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…
Renowned Puerto Rican Percussionist Rufino "Chano" O’Ferral Passed Away in February
Category: Obituaries
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…
Reggae Star Mikey Dread Dies of Brain Tumor
Reggae musician Mikey Dread died Saturday, March 15th 2008 at 4:30 pm EST in Connecticut. Michael Campbell better known as Mikey Dread, was a Jamaican singer, producer,…
Sephardic Music Master Samy Al-Maghribi Dies in Canada
Oud player Salomon Amzallag, better known as Samy Al-Maghribi, died March 9, 2008. Born in Morocco in 1922, he soon became a well-known figure in Andalusian…
Spanish Folk Singer Maria Dolors Laffitte Dies at 59
Maria Dolors Laffitte, a leading figure in Catalan and Occitan folk music, died February 15 at Hospital Josep Trueta in Girona (Spain). She was 59.…
Raymond Kane Dies at 82
Slack key guitarist Raymond Kane, winner of a 1987 National Endowment for the Arts Folk Heritage Fellowships, died February 27. Kane, who was 82, had been…
Flamenco Legend Gaspar de Utrera Dies at 75
One of Flamenco’s most iconic figures, Gaspar de Utrera, died Tuesday, February 26, in Utrera (Sevilla province). He had been homebound for nearly a year…
French Singer Henri Salvador Dies at 90
French crooner Henri Salvador, born in Cayenne, French Guiana, in 1917, died this morning in his Paris home of an aneurysm, according to Polydor, his…