, 78, Hungarian progressive rock singer (Omega)
* **7**
	+ Steve Bronski, 61, Scottish new wave keyboardist (Bronski Beat)
	+ DJ Scholar, British grime rapper (Ruff Sqwad)
	+ Greg Tate, 63, American multi-genre guitarist (Burnt Sugar) and music critic
* **8**
	+ Gil Bridges, 80, American rock saxophonist (Rare Earth)
	+ Barry Harris, 91, American jazz pianist
	+ Chandidas Mal, 92, Indian classical singer
	+ Robbie Shakespeare, 68, Jamaican reggae bassist (Sly and Robbie) and record producer
	+ Ralph Tavares, 79, American R&B singer (Tavares)
* **9** – David Lasley, 74, American pop and R&B singer
* **10**
	+ Les Emmerson, 77, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Five Man Electrical Band)
	+ Mensi, British punk rock singer (Angelic Upstarts)
	+ Michael Nesmith, 78, American rock and country singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Monkees, The First National Band)
* **11** – Garth Dennis, 72, Jamaican reggae singer (Black Uhuru, The Wailing Souls)
* **12** – Vicente Fernández, 81, Mexican ranchera singer
* **13**
	+ Joe Simon, 85, American R&B and soul singer
	+ Toby Slater, 42, British indie pop singer-songwriter (Catch)
* **14** – Phil Chen, 81, Jamaican rock and reggae bassist (Manzarek–Krieger, Butts Band)
* **15**
	+ Francisco Kröpfl, 90, Argentine classical composer
	+ Wanda Young, 78, American R&B singer (The Marvelettes)
* **16**
	+ Hub, 62, American hip hop bassist (The Roots)
	+ Terry Uttley, 70, British rock bassist (Smokie)
	+ Ian Worang, 47, Canadian indie rock singer and guitarist (Uncut)
* **17**
	+ John Morgan, 80, English Scrumpy and Western drummer (The Wurzels)
	+ Weerasak Sunthornsri, 71, Thai folk rock guitarist (Caravan)
	+ Lindsay Tebbutt, Australian pub rock drummer (The Choirboys)
* **18**
	+ Custom, 54, Canadian alternative rock singer-songwriter
	+ Tam Harvey, Scottish folk guitarist (The Humblebums)
	+ Kangol Kid, 55, American rapper (UTFO)
	+ Renée Martel, 74, Canadian country singer
* **19**
	+ Billy Conway, 66, American blues rock and alternative rock drummer (Morphine, Treat Her Right)
	+ Drakeo the Ruler, 28, American rapper
	+ Carlos Marín, 53, Spanish classical crossover singer (Il Divo)
* **20** – Paul Mitchell, American R&B singer (The Floaters)
* **21** – Anthony Williams, 90, Trinidadian steelband steel pan player
* **23**
	+ Robin Le Mesurier, 68, British rock guitarist
	+ Emil Ramsauer, 103, Swiss pop bassist (Takasa)
* **24**
	+ J. D. Crowe, 84, American bluegrass banjo player (New South)
	+ Marco Mathieu, 57, Italian hardcore punk bassist (Negazione)
	+ Meor Aziddin Yusof, 54, Malaysian folk singer-songwriter
* **25** – Tiffini Hale, 46, American pop singer (The Party)
* **27** – Victor Socaciu, 68, Romanian folk singer and composer
* **29**
	+ Paolo Giordano, 59, Italian classical guitarist
	+ Peter Klatzow, 76, German classical composer and pianist
* **30** – Stephen J. Lawrence, 82, American television composer
* **31**
	+ Juraj Filas, 66, Serbian classical composer
	+ Ivan Mozgovenko, 97, Russian classical clarinetist

## See also

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* Timeline of musical events
* Women in Music
* Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the music industry

## References

1. ↑ Hussey, Allison (February 26, 2021). "Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Announce New Album as Silk Sonic". *Pitchfork*. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
2. ↑ "Dogleg Take Hiatus As Singer Releases Statement About Possessive Behavior In Past Relationships". *Stereogum*. 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
3. ↑ Grow, Kory (27 July 2021). "Joey Jordison, Founding Slipknot Drummer, Dead at 46". *Rolling Stone*. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. ↑ Buckland, Lucy; Allday, Jasmine (11 November 2021). "Tributes flood in as Moody Blues drummer Graeme Edge dies aged 80". *mirror*.