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RememberingJun 25, 2024Jun 27, 2024

Remembering: Dr. James Polk 1940-2024

Austin’s piano professor passes away at 83

RememberingMay 14, 2024May 14, 2024

Remembering DJ Chicken George

Rest in power to the beloved Central Texas musical master.

RememberingSep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023

Charlie Robison, Texas music royalty, dead at 59

Charlie Ronison dead after suffering cardiac arrest and other complications

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NPR Music, RememberingAug 10, 2023Aug 14, 2023

Robbie Robertson, guitarist for The Band and Bob Dylan, has died at 80

Robbie Robertson, the lead guitarist and the primary songwriter for Canadian rock luminaries The Band, has died at age […]

Interviews, Remembering, Words On MusicAug 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023

Something Beautiful: Sinéad O’Connor in Conversation with Jody Denberg 2007

In 2007 Jody Denberg spoke with Sinéad O’Connor for an interview on her “Theology” album

NPR Music, RememberingJul 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023

Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has died at 56

O’Connor’s recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U” was one of the biggest hits of the early 1990s

NPR Music, RememberingJul 21, 2023Jul 21, 2023

Tony Bennett, king of the American Songbook, dead at 96

The beloved singer won 20 Grammy awards over a career that touched eight decades

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KUT News, Music News, RememberingJun 20, 2023Jun 20, 2023

Butthole Surfers drummer Teresa Taylor, who starred in ‘Slacker,’ dies at 60

Teresa Taylor, who played drums with the Texas punk band the Butthole Surfers and became the face of slacker […]

Austin Pride, RememberingJun 1, 2023May 3, 2024

Remembering: Gary Floyd of The Dicks (1952-2024)

Remembering the Austin punk legend

Tina Turner, Pop and R&B vocalist, holds up a Grammy Award, Feb. 27, 1985, in Los Angeles. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. Nick Ut/AP

Remembering, Words On MusicMay 26, 2023Jun 14, 2023

Celebrities and the White House pay tribute to Tina Turner

News of Tina Turner’s death reverberated throughout social media, with various celebrities and the White House reacting to the news […]

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RememberingMay 24, 2023May 24, 2023

Tina Turner, rock and roll icon, dead at 83

Tina Turner, a soul and rock powerhouse has died at the age of 83

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NPR Music, RememberingMay 2, 2023May 2, 2023

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk legend, dies at 84

NPR | By Neda Ulaby / Published May 1, 2023 at 10:25 PM ET Canadian folk-rock icon Gordon Lightfoot has died at […]

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NPR Music, RememberingApr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023

Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96

We remember Harry Belafonte.

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NPR Music, RememberingApr 18, 2023Apr 18, 2023

Ahmad Jamal, measured maestro of the jazz piano, dies at 92

We are remembering the legendary Ahmad Jamal.

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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.