Ángel “Cachete” Maldonado, a renowned percussionist and co-founder of the celebrated Afro-Puerto Rican Batacumbele ensemble died on January 10, 2020. He was 68 years old.…
Colombian band Cimarrón announced that the group’s musical director and harp player Carlos “Cuco” Rojas died on Friday, January 10, 2020, in Bogotá, Colombia, after…
Czech Violinist and winner of three Anděl Awards, Jitka Šuranská passed away on Monday, October 28, 2019 after a severe cancer illness. Jitka Šuranská had…
Musician and composer Ray Santos died October 17, 2019. Ray Santos was born December 28, 1928 in New York City to Puerto Rican parents. Known…
ARC Music announced today that Egyptian percussionist and composer Hossam Ramzy passed away on Tuesday, September 10th, 2019. He was 65. Hossam was undergoing treatment…
Johnny Clegg, a singer-songwriter and guitarist known for mixing Zulu music with Western influences, died on July 16, 2019 at his family home in Johannesburg,…
Brazilian singer and vocalist João Gilberto died on Saturday, July 6th, 2019. Gilberto was one of the creators of bossa nova, a new musical genre…
Influential New Orleans pianist and singer-songwriter Mac Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died June 6, 2019 of a heart attack. “Malcolm John Rebennack Jr.—known…
American drummer and Latin Jazz timbalero Ramon Banda died May 30, 2019. Ramon Banda was born and grew up in Norwalk, a suburb of Los…
Brazilian vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer Beth Carvalho died April 30, 2019 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Elizabeth Santos Leal de Carvalho, better known as Beth…