Award-winning Colombian vallenato star Jorge Oñate passed away on February 28, 2021. Jorge Antonio Oñate González was born on March 31, 1949 in Los Robles…
Vallenato Star Jorge Oñate Dies at 71
Category: Obituaries
Irish Traditional Accordionist Joe Burke Dies at 81
Accordionist Joe Burke, one of Ireland’s finest button accordion players, passed away on February 20, 2021. Joe Burke was born in 1939 in Kilnadeema, Ireland.…
Salsa Icon Johnny Pacheco Dies at 85
Johnny Pacheco, one of salsa’s biggest names, passed away on February 15, 2021. He was a renowned multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader. Juan Azarías…
Virtuoso Pianist and Jazz Fusion Icon Chick Corea Dies at 79
American virtuoso keyboard player, flamenco jazz trailblazer, and composer Chick Corea passed away on February 9th, 2021 from an uncommon form of cancer that was…
Sephardic Musician and Composer Flory Jagoda Dies at 97
Sephardic musician, singer-songwriter and composer Flory Jagoda passed away on January 29, 2021. She was 97 years old. Flory Jagoda was the recipient of a…
Renowned Salsa Singer Tito Rojas, el Gallo Salsero, Dies at 65
Famed Puerto Rican salsa vocalist Julio César Rojas López, better known as Tito Rojas and El Gallo Salsero, passed away on December 26, 2020 in…
Prominent Bluegrass Virtuoso Tony Rice Dies at 69
American guitar maestro Tony Rice passed away on December 25, 2020. Rice was one of the finest bluegrass guitars players and was a member of…
Distinguished Lebanese Musician and Composer Bassam Saba Dies at 61
Bassam Saba, a renowned Lebanese ud and ney player, and composer of Arabic music, died in Beirut on December 4, 2020 of COVID-19 complications. Bassam…
Latin Jazz Pioneer Cándido Camero Dies at 99
Cuban multi-instrumentalist Cándido Camero passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2020. Cándido Camero moved to New York City in the mid-1940s. In the United States…
Persian Classical Music Legend Mohammad Reza Shajarian Dies at 80
Mohammad Reza Shajarian, one of the most important performers of Persian classical music, passed away today, October 8, 2020 in Tehran, Iran. Shajarian’s son, acclaimed…