R.I.P.

12.16.11

[folk] Fionn Regan – Dogwood Blossom Folk, Indie-Folk, R.I.P. | (0)
I have fallen into the emotional rollercoaster of the holiday season tonight just as I was trying to climb aboard. Continue Reading...
12.06.11

[RIP] Dobie Gray (1940 – 2011) R.I.P. | (0)
(Photo courtesy of Bob Harris) Confirmed reports out of Nashville tell us that Dobie Gray, one of American music's most vibrant and timeless voices, passed away peacefully this morning in his sleep. He was 71. Continue Reading...
07.23.11

Amy Winehouse is dead, and I think it’s all our fault. R&B, R.I.P., Soul Sides | (6)
Every time someone in music dies, I have to sit around and find new ways to eulogize them or talk about their work. It gets to the point as a writer where I feel like I've twisted every coinable phrase. I adjust each sentence to fit the mold of the subject and properly send them off into the sunset like a blazing Viking funeral craft barreling towards a natural gas pipeline. Then someone of my generation, arguably one of the most talented and revered (or reviled and feared depending on whom you would ask) is taken from us too ...
05.28.11

[R.I.P.] Gil Scott-Heron: Poet, Musician, Revolutionary Hip Hop, R.I.P., Soul Sides, We Got The Jazz | (0)
I am unqualified to write about Gil Scott-Heron's life or death, and I want you to know that I know this before I write about him or what I think his music means to the world and to me. I make no pretense of authority, knowledge, insight, personal interaction with or particular credible depth with which to pursue writing about him. What I can tell you is that everything I do know of Gil Scott-Heron I learned because of how deeply and profoundly his work moved and continues to move me and the understandings I am grateful for ...
04.26.11

[Full Album Stream] Poly Styrene – Generation Indigo Electropop, Power Pop, Punk, R.I.P. | (0)
Of the many things Poly Styrene was, timid was never amongst them. Her personal and musical arc, from 1977's Germ Free Adolescents all the way to this collection of songs for what would be her final album, Generation Indigo, showed quite the opposite. Continue Reading...
04.26.11

[R.I.P.] Poly Styrene, Punk Icon (1957-2011) Electro, Electropop, Power Pop, Punk, R.I.P. | (3)
[caption id="attachment_7493" align="aligncenter" width="560" caption="PHOTO: Fabrizio Rainone"][/caption] With sadness, we can now confirm rumors of the passing of Poly Styrene, punk rock icon & lead singer of seminal U.K. punk band X-Ray Spex. According to a posting on her official Facebook page by her long-time friend Symond Lawes, "i just spoke to her mother and its very true, she passed away quietly last night, her mother and daughter were with her, bless you marianne. symond xxx". The news was further confirmed by her PR team, saying "We can confirm that the beautiful Poly Styrene, who has been a true ...
04.20.11

[R.I.P.] Gerard Smith of TV on the Radio has died. R.I.P. | (0)
After a lengthy battle with lung cancer, Gerard Smith, bassist for TV on the Radio, died this morning at the age of 34. Continue Reading...
03.21.11

[RIP] Loleatta Holloway DISCO!, R.I.P. | (1)
Longtime manager Ron Richardson has reported that disco & house legend Loleatta Holloway passed away this evening after slipping into a coma. No further details are known at present. She was 64 years old. Continue Reading...
03.18.11

[Tribute] Nate Dogg x Burial x Four Tet x Thom Yorke – I Got Ego Electronic Music, Hip Hop, Mashterpiece Theater, R.I.P., Tributes | (0)
I was really impressed with this nicely mashed-up tribute to Nate Dogg (who sadly passed away this week at the age of 41) put together by Richard The Third. Putting together "I Got Love" with the new Burial, Four Tet and Thom Yorke track "Ego", I think it speaks for itself. Nate Dogg, you were the master of the G-Funk era, and like this picture says: It Aint a Hit Unless Nate Dogg Sings On It. Rest in Peace, Nate.
07.11.10

RIP Lincoln “Sugar” Minott | Sugar Minott – Rub-a-Dub Sound Dub, R.I.P., Reggae | (0)
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