One of the most popular Gypsy singers in the Balkans, Saban Bajramovic, died Sunday, June 8, 2008. Bajramovic, known as the “king of Gypsy music”…
Gypsy Music Star Saban Bajramovic Dies at 72
Category: Obituaries
San Francisco Psychedelic Graphic Artist Alton Kelley Dies
Artist Alton Kelley died last week. The name might not immediately strike a bell with most, but the elaborately designed concert posters from 1960s and…
Timple Maestro and Innovator José Antonio Ramos Dies at 38
The Spanish folk and world music community was in shock this morning when the Spanish press announced the death of timple virtuoso José Antonio Ramos.…
Rock Innovator Bo Diddley Dies at 79
Bo Diddley died Monday, June 2 of heart failure at his home in Archer, Florida. He was 79 years old. He’d been in ill health…
Sonny Okosuns Dies at 61
Famed musician, freedom fighter and evangelist Sonny Okosuns died Saturday, May 24 at Howard University Teaching Hospital, Washington, D.C., at the age of 61. Considered…
Young Blues Star Sean Costello Dies at 28
Delta Groove informed today about the passing of blues guitarist Sean Costello. "It is with the deepest sadness that we issue this press release, and…
Renowned Puerto Rican Percussionist Rufino "Chano" O’Ferral Passed Away in February
By Tanya O’Ferral In loving memory of Rufino "Chano" O’Ferral who was born in Puerto Rico in 1944 and died in New York on Feb…
M.L. Koser, Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra Is No More
Founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra and a great artist of tremendous range, Madan Lal Koser is no more. He breathed his last at Fortis Hospital…
Mambo Pioneer Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez Dies at 89
Cuban bassist and composer Israel "Cachao" Lopez, died Saturday at Coral Gables Hospital in Miami of kidney failure. He was 89. Cachao was a Grammy-winning…
Algerian-born Judeo-Arabic Musician Lili Boniche Dies at 85
One of the major figures in the 1930s and 1940s Algerian popular music, Lili Boniche, died on March 6 in Paris. Boniche was known for…