2019 in music

This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2019 in music.

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Specific genres

Bands formed

Soloist debuts

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Deaths

January

* Shane Bisnett, 31, American metalcore bassist
* Feis Ecktuh, 32, Dutch rapper
* Joan Guinjoan, 87, Spanish composer and pianist
* Kris Kelmi, 63, Russian rock singer and keyboardist
* Pegi Young, 66, American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist2 – Daryl Dragon, 76, American pop keyboardist and songwriter 3 – Steve Ripley, 69, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 5
* Alvin Fielder, 83, American jazz drummer
* Eric Haydock, 75, British rock bassist
* Dan Tshanda, 54, South African pop singer and bassist 7
* Jimmy Hannan, 84, Australian pop singer
* John Joubert, 91, British classical music composer
* Clydie King, 75, American pop and rock singer
* Houari Manar, 38, Algerian rai singer9 – Joseph Jarman, 81, American jazz saxophonist 10
* Larry Cunningham, 67, American R&B singer
* Kevin Fret, 24, Puerto Rican trap singer12 – Sanger D. Shafer, 84, American country singer-songwriter13
* Glen Dale, 79, English pop singer
* Bonnie Guitar, 95, American country singer
* Willie Murphy, 75, American blues singer and pianist
* David "Frenchy" O'Brien, 71, American drummer 15 – Carol Channing, 97, American Broadway and film musicals singer16
* Lorna Doom, 61, American punk rock bassist
* Brian Velasco, 41, Filipino hard rock drummer
* Chris Wilson, 62, Australian blues singer and guitarist17
* Debi Martini, American punk rock singer and bassist
* Ron Watson, 62, Canadian rock guitarist
* Reggie Young, 82, American rock guitarist 19 – Ted McKenna, 68, Scottish glam rock drummer 21
* Marcel Azzola, 91, French chanson accordionist
* Kaye Ballard, 93, American pop singer
* Edwin Birdsong, 77, American funk keyboardist
* Maxine Brown, 87, American country singer 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, 66, Zimbabwean afro-jazz guitarist25
* Bruce Corbitt, 56, American thrash metal singer
* Jacqueline Steiner, 94, American folk singer-songwriter26
* Jean Guillou, 88, French composer and classical organist
* Michel Legrand, 86, French composer, conductor and jazz pianist27 – Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist 28 – Paul Whaley, 72, American psychedelic rock drummer 29 – James Ingram, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter31 – Harold Bradley, 93, American country guitarist

February

* Alex Brown, 52, American punk rock guitarist
* Ayub Ogada, 63, Kenyan worldbeat singer and Nyatiti player2 – Tim Landers, American emo guitarist and singer 3
* Detsl, 35, Russian rapper
* Peter Posa, 77, New Zealand pop guitarist5 – Eddy Giles, 80, American R&B and blues singer-songwriter6 – Gerald English, 93, British opera singer9
* Cadet, 28, British rapper
* Phil Western, 47, Canadian electronic synthesizer player and guitarist 11
* Olli Lindholm, 54, Finnish rock singer and guitarist
* Harvey Scales, 78, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter13 – Willy Lambregt, 59, Belgian rock guitarist 15 – Kofi Burbridge, 57, American jam band keyboardist and flautist 16
* Glenn Bell, 64, Canadian rock drummer
* Ken Nordine, 98, American jazz spoken word artist17 – Ethel Ennis, 86, American jazz singer19 – Artie Wayne, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and producer20
* Dominick Argento, 91, American classical music composer
* Gerard Koerts, 71, Dutch progressive rock keyboardist 21
* Gus Backus, 81, American doo-wop singer
* Jackie Shane, 78, American soul singer
* Peter Tork, 77, American rock bassist and singer 23 – Dorothy Masuka, 83, Zimbabwean-born South African jazz singer-songwriter24 – Mac Wiseman, 93, American bluegrass singer and guitarist 25 – Mark Hollis, 64, British new wave and post-rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 26 – Andy Anderson, 68, British new wave drummer 27 – Doug Sandom, 89, British rock drummer 28
* Stephan Ellis, 69, American rock bassist
* André Previn, 89, German-born American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer

March

1 – Paul Williams, 78, British rock and blues singer 2 – Al Hazan, 84, American pianist, songwriter and record producer3 – Leo de Castro, 70, New Zealand funk and soul singer and guitarist4

* Keith Flint, 49, British electronica singer
* Sara Romweber, 55, American jangle pop drummer 5 – Jacques Loussier, 84, French jazz pianist and film score composer 6
* James Dapogny, 78, American jazz pianist and musicologist
* Mike Grose, 77, British rock bassist
* Charlie Panigoniak, 72, Canadian Inuk folk singer-songwriter8 – Eddie Taylor Jr., 46, American blues singer and guitarist10 – Asa Brebner, 65, American power pop singer, songwriter and guitarist 11
* Hal Blaine, 90, American rock and pop drummer
* Danny Kustow, 63, British punk rock guitarist 12 – John Kilzer, 62, American rock singer-songwriter16
* Dick Dale, 81, American surf rock guitarist
* Dewayne "Son" Smith, 76, American country music singer and guitarist
* David White, 79, American doo-wop and pop singer 17
* Wolfgang Meyer, 64, German classical clarinetist
* Bernie Tormé, 66, Irish guitarist
* Yuya Uchida, 79, Japanese rock musician
* Andre Williams, 82, American R&B singer20 – Terje Nilsen, 67, Norwegian pop singer-songwriter21 – Doris Duke, 77, American gospel and soul singer22 – Scott Walker, 76, American-born British pop and avant garde singer-songwriter 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer25 – Bill Isles, 78, American R&B singer 26 – Ranking Roger, 56, British ska and new wave singer 27
* Stephen Fitzpatrick, 24, British indie rock singer and guitarist
* Audun Laading, 25, Norwegian indie rock bassist 30
* Geoff Harvey, 83, British-Australian television music composer and pianist
* Simaro Lutumba, 81, Congolese soukous guitarist 31 – Nipsey Hussle, 33, American rapper

