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Polka’s Eddie Blazonczyk Dies
Posted on May 22, 2012 | No CommentsFamed musician, bandleader and independent record label owner Eddie Blazonczyk Sr. died Monday, May 21, 2012 at Palos Community Hospital in Palos Heights, Illinois from natural causes. Mr. Blazonczyk was... -
Father of Go-Go Chuck Brown Dies at 75
Posted on May 18, 2012 | No CommentsAfrican-American musician Chuck Brown, a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) National Heritage Fellow Chuck Brown, who pioneered a musical genre popular in the Washington DC area called go-go, died... -
Legendary Puerto Rican Salsa Singer Junior Gonzalez Dies at 63
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsLegendary salsa singer and sonero like no other, Junior Gonzalez, died May 10th of pancreas and liver complications. He was one of the greatest salsa singers and a great example... -
Canadian Music Community Mourns the Passing of Musician and World Music Promoter Billy Bryans
Posted on April 24, 2012 | No CommentsBilly Bryans, winner of Canada’s prestigious Juno Award and a respected world music promoter, died peacefully in Toronto yesterday, April 23rd, at the age of 63 after a long battle... -
Cuban Percussion Master Luis Abreu Dies at 73
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsLuis Abreu, one of the musicians of the legendary Cuban rumba group Los Papines, died Tuesday, April 17th in Havana. He was 73 years old. Luis was a renowned percussionist.... -
The ‘Dame’ of Greek folk music Domna Samiou dead, 84
Posted on March 11, 2012 | No CommentsOne of the country’s leading folk singers, Domna Samiou, passed away late on Saturday, leaving behind an irreplaceable gap in traditional Greek music and culture. Samiou was born in the... -
Radio Tarifa’s Vocalist Benjamín Escoriza Dies at 58
Posted on March 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsOur Spanish colleague, Araceli Tzigane of Radio Nacional de España (RNE) – Radio Exterior, reports that Spanish singer Benjamín Escoriza, former vocalist of Radio Tarifa, died at Valdemoro Hospital (Madrid)... -
Haitian Master Drummer Frisner Augustin Dies
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 6 CommentsHaitian musician Frisner Augustin passed away on February 28th, 2012 at Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). He died of a brain hemorrhage. Frisner Augustin was the artistic director and... -
Sudanese Singer and Musician Mohammed Osman Wardi Dies
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsCovered by state television, thousands of fans gathered, along with friends, family and government officials, on Sunday at the Farouk Cemetery in Khartoum, Sudan to mourn the loss of singer,... -
North Carolina Fiddler and Folk Musician Dies
Posted on February 21, 2012 | No CommentsAfrican American, “old time” stringband musician Joe Thompson passed away Monday, February, 21, 2012 due to declining health according to family. He was 93. Mr. Thompson was born in 1918...