So much sadness. Not only did we hear that Christopher Reimer passed away this week, but now the sad news hit our office that Yuri Rudelev is not among us anymore either. Who, you ask? Are you kidding us? Yuri Rudelev! The famous Russian singer! The winner of our top 40 Worst Music Videos of [...]
R.I.P. – Yuri Rudelev passed away
February 23, 2012
[R.I.P.] Willem Breuker (1944-2010)
July 23, 2010
Dutch jazz bandleader, composer, arranger, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist Willem Breuker died today. From Wikipedia: ” In 1967, with percussionist Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg, he co-founded the Instant Composers Pool (ICP), with whom he regularly performed until 1973. Since 1974 he has led the 10-piece Willem Breuker Kollektief, which performs jazz in a [...]
R.I.P. Ljiljana Butler (1944 – 2010)
April 27, 2010
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qneEsBJhXw] According to B92 the mother of Gypsy Soul died today.
R.I.P. Guru (Gang Starr) (1966 – 2010)
April 20, 2010
After a long battle with cancer, Guru died on April 19th, 2010. DJ Premier confirms this on his Twitter account (and his website, which is currently overloaded suspended due to high traffic). Guru, who’s real name is Keith Elam, gained fame as the rapper of jazz-hip-hop formation Gang Starr in the early ninetees. With their [...]
R.I.P. Steve Reid (1944 – 2010)
April 13, 2010
Jazz drummer Steve Reid has died in New York at the age of 66. Steve Reid (January 29, 1944 – April 13, 2010) was an American jazz drummer who played with a wide range of artists including Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, James Brown, Fela Kuti and Sun Ra, and as a session drummer for Motown. [...]
R.I.P. Jay Reatard
January 13, 2010
WTF. This is very, very sad news. Matador and Goner Records have both confirmed his death. Source. goner writes: “It is with great sadness that we report the passing of our good friend Jay Reatard. Jay died in his sleep last night. We will pass along information about funeral arrangements when they are made public.”
R.I.P. Richard ‘Dickie’ Peterson (Blue Cheer) (1948 – 2009)
October 12, 2009
Bassist and singer Dickie Peterson of heavy riffmachine Blue Cheer past away this morning at 5am in Germany. Blue Cheer was one of the first powertrio’s in rock-‘n’-roll and laid a blueprint of heavy metal/stoner with Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside in 1968. They were of great influence for bands such as Monster Magnet, Fu Manchu [...]
R.I.P. John Huges (1950 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
One of the best movies of all time is The Breakfast Club. And Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is pretty cool as well. That John Huges was also responsible for Beethoven and the Home Alone films… well… we just forget about that. R.I.P. John Huges February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009
R.I.P. Willy DeVille (1953 – 2009)
August 7, 2009
Willy DeVille died of pancreas cancer during the night of August 6th in a New York hospital. He was 56 years old. R.I.P. Willy DeVille August 25, 1953 – August 6, 2009
Copyright R.I.P.
July 3, 2009
After Farah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, now also copyright has gone away from us. via @myownmusic, from de Volkskrant.
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