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LISTEN: Farewell, Bunny Wailer

The last surviving member of the original Wailers was 73

Dance Electronic

We Were The Robots: Daft Punk, RIP

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 1 Comment Daft Punk, Discovery, France, Homework, Nile Rodgers, Paris, Pharrell Williams, Random Access Memories, RIP, Stevie Wonder, The KLF

Some personal notes on the French Touch icons

Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

The Death Of A Prince

February 19, 2021March 31, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Buff Love, Fat Boys, Hip-hop, Human Beat Box, Kool Rock-Ski, Pee Wee Herman, Prince Markie Dee, RA The Rugged Man, Rap, RIP, Run DMC

Remembering Prince Markie Dee of the pioneering rap trio The Fat Boys

Fusion jazz Remembrance

Chick Corea: Mourning a Keyboard Colossus

February 12, 2021February 12, 2021 Jim Allen 1 Comment Bitches Brew, Chick Corea, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Circle, Gary Burton, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, RIP

A handful of highlights from a talent too big for boundaries

Pop Remembrance Soul

LISTEN: In Memory of Mary

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Detroit, Diana Ross, Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, Motown, RIP, The Supremes

Remembering the Supreme of our dreams

Britpop Remembrance Rock

Hilton Valentine, An Essential Member Of The Animals, Gone at Age 77

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Alan Price, British Invasion, Eric Burdon, Hilton Valentine, House of the Rising Sun, It’s Folk ’n’ Skiffle, Mate!, Merry Skifflemas!, RIP, Skiffledog, Skiffledog on Couburg Street, The Animals

Farewell to the heart of one of The British Invasion’s greatest bands

Electronic

SOPHIE Was the Greatest Sonic Architect of the Last Ten Years

February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments EDM, Elektron Monomachine, IDM, Prince, RIP, SOPHIE

The groundbreaking electronic musician was 34 when Chaos Theory took her life

Music Journalism Remembrance Video

WATCH: 10 Great Larry King Music Interviews

January 24, 2021January 24, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Duran Duran, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Larry King, Prince, RIP, The Beatles

From Frank Zappa to Tyler, The Creator, the broadcast legend chatted with the best of ’em

Glam Pop Punk Remembrance Rock

(Sleep) Baby Doll: Remembering Sylvain Sylvain

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 James Porter 0 Comments Arthur Kane, David Johansen, Johnny Thunders, New York Dolls, RIP, Sylvain Mizrahi, Sylvain Sylvain

The beloved New York Dolls guitarist lost his battle with cancer on January 13

Hip Hop Rap Remembrance

Eulogy For A Supervillain

January 4, 2021January 5, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 3rd Bass, ALL CAPS, Daniel Dumile, DJ Subroc, Doom, King Geedorah, KMD, Madlib, Madvillain, Madvillainy, Metal Face Records, MF Doom, Operation: Doomsday, RIP, Viktor Vaughn

Celebrating the life of British American rap icon MF DOOM, gone at 49

Bluegrass

Remembering Tony Rice

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Bluegrass, David Grisman, J.D. Crowe and the New South, Larry Rice, Norman Blake, RIP, Ron Rice, Tony Rice, Wyatt Rice

Farewell to a true innovator, an individual who helped expand bluegrass’ boundaries

Country and/or Western Remembrance

“It’s My Music, Too”: Farewell Charley Pride

December 14, 2020December 17, 2020 James Porter 1 Comment Bakersfield Sound, Buck Owens, Charley Pride, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Delbert McClinton, RIP, Sonny Rollins

The Demon COVID takes another country legend, gone at 86

Classical Electronic Experimental Remembrance

Remembering Harold Budd

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments ambient, Brian Eno, Cocteau Twins, Daniel Lanois, Harold Budd, RIP, Robin Guthrie

Celebrating the life and music of a Great American Composer

Beatle Remembrance

LISTEN: Our Sweet George

November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment All Things Must Pass, George Harrison, RIP, The Beatles, The Fab Four

Reconfiguring a Harrison classic in honor its 50th Anniversary

Country and/or Western Remembrance

Farewell to a Truly Iconic Individual: R.I.P. Billy Joe Shaver

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Billy Gibbons, Billy Joe Shaver, Bobby Bare, Kris Kristofferson, RIP, Shaver, Tanya Tucker, Tom T. Hall, ZZ Top

The outlaw country great was 81

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