August 21, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Chris Daniels on Facebook, 8/15/25: On Thom Sumbler: In the 1990s when I was Executive Director of Swallow... Read More → Local Musicians Thom Sumbler and Mark Putt Move On To That Big Band in the Sky // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
August 21, 2025| In Memoriam, News| Barb Dye
Jamshied Sharifi (October 17, 1960 – August 15, 2025) was a Tony Award-winning American composer,... Read More → Jamshied Sharifi, Tony Award Winner, Passes at Age 64
Michael “Tunes” Antunes (August 10, 1940 – August 19, 2025) was a professional American... Read More → Saxophonist “Tunes” Antunes and Heavy Metal Guitarist Brent Hinds Pass
August 14, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Photo: Henry Stull, drummer | Michael Morrow Summed This Week’s Losses Up: It’s been a tough go... Read More → Local Musicians Aaron Garcia, Henry Stull, and Harry Williammee Moved On This Past Week // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
By Andrew Kiser, KREX Grand Junction | If there was one recurring characteristic that Tyler Smith’s friends... Read More → Friends remember Montrose man Tyler Smith as thoughtful, funny, gifted singer
By Mitchell Peters, Billboard | Bobby Whitlock, the keyboardist, singer-songwriter and co-founder of the... Read More → Bobby Whitlock, Co-Founder of Derek and the Dominos, Dies at 77
(Please be aware that Mr. Blackstock died of Melanoma which is so hard to detect. It is most noticeable by... Read More → Brandon Blackstock’s Daughter Savannah Shares Picture with Music Manager Weeks Before His Death
August 7, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
Charles Frank Mangione, November 29, 1940 – July 22, 2025) was an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and... Read More → Chuck Mangione, Prominent Flugelhorn, Trumpet Player and Composer, Dies at 84 // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
By Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone | Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso keyboardist and visionary bandleader who... Read More → Eddie Palmieri, Visionary Pianist and Salsa Experimentalist, Dead at 88
(Last week we ran an article about Mr. Roach getting married in the hospital lobby… ) By Nouman Rasool,... Read More → David Roach, ’80s Rock Icon, dies at 59 after health battle
By Thomas Smith, Billboard | British musician Terry Reid, who earned the nickname “Superlungs”... Read More → Terry Reid, British Rocker Who Led Zeppelin Wanted to Be Their Singer, Dead at 75
By Jessica Nicholson, Billboard | Country music trailblazer and Grand Ole Opry star Jeannie Seely died on... Read More → Jeannie Seely, Grand Ole Opry Star and Country Music Trailblazer, Dies at 85
By Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News | Flaco Jimenez, a six-time Grammy winner who took his conjunto accordion... Read More → Flaco Jimenez, Conjunto Music Master and Six-Time Grammy Winner, Dies
July 31, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Ali Abbas Ahmadi, BBC | American musician and satirist Tom Lehrer has died at the age of 97. Lehrer, a... Read More → American musical satirist Tom Lehrer dies at 97, US media report // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
July 24, 2025| In Memoriam| Barb Dye
By Ethan Sacks and Corky Siemaszko , NBC News | Ozzy Osbourne, the wailing Black Sabbath... Read More → Ozzy Osbourne, Pioneering Heavy Metal Singer and Black Sabbath Frontman, Dies at 76 // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
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