January 15, 2026| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Holly Lehren, NewsChannel5 Nashville | Jim McBride, the country songwriter behind hits including Alan... Read More → Country songwriter behind ‘Chattahoochee’ Jim McBride dies at 78
January 8, 2026| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Photo: Spencer Pyne, Sam Brindis, Bill Pfordresher | Spencer Pyne: My dear friend Bill Pfordresher passed... Read More → Notices of the Deaths of Alvis “Al Bear” Crazy Bear and Bill Pfordresher // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
By Danielle Young, BET | A Maestro’s Goodbye: Funeral Details Announced for Gospel Great Richard Smallwood.... Read More → Gospel Great Richard Smallwood Dies at the Age of 77
January 1, 2026| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell – Four Corners Music Festivals | Although I could find no direct... Read More → Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
Video Story: By Lee Cowan, CBS Sunday Morning | It felt like those we lost this year were as numerous as... Read More → “Hail and farewell”: A tribute to those we lost in 2025
By Nova M. Bajamonti, Hello US | The Cure’s guitarist and keyboardist Perry Bamonte passed away at the... Read More → The Cure guitarist Perry Bamonte dies aged 65 — read the band’s heartbreaking tribute
(Turns out, Ms. Bardot was not a nice person. She was very racist and bigoted. Very sorry to hear that a... Read More → Bridgitte Bardot – Actress, Singer, Activist, Muse – You name it, she did it!
December 26, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Erin Karasin, Evening Standard | Chris Rea was the third of his siblings to die within just three months,... Read More → Chris Rea was Third of His Siblings to Die in Three Months // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
By Erin Karasin, Evening Standard | Jethro Tull guitarist Mick Abrahams has died after more than a decade of... Read More → Jethro Tull Star Mick Abrahams Dies Aged 82 as Band Pays Tribute
By Jem Aswad, Variety | Howie Klein, a veteran record executive, radio DJ and political activist who was a... Read More → Howie Klein, Top Executive at Sire and Reprise Records, DJ and Political Activist, Dies at 77
December 18, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Kelsey Brown, San Antonio Express-News | The family of Abraham Quintanilla Jr., the dedicated father and... Read More → Abraham Quintanilla: Family Makes Official Statement on Death of Family Patriarch // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
By Ahad Sanwari, Hello! US | Donnie Wahlberg took to social media to mourn the loss of a figure pivotal to... Read More → Donnie Wahlberg Mourns ‘a true brother’ Following Heartbreaking Loss
December 11, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Anthony Robledo, USA Today | Country star and choreographer Criscilla Crossland Anderson, who has... Read More → Country Star and Choreographer Criscilla Anderson Dies From Colon Cancer // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
We lost so many notable musicians in our community this past week that I had to condense their stories. I... Read More → IN MEMORIAM:
December 4, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Photo of Steven Cropper from Chuck Coker’s Facebook page | Steven Lee Cropper (October 21, 1941 –... Read More → The Colonel, Steven Lee Cropper, of Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Dies at the age of 86 // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
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