April

1 – Armando Vega Gil, 64, Mexican rock bassist 2

* Rick Elias, American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Kim English, 48, American house and gospel singer3 - Shawn Smith, 53, American alternative rock singer and keyboardist 4
* Alberto Cortez, 79, Argentine pop singer-songwriter
* Tiger Merritt, 31, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist 5
* Pastor López, 74, Venezuelan cumbia singer-songwriter and bandleader
* Davey Williams, 66, American avant-garde and free jazz guitarist
* Wowaka, 31, Japanese Vocaloid producer, singer and guitarist6
* Jim Glaser, 81, American country singer
* Ib Glindemann, 84, Danish jazz bandleader and composer10 – Earl Thomas Conley, 77, American country singer-songwriter12 – Johnny Hutchinson, 78, British rock and roll drummer 13 – Paul Raymond, 73, British hard rock keyboardist 15
* Les Reed, 83, British pop bandleader and songwriter
* Joe Terry, 78, American rock and roll singer 18 – Eddie Tigner, 92, American blues singer and keyboardist20 – Martin Böttcher, 91, German classical composer, arranger and conductor22
* Heather Harper, 88, Northern Irish classical singer
* Dave Samuels, 70, American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player 23 – Earl Edwards, 82, American R&B singer and songwriter 24 – Dick Rivers, 74, French rock and roll singer 26 – Phil McCormack, 58, American southern rock singer 30
* Boon Gould, 64, English new wave guitarist
* Beth Carvalho, 72, Brazilian samba singer

May

2 – John Starling, 79, American bluegrass guitarist 3 – Mose Se Sengo, 73, Congolese jazz guitarist 4 – J. R. Cobb, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter 6 – Pekka Airaksinen, 73, Finnish electronic composer7 – Subir Nandi, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer8

* Luther Jennings, 86, American gospel singer
* Yevgeny Krylatov, 85, Russian film composer9
* Malcolm Black, 58, New Zealand new wave singer and guitarist
* Preston Epps, 88, American percussionist
* Freddie Starr, 76, English stand up comedian, impressionist and singer11 – Peggy Lipton, 72, American pop singer and actress13 – Doris Day, 97, American pop singer and actress14
* Leon Rausch, 91, American country singer
* Mike Wilhelm, 77, American psychedelic rock guitarist 15
* Chuck Barksdale, 84, American R&B singer
* Huelyn Duvall, 79, American rockabilly singer and guitarist16 – Sol Yaged, 93, American jazz clarinetist17 – Eric Moore, 67, American hard rock singer and bassist 18
* Melvin Edmonds, 65, American new jack swing singer
* Geneviève Waïte, 71, South African pop singer19 – Alfred Janson, 82, Norwegian classical pianist and composer21 – Jake Black, 59, British acid jazz singer and songwriter 28
* Willie Ford, 68, American soul singer
* John Gary Williams, 73, American R&B singer 29
* Tony Glover, 79, American blues singer and harmonica player
* Jeff Walls, 62, American jangle pop guitarist 30 – Leon Redbone, 69, Cypriot-American jazz and ragtime singer and guitarist31 – Roky Erickson, 71, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter

June

2 – Paulo Pagni, 61, Brazilian rock drummer 4 – Mikey Dees, American punk rock singer and guitarist 5 – Brian Doherty, 51, American alternative rock guitarist 6 – Dr. John, 77, American R&B and jazz singer-songwriter and keyboardist8 – Andre Matos, 47, Brazilian heavy metal singer 9

* Bushwick Bill, 52, Jamaican-born American rapper
* Jim Pike, 82, American pop singer 10
* Chuck Glaser, 83, American country singer
* Paul "Lil' Buck" Sinegal, 75, American blues and zydeco guitarist13 - Nature Ganganbaigal, 29, Chinese folk metal guitarist and multi-instrumentalist 16
* Bishop Bullwinkle, 70, American soul and novelty singer
* Sergey Ostroumov, 53, Russian blues rock drummer 19 – Philippe Zdar, 52, French house musician and producer 21 – Kelly Jay Fordham, 77, Canadian rock singer-songwriter and keyboardist 23 – Dave Bartholomew, 100, American R&B and rock and roll trumpeter, composer and bandleader24 – Jeff Austin, 45, American bluegrass singer and mandolinist 27
* Gualberto Castro, 84, Mexican pop singer
* Louis Thiry, 84, French classical organist29 – Gary Duncan, 72, American psychedelic rock guitarist

July

* Sid Ramin, 100, American composer and arranger
* Bogusław Schaeffer, 90, Polish classical composer2
* Ibrahim Emin, 56, Azerbaijani heavy metal bassist
* Dante Rossi, 77, American garage rock guitarist and singer 6
* João Gilberto, 88, Brazilian bossa nova singer and guitarist
* Thommy Gustafsson, 71, Swedish pop keyboardist
* Yannis Spathas, 68, Greek hard rock guitarist
* Wanda Warska, 89, Polish jazz singer-songwriter9 – Aaron Rosand, 92, American classical violinist10 – Jerry Lawson, 75, American a cappella singer 12
* Dick Richards, 95, American rock and roll drummer
* Russell Smith, 70, American country rock singer 16
* Johnny Clegg, 66, South African afro-pop singer and guitarist
* Pat Kelly, 70, Jamaican reggae singer
* Bill Vitt, American rock drummer 18 – Bob Frank, 75, American folk singer-songwriter19 – Yao Lee, 96, Chinese pop singer21 – Ben