2024 in music

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Specific locations

 * African music
 * American music
 * Asian music
 * Australian music
 * British music
 * Canadian music
 * Caribbean music
 * Chinese music
 * Czech music
 * Danish music
 * European music
 * Finnish music
 * French music
 * German music
 * Icelandic music
 * Indonesian music
 * Irish music
 * Italian music
 * Japanese music
 * Latin music
 * Mexican music
 * Argentine music
 * Colombian music
 * Chilean music
 * Brazilian music
 * Malaysian music
 * Mongolian music
 * Norwegian music
 * Philippine music
 * Polynesian music
 * Scandinavian music
 * South Korean music
 * Swedish music
 * Taiwanese music
 * Vietnamese music

Specific genres

 * Classical
 * Country
 * Electronic
 * Jazz
 * Latin
 * Heavy metal
 * Hip hop
 * R&B
 * Rock
 * K-pop
 * J-pop

Bands formed

 * All(H)Ours
 * Artms
 * Candy Shop
 * Geenius
 * Illit
 * Me:I
 * NOMAD
 * Nowadays
 * Rescene
 * TWS
 * Unis

Soloist debuts

 * Ayaka Nanase
 * Cha Eun-woo
 * Doyoung
 * George Au
 * Hina Suguta
 * Hina Tachibana
 * Hui
 * Lay Zhang
 * Lucas
 * Seola
 * Shōya Chiba
 * Ten
 * Wooseok
 * Yuqi

Bands disbanded

 * Boys World
 * Burnside Project
 * Cherry Bullet
 * Fleetwood Mac
 * Hey Violet
 * Nature
 * MC5
 * Issues
 * Weki Meki

Bands reformed

 * 3 Inches of Blood
 * A*Teens
 * Cardiacs (as Cardiacs Family)
 * Down With Webster
 * Have Heart
 * Moose Blood
 * No Doubt
 * Orange 9mm
 * Sex Pistols
 * Slayer
 * Tak Matsumoto Group
 * R.E.M. (One-Off Reunion)

January

 * 2 – Chris Karrer, 76, German progressive rock guitarist (Amon Düül II)
 * 3 – Tawl Ross, 75, American funk guitarist (Funkadelic)
 * 4
 * Ruy Mingas, 84, Angolan folk singer-songwriter and anthem composer
 * Marie Nilsson Lind, 62, Swedish folk pop singer (Ainbusk)
 * David Soul, 80, American-British pop singer
 * Glynis Johns, 100, British musical theater actress and singer
 * 5
 * Larry Collins, 79, American rockabilly guitarist and songwriter (The Collins Kids)
 * Del Palmer, 71, English art rock singer-songwriter, bassist and sound engineer
 * 6
 * Iasos, 76, Greek-born American new age keyboardist
 * Amparo Rubín, 68, Mexican folk singer-songwriter
 * 7
 * Germana Caroli, 92, Italian pop singer
 * Tony Clarkin, 77, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (Magnum)
 * 8
 * Guy Bonnet, 78, French pop singer-songwriter
 * Serge Laprade, French-Canadian pop singer
 * Phill Niblock, 90, American avant garde composer
 * Gian Franco Reverberi, 89, Italian film composer (death announced on this date)
 * 9
 * Diego Gallardo, 31, Ecuadorian folk singer-songwriter
 * Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British classical composer and pianist
 * Rashid Khan, 55, Indian Hindustani classical singer
