Browsing: Obituary

In remembrance of Mark Lanegan, a writer and sepulchral voice like no other.

Her raw and revelatory style defied any notions that women can’t be visionaries in the music world

Remembering Jimmy Johnson (November 25, 1928 – January 31, 2022)

Michael Lee Aday AKA Meat Loaf (September 27, 1947 – January 20, 2022)

More than 60 years after first helping to break the glass ceiling by defining the sultry siren in the all-male rock and roll bastion, Ronnie Spector remained a role model for contemporary artists like the late Amy Winehouse

“I don’t think I ever listened to a song more than ‘Be My Baby’ and this just breaks my heart.” – Brian Wilson

Nesmith was on a farewell tour earlier in the year with Micky Dolenz, now the sole surviving member of the Monkees

“On a rainy night in 1966 I went into a pub in Cornwall but I couldn’t afford to pay to go in. I said, I don’t want to stay outside in the rain, I’ll play the guitar for half an hour for you. They offered me a job for the rest of the summer and I’ve been at it ever since.”

Lee “Scratch” Perry OD (March 20, 1936 – August 29, 2021)

The Everly Brothers were among the first group of acts inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame