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NPR Music, RememberingMar 3, 2023Mar 3, 2023

Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89

Wayne Shorter passed away at the age of 89

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NPR Music, RememberingFeb 13, 2023Feb 13, 2023

David Jolicoeur, De La Soul’s Trugoy the Dove, dies at 54

Remembering David Jolicoeur of De La Soul.

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NPR Music, RememberingFeb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023

Burt Bacharach, visionary pop composer, has died at 94

Celebrated pop composer Burt Bacharach died at 94.

Music Matters, RememberingJan 28, 2023Jan 30, 2023

Tom Verlaine, Musical Visionary, Dies at 73

Television’s founder forged his own path

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NPR Music, RememberingJan 20, 2023Jan 20, 2023

Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81

Remembering music legend David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, & Nash

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NPR Music, RememberingJan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023

Classic rock guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck dies at 78

Jeff Beck passes at the age of 78.

Jenna Cockburn

Remembering, Texas StandardDec 8, 2022Dec 8, 2022

Remembering Jo Carol Pierce, the ‘Patti Smith of West Texas’

Rmembering the “Patti Smith of West Texas,” Jo Carol Pierce

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RememberingDec 1, 2022Dec 1, 2022

Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie dies at 79

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac passed on Wednesday at 79.

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NPR Music, RememberingNov 7, 2022Nov 7, 2022

Mimi Parker, Vocalist and Drummer of Minimalist Rock Band Low, Has Died

The drummer for Low has passed away at 55

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Music News, RememberingNov 2, 2022Nov 2, 2022

Takeoff, member of Atlanta rap group Migos, has died at 28

The rapper Takeoff, one-third of the dynamic Atlanta rap group Migos, has died.

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RememberingOct 4, 2022Oct 4, 2022

Loretta Lynn, country music icon, has died at 90

Loretta Lynn died today at her home in Tennessee

RememberingSep 29, 2022Sep 29, 2022

The Rapper Coolio Has Died at 59

Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop’s biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Fantastic […]

Todd Winters

RememberingSep 13, 2022Sep 13, 2022

Ramsey Lewis, the pop chart’s favorite jazz pianist, dies at 87

Jazz legend, Ramsey Lewis, dies at 87

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RememberingApr 11, 2022Apr 12, 2022

Daniel Sahad

Daniel Sahad passed away Sunday the 10th

Cover for Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band with Willie Nelson; Bobbie Nelson; David Ritz

RememberingMar 11, 2022Mar 14, 2022

Remembering Bobbie Nelson

She was his anchor, his rock. Raised, like her brother, in Abbott, Texas, Bobbie Nelson, elder sister of Willie […]

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RememberingFeb 10, 2022Feb 10, 2022

Betty Davis, funk pioneer and fashion icon, dies at 77

Funk musician Betty Davis dies at 77

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RememberingJan 21, 2022Jun 23, 2022

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning singer famous for ‘I’d Do Anything For Love,’ dies at 74

The Grammy-winning American singer and actor, has died at the age of 74

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RememberingJan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022

Ronnie Spector of The Ronettes has died at age 78

Singer Ronnie Spector has died after a brief battle with cancer

RememberingSep 2, 2021Sep 29, 2021

Six Essential Albums Produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry

The music world has lost another towering figure with the passing of reggae’s Lee “Scratch” Perry at age 85.

RememberingApr 30, 2021May 19, 2021

Remembering Denny Freeman

photo by Todd V. Wolfson By Jay Trachtenberg In normal times, for the better part of a decade, guitarist […]

RememberingJan 27, 2021Aug 19, 2022

James White and the Broken Spoke

By Elizabeth McQueen When I visited Austin for the first time, I made a beeline for the Broken Spoke. […]

RememberingJan 25, 2021Oct 13, 2021

James White, Longtime Owner Of The Broken Spoke, Dies At 81

RememberingJan 8, 2021

Percussionist Tony ‘Conga’ Cruz

Austin musician Tony Cruz, best known for his conga work that helped drive the perpetual rhythms of the city’s […]

RememberingOct 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020

Billy Joe Shaver

No one personified the stereotypical image of a Texas ‘outlaw’ country singer quite like Billy Joe Shaver