 * James Kottak, 61, American hard rock drummer (Scorpions, Kingdom Come, Kottak)
 * 10
 * Audie Blaylock, 61, American bluegrass singer and guitarist
 * Tamara Milashkina, 89, Russian opera singer
 * 11
 * Annie Nightingale, 83, English radio disk jockey
 * Sigi Schwab, 83, German jazz guitarist
 * 12
 * Bill Hayes, 98, American folk singer
 * David Lumsdaine, 92, Australian classical composer
 * 13
 * Prabha Atre, 91, Indian classical singer
 * Jo-El Sonnier, 77, American country singer-songwriter and accordionist
 * Romuald Twardowski, 93, Polish classical composer
 * 15 – K. J. Joy, 77, Indian film and classical composer
 * 16
 * Peter Schickele, 88, American classical composer and musical satirist (P. D. Q. Bach)
 * Laurie Johnson, 96, English classical composer and swing bandleader
 * 17
 * Serge Laprade, 83, Canadian pop singer
 * Gerd Uecker, 77, German opera director and music teacher
 * 18
 * Katelele Ching'oma, 32, Malawian pop singer
 * Ivan Moody, 59, British classical composer and musicologist
 * Silent Servant, 46, Guatemalan-born American techno DJ
 * The Soft Moon, 44, American darkwave singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
 * Yogesh Vaidya, 77, Nepalese folk singer
 * 19
 * Georgi Kostov, 82, Bulgarian classical composer
 * Ewa Podleś, 71, Polish opera singer
 * Marlena Shaw, 81, American jazz and soul singer
 * Pluto Shervington, 73, Jamaican reggae singer
 * Mary Weiss, 75, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las)
 * 20
 * Zoran Erić, 73, Serbian classical composer
 * Charis Kostopoulos, 59, Greek laiko singer-songwriter.
 * 22
 * Neil Kulkarni, 51, British music journalist
 * Margo Smith, 84, American singer-songwriter
 * Sergei Yefremenko, 51, Russian ska singer and guitarist (Markscheider Kunst)
 * 23
 * Melanie, 76, American folk singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Frank Farian, 82, German pop singer-songwriter and record producer (Boney M., Milli Vanilli, La Bouche, No Mercy)
 * Anders Sandberg, 55, Swedish eurodance singer (Rednex).
 * 24 – Anders Lampe, 59, Danish pop rock guitarist (Bamses Venner)
 * 25
 * Bruno Amstad, 59–60, Swiss jazz singer
 * Bhavatharini, 47, Indian playback singer and film music director
 * 26
 * Dean Brown, 68, American jazz guitarist
 * Michel Hausser, 96, French jazz vibraphonist
 * Michael Watford, 80, American dance and house singer
 * 27 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, 73, Norwegian folk singer-songwriter
 * 28 – Albert Mayr, 80, Italian classical and experimental composer
 * 29
 * Tony Cedras, 71, South African jazz multi-instrumentalist
 * Yuri Ilchenko, 72, Russian rock singer and guitarist (Mify, Zemlyane)
 * 30 – Chita Rivera, 91, American musical theater singer and actress

February

 * 2
 * Steve Brown, 66, British classical composer
 * Wilhelmenia Fernandez, 75, American opera singer
 * Wayne Kramer, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (MC5)
 * 3 – Aston "Family Man" Barrett, 77, Jamaican reggae bassist (Bob Marley and the Wailers, The Upsetters)
 * 5 – Toby Keith, 62, American country singer-songwriter
 * 6
 * Donald Kinsey, 70, American blues and reggae guitarist and singer (The Kinsey Report, The Wailers Band)
 * Seiji Ozawa, 88, Japanese classical conductor
 * 7
 * Vaja Azarashvili, 87, Georgian classical composer
 * Henry Fambrough, 85, American R&B singer (The Spinners)
 * Mojo Nixon, 66, American psychobilly singer-songwriter
 * 8 – Yuri Borzov, 70, Russian blues rock drummer (Mashina Vremeni)
 * 9
 * Nikša Gligo, 77, Croatian musicologist
 * Damo Suzuki, 74, Japanese Krautrock singer (Can)
 * Jimmy Van Eaton, 86, American rock and roll drummer
 * 11
 * Ladislav Burlas, 96, Slovak classical composer and musicologist
 * Randy Sparks, 90, American folk singer-songwriter (The New Christy Minstrels, The Back Porch Majority)
 * Mihai Amihalachioaie, 62, Moldovan accordionist and conductor
 * 12
 * Tamás Deák, 95, Hungarian classical composer and conductor
 * Rudolf Jansen, 84, Dutch classical pianist
 * Juris Kulakovs, 65, Latvian rock keyboardist (Pērkons)
 * Steve Wright, 69, English radio disk jockey
 * 13
 * Eddie Cheeba, 67, American hip hop DJ
 * Jussi Raittinen, 80, Finnish Rautalanka singer and guitarist
 * 15 – Ian Amey, 79, English rock singer and guitarist (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
 * 16
 * Etterlene DeBarge, 88, American gospel singer
 * Fritz Hinz, 68, Canadian hard rock drummer (Helix)
 * Reuben Jackson, 67, American jazz historian
 * Ben Lanzarone, 85, American television composer
 * Dexter Romweber, 57, American rockabilly guitarist (Flat Duo Jets)
 * Cynthia Strother, 88, American pop singer (The Bell Sisters)
 * 18
 * Davlatmand Kholov, 73, Tajik Shashmaqam multi-instrumentalist
 * Hasina Mumtaz, 78, Bangladeshi pop singer
 * 19
 * Stewart Robertson, 75, Scottish classical conductor (death announced on this date)
 * Bobby Tench, 79, British blues rock singer and guitarist (Humble Pie, The Jeff Beck Group, Hummingbird, Streetwalkers, The Gass). (death announced on this date)
 * 20
 * David Libert, 81, American sunshine pop singer and keyboardist (The Happenings)
 * Geoffrey Michaels, 79, Australian classical violinist and violist (death announced on this date)
 * 21 – Vitalij Kuprij, 49, Ukrainian-American symphonic metal keyboardist (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ring of Fire)
 * 22
 * John Lowe, 81, English skiffle pianist (The Quarrymen)
 * Roni Stoneman, 85, American bluegrass banjoist
 * 23
 * Tina Rainford, 77, German pop singer
 * Shinsadong Tiger, 40, South Korean record producer
 * 24 – Juana Bacallao, 98, Cuban guaracha singer
 * 25
 * Bigidagoe, 26, Dutch rapper
 * Peter "Peetah" Morgan, 46, Jamaican reggae singer (Morgan Heritage)
 * 26
 * Bhakta Raj Acharya, 81, Nepali Bhajan singer and composer
 * Pankaj Udhas, 72, Indian ghazal singer
 * 28
 * Cat Janice, 31, American electropop singer-songwriter
 * Eugen Indjic, 76, Yugoslav born French-American classical pianist
 * 29 – Eugen Šváb, 87, Slovak swing singer and percussionist

March

 * 1
 * Ernest Berger, 73, Czech-born British funk and disco drummer (Heatwave)
 * Don Wise, 81, American R&B saxophonist
 * 2
 * Jim Beard, 63, American jazz rock keyboardist (Steely Dan)
 * Blues Boy Willie, 77, American blues singer and guitarist
 * W. C. Clark, 84, American blues singer and guitarist
 * 3
 * Eleanor Collins, 104, Canadian jazz singer
 * Emmanuëlle, 81, Canadian pop singer
 * Oscar Ghiglia, 85, Italian classical guitarist
 * Günther Leib, 96, German opera singer
 * Amjad Parvez, 78, Pakistani semi-classical singer
 * Presto, 31, German rapper
 * Bill Ramsay, 95, American jazz saxophonist
 * Félix Sabal Lecco, 64–65, Cameroonian makossa and rock drummer
 * Makoto Shinohara, 92, Japanese classical composer
 * Brit Turner, 57, American country rock drummer (Blackberry Smoke)
 * 4
 * B. B. Seaton, 79, Jamaican ska and rocksteady singer (The Gaylads)
 * Amnon Weinstein, 84, Israeli violin luthier
 * 5
 * Linda Balgord, 64, American musical theater actress and singer
 * Debra Byrd, 72, American soul singer and vocal coach
 * Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan jazz oud player and percussionist (La Mar Enfortuna) (death announced on this date)
 * 6 – Dimos Moutsis, 85, Greek Éntekhno singer-songwriter and composer
 * 7
 * Pedro Altamiranda, 88, Panamanian salsa singer
 * Joe Cutajar, 83, Maltese pop singer (Helen and Joseph). (death announced on this date)
 * Françoise Garner, 90, French opera singer
 * Steve Lawrence, 88, American pop singer
 * 8
 * Abdou Cherif, 52, Moroccan pop singer
 * Ernie Fields Jr., 89, American jazz saxophonist
 * George Newson, 91, English electronic and avant-garde composer and pianist
 * Ľubomír Stankovský, 72, Slovak pop rock singer and drummer (Modus)
 * 9
 * Malcolm Holcombe, 68, American alternative country singer-songwriter
 * Vince Power, 76, Irish music festival promoter
 * Guy Touvron, 74, French classical trumpeter
 * 10
 * Blake Harrison, 48, American grindcore sampler (Pig Destroyer, Hatebeak)
 * Paul Nelson, American blues guitarist
 * T. M. Stevens, 72, American rock bassist (The Pretenders, Vai)
 * Marc Tobaly, 74, Moroccan-born French rock guitarist (Les Variations)
 * Karl Wallinger, 66, Welsh alternative rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Waterboys, World Party)
 * 11
 * Boss, 54, American rapper
 * Eric Carmen, 74, American power pop singer-songwriter (Raspberries) (death announced on this date)
 * Pete Rodriguez, 91, American Latin boogaloo pianist and bandleader
 * 12
 * Michael Knott, American Christian rock singer-songwriter (Lifesavers Underground)
 * James Whitbourn, 60, British classical composer and conductor
 * Russ Wilson, 62, Canadian alternative rock bassist (Junkhouse)
 * 13
 * Dick Allix, 78, British pop rock drummer (Vanity Fare)
 * John Blunt, British rock drummer (The Searchers) (death announced on this date)
 * Sylvain Luc, 58, French jazz guitarist
 * Sadi Mohammad, 70, Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer and composer
 * Aribert Reimann, 88, German classical composer and pianist
 * 14
 * Lamara Chkonia, 93, Georgian opera singer
 * Frank Darcel, 65, French post-punk guitarist (Marquis de Sade)
 * Byron Janis, 95, American classical pianist
 * Jean-Pierre Marty, 91, French classical pianist and conductor
 * Angela McCluskey, 64, Scottish alternative rock singer-songwriter (Wild Colonials)
 * 15 – Hans Blum, 95, German schlager singer-songwriter
 * 17
 * Cola Boyy, 34, American disco multi-instrumentalist
 * Sandra Crouch, 81, American gospel singer
 * Steve Harley, 73, British glam rock singer-songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel)
 * 18
 * Jimmy Hastings, 85, British progressive rock multi-instrumentalist (Caravan, Soft Machine, Hatfield and the North)
 * Khalid, 60, Bangladeshi pop singer
 * Kevin Toney, 70, American jazz fusion pianist and composer (The Blackbyrds)
 * 19 – Greg Lee, 53, American ska and reggae singer (Hepcat)
 * 20
 * Faramarz Aslani, 79, Iranian folk singer and guitarist
 * George Darko, 73, Ghanaian burger-highlife singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * Gene Elders, 80, American country fiddler (Ace in the Hole Band)
 * Cocky Mazzetti, 87, Italian pop singer
 * 21 – Laurens van Rooyen, 88, Dutch classical pianist and composer
 * 23
 * Igor Ozim, 92, Slovenian classical violinist
 * Maurizio Pollini, 82, Italian classical pianist
 * 24
 * Vincent Bonham, 67, American funk singer (Raydio) (death announced on this date)
 * Def Rhymz, 53, Surinamese-Dutch rapper
 * Péter Eötvös, 80, Hungarian opera composer
 * 25
 * Humphrey Campbell, 66, Surinamese-Dutch pop singer
 * Chris Cross, 71, English new wave bassist and keyboardist (Ultravox, Tiger Lily)
 * Maurice El Médiouni, 95, Algerian jazz pianist
 * 26
 * Clare Elliott, New Zealand punk singer (Suburban Reptiles)
 * Chandra Kumara Kandanarachchi, 76, Sri Lankan playback singer
 * Slađana Milošević, 68, Serbian new wave singer-songwriter
 * George Nicolescu, 74, Romanian pop singer
 * 27 – La Castou, 75, Swiss pop singer
 * 28 – Marian Zazeela, 83, American experimental music singer and tanpura player
 * 29 – Gerry Conway, 76, English folk rock drummer and percussionist (Jethro Tull, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Pentangle).
 * 30
 * Mark Spiro, 66–67, American songwriter and record producer (death announced on this date)
 * Vanhlupuii, 77, Indian Mizo multi-genre singer
 * 31 – Casey Benjamin, 45, American jazz multi-instrumentalist (Robert Glasper Experiment)

April

 * 1
 * Phil Delire, 67–68, Belgian music producer.
 * Michael Ward, 57, American alternative rock guitarist (The Wallflowers, School of Fish)
 * 2 – Jerry Abbott, 81, American country music songwriter and record producer
 * 3
 * Joe Aitken, 79, Scottish bothy ballad singer
 * Albert Heath, 88, American jazz drummer (Heath Brothers)
 * Kalevi Kiviniemi, 65, Finnish classical organist
 * Muñequita Milly, 23, Peruvian huayno singer
 * Notker Wolf, 83, German Benedictine priest-monk and rock guitarist
 * 4
 * Keith LeBlanc, 69, American multi-genre drummer (Little Axe, Tackhead)
 * Graeme Naysmith, 57, English shoegaze guitarist (Pale Saints)
 * 5
 * Phil Nimmons, 100, Canadian jazz clarinetist.
 * Rocket Norton, 73, Canadian hard rock drummer (Prism)
 * C. J. Snare, 64, American glam metal singer-songwriter (FireHouse)
 * 6 – Dutty Dior, Norwegian rapper
 * 7
 * Michael Boder, 65, German classical conductor
 * Clarence "Frogman" Henry, 87, American R&B singer and pianist
 * Antonette Mendes, 79, Indian tiatr singer
 * Joe Viera, 91, German jazz saxophonist
 * 8 – Jon Card, 63, German-born Canadian punk drummer (SNFU, D.O.A., Subhumans)
 * 9
 * Bob Lanese, 82, American big band jazz trumpeter (James Last Orchestra)
 * Muluken Melesse, 70, Ethiopian tizita singer and drummer
 * Sturgis Nikides, 66, American blues rock and no wave guitarist (Low Society, Cool It Reba)
 * Dieter Rexroth, 83, German musicologist and dramaturge (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Young Euro Classic)
 * Max Werner, 70, Dutch progressive rock singer and drummer (Kayak)
 * 10 – Mister Cee, 57, American hip hop DJ and radio broadcaster (death announced on this date)
 * 11
 * Park Bo-ram, 30, South Korean K-pop singer
 * Enrique Llácer Soler, 89, Spanish jazz percussionist and composer
 * 12
 * Lucy Rimmer, British post-punk singer (The Fall) (death announced on this date)
 * Rico Wade, 52, American music producer and songwriter (Organized Noize)
 * 13
 * Richard Horowitz, 75, American film composer
 * Lorenzo Palomo, 86, Spanish classical composer
 * 14 –
 * Ben Eldridge, 85, American progressive bluegrass banjoist (The Seldom Scene)
 * Calvin Keys, 82, American jazz guitarist
 * 15
 * Reita, 42, Japanese alternative metal bassist (The Gazette)
 * Eugene Wolfgramm, 57, American pop singer (The Jets, Boys Club)
 * 16
 * Clorofila, 56, Mexican Nortec DJ (Nortec Collective)
 * K. G. Jayan, 89, Indian Carnatic singer
 * Gavin Webb, 77, Australian psychedelic rock bassist (The Masters Apprentices)
 * 17 – Pooch Tavares, 81, American R&B and disco singer (Tavares) (death announced on this date)
 * 18
 * Dickey Betts, 80, American Southern rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
 * Steve Kille, American stoner rock bassist (Dead Meadow)
 * Mandisa, 47, American gospel singer
 * Larry Page, 86, English pop singer and record producer
 * 19
 * Naomy, 46, Romanian pop singer
 * Eddie Sutton, 59, American crossover thrash singer (Leeway)
 * 20
 * Kaj Chydenius, 84, Finnish avant garde composer and folk songwriter
 * Tony Tuff, 69, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers)
 * 21
 * Jean-Marie Aerts, 72, Belgian rock guitarist (TC Matic)
 * MC Duke, 58, British rapper
 * Alex Hassilev, 91, American folk singer and banjoist (The Limeliters)
 * KODA, 45, Ghanaian gospel singer
 * 22 – Chan Romero, 82, American rock and roll singer-songwriter and guitarist (death announced on this date)
 * 23 – Fergie MacDonald, 86, Scottish cèilidh accordionist
 * 24 – Mike Pinder, 82, English progressive rock keyboardist and songwriter (The Moody Blues)
 * 26
 * Robin George, 68, British rock singer and guitarist.
 * Anderson Leonardo, 51, Brazilian pagode singer (Molejo)
 * Frank Wakefield, American bluegrass mandolinist
 * 27 – Jean-Pierre Ferland, 89, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter
 * 28 – Norman Carol, 95, American classical violinist and concertmaster (Philadelphia Orchestra)
 * 30 – Duane Eddy, 86, American rock and roll guitarist

May

 * 1
 * Hasna El-Bacharia, 74, Algerian diwan sintir player
 * Richard Maloof, 84, American pop and big band bassist and tuba player
 * Uma Ramanan, 69, Indian playback singer
 * Richard Tandy, 76, English rock keyboardist (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move)
 * 2
 * Gary Floyd, 71, American hardcore punk and alternative rock singer (Dicks, Sister Double Happiness)
 * John Pisano, 93, American jazz guitarist.
 * 3 – Jim Mills, 57, American bluegrass banjoist (Kentucky Thunder)
 * 4
 * Miroslav Imrich, 71, Czech rock singer (Abraxas)
 * Ron Kavana, 73, Irish multi-genre singer-songwriter
 * 5
 * Belgacem Bouguenna, 61, Tunisian mezwed singer
 * Kelath Aravindakshan Marar, 82, Indian Panchari melam chenda player.
 * 6
 * Bill Holman, 96, American jazz and big band saxophonist, composer and arranger
 * Wayland Holyfield, 82, American country songwriter
 * Christiane Stefanski, 74, Belgian folk singer
 * 7
 * Steve Albini, 61, American post-hardcore and noise rock singer and guitarist (Big Black, Shellac) and record producer
 * Ignatius Jones, 66–67, Australian-Filipino new wave and swing singer (Jimmy and the Boys, Pardon Me Boys)
 * Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, 88, Polish jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger
 * 8
 * John Barbata, 79, American rock drummer (The Turtles, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
 * Conrad Kelly, 65, Jamaican-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse)
 * Giovanna Marini, 87, Italian folk singer-songwriter
 * Dennis Thompson, 75, American rock drummer (MC5)
 * 9 – Fred Noonan, Australian alternative rock drummer (Six Ft Hick)
 * 12 – David Sanborn, 78, American jazz saxophonist.
 * 13
 * Christian Escoudé, 76, French Gypsy jazz guitarist
 * Luis María Serra, 82, Argentine film composer
 * 14 – Jimmy James, 83, Jamaican-British ska and disco singer
 * 15
 * John Hawken, 84, English rock keyboardist (The Nashville Teens, Renaissance, Strawbs)
 * Ahmed Piro, 92, Moroccan Andalusi classical singer
 * 17
 * Charlie Colin, 58, American pop rock bassist and guitarist (Train, The Side Deal) (body discovered on this date)
 * Missinho, 64, Brazilian Axé singer (Chiclete com Banana)
 * 18
 * Palle Danielsson, 77, Swedish jazz bassist
 * Frank Ifield, 86, Australian country singer
 * John Koerner, 85, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (Koerner, Ray & Glover)
 * Jon Wysocki, 53, American post-grunge drummer (Staind)
 * 19 – Peggi Blu, 77, American R&B singer and vocal coach
 * 21 – Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, 71, Polish film composer
 * 22 – Toni Montano, 62, Serbian punk rock singer
 * 24 – Doug Ingle, 78, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist (Iron Butterfly)
 * 25 – Richard M. Sherman, 95, American film songwriter (Sherman Brothers)
 * 27
 * Rodger Fox, 71, New Zealand jazz trombonist and bandleader.
 * Francesco Petrozzi, 62, Peruvian opera singer
 * 28 – Gustavo Mullem, 72, Brazilian punk rock guitarist (Camisa de Vênus)
 * 29
 * Cayouche, 75, Canadian country singer-songwriter
 * Mansour Seck, 69, Senegalese worldbeat singer and Kora player.
 * 30 – Doug Dagger, 56, American punk rock singer (The Generators)
 * 31 – Ed Mann, 70, American rock drummer and keyboardist (Frank Zappa)

June

 * 1 – Harry van Hoof, 81, Dutch pop conductor, composer, and music arranger.
 * 2
 * Emma Lou Diemer, 96, American classical composer
 * Colin Gibb, 70, British pop singer and guitarist (Black Lace)
 * 3 – Brother Marquis, 58, American rapper (2 Live Crew).
 * 4 – C.Gambino, 26, Swedish rapper
 * 5 – Ranch Sironi, American stoner rock bassist (Nebula)
 * 7
 * Rose-Marie, 68, Northern Irish pop singer (death announced on this date)
 * Ernstalbrecht Stiebler, 90, German minimalist composer
 * 8
 * Mark James, 83, American pop and country songwriter
 * Charlie Lennon, 85, Irish traditional folk fiddler and composer
 * 9
 * William Carragan, 86, American musicologist and Bruckner expert
 * Alex Riel, 83, Danish jazz and rock drummer
 * 11
 * Enchanting, 26, American rapper
 * Marcel Guilloux, 93, French kan ha diskan singer and storyteller.
 * Françoise Hardy, 80, French pop and yé-yé singer-songwriter
 * Gaps Hendrickson, 73, British ska singer (The Selecter)
 * Adam Lewis, 45, American pop punk bassist (Fenix TX) (death announced on this date)
 * Kevork Mardirossian, 70, American classical violinist
 * Rajeev Taranath, 91, Indian classical sarod player
 * 12 – Johnny Canales, 77, Mexican Tejano singer
 * 13
 * Angela Bofill, 70, American R&B singer-songwriter
 * Skowa, 68, Brazilian samba rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Trio Mocotó)
 * 14 – Jeremy Tepper, 60, American radio executive and country singer, co-founder of Diesel Only Records
 * 16
 * Buzz Cason, 84, American pop and country singer-songwriter
 * Jodie Devos, 35, Belgian opera singer
 * 17 – Paul Spencer, 53, English house DJ (Dario G)
 * 18 – James Chance, 71, American no wave singer and saxophonist (James Chance and the Contortions, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks)
 * 19
 * Chrystian, 67, Brazilian sertanejo singer
 * Silvia Infantas, 101, Chilean folk singer
 * James Loughran, 92, Scottish classical conductor
 * 20 – Margarita Voites, 87, Estonian opera singer
 * 23
 * Julio Foolio, 26, American rapper
 * Sakini Ramachandraih, 61, Indian folk singer and dhol player
 * David Tunley, 94, Australian musicologist.
 * 24
 * Shifty Shellshock, 49, American rap rock singer-songwriter and rapper (Crazy Town)
 * Rob Stone, 55, American record producer
 * 25
 * Jewel Brown, 86, American jazz and blues singer
 * Ray St. Germain, 83, Canadian country singer
 * 26 – Gary Grant, American jazz trumpeter
 * 27
 * Kinky Friedman, 79, American country singer-songwriter
 * Alexander Knaifel, 80, Russian opera composer
 * Martin Mull, 80, American comedy music singer-songwriter
 * 28
 * Lando Bartolini, 87, Italian opera singer
 * Kong Nay, 80, Cambodian traditional folk chapei dang veng player
 * Betty Veldpaus, 72, Dutch pop and country singer (Pussycat)
 * 29 – Martti Wallén, 75, Finnish opera singer
 * 30
 * Lucius Banda, 53, Malawian reggae singer-songwriter
 * Peter Collins, 73, English record producer (death announced on this date)

July

 * 1
 * Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter
 * Nino Vella, 31, French classical and jazz composer
 * Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer and guitarist
 * 2 – Tom Fowler, 73, American psychedelic rock bassist (The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket)
 * 3 – Mark Germino, 73, American folk rock singer-songwriter
 * 5 – Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian classical violinist (death announced on this date)
 * 6
 * Pino D'Angiò, 71, Italian Italo disco singer-songwriter
 * Joe Egan, 77, Scottish folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stealers Wheel)
 * 8
 * Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican pop singer (Menudo).
 * Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak swing composer
 * 9 – Joe Bonsall, 76, American country and gospel singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
 * 10 – Dave Loggins, 76, American pop and country singer-songwriter
 * 11 – Tommy Drennan, 82–83, Irish classical and showband singer
 * 13
 * Ruth Hesse, 87, German opera singer
 * Claudio Reyes, 64, Chilean pop singer
 * 14 – R. P. S. Lanrue, 74, German rock guitarist (Ton Steine Scherben)
 * 15
 * Wieteke van Dort, 81, Dutch pop singer
 * Édith Lejet, 82, French classical composer
 * Tomcraft, 49, German progressive trance DJ and producer
 * 16
 * Ulf Dageby, 80, Swedish rock guitarist (Nationalteatern)
 * Bernice Johnson Reagon, 81, American gospel a capella singer (The Freedom Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock)
 * Irène Schweizer, 83, Swiss free jazz pianist.
 * 17
 * Pinche Peach, 57, American death metal singer (Brujeria)
 * Happy Traum, 86, American folk singer and guitarist
 * Heather Wood, 79, English folk singer (The Young Tradition) (death announced on this date)
 * 18 – Jerry Fuller, 85, American rockabilly and pop singer-songwriter and producer
 * 19 – Toumani Diabaté, 58, Malian mande kora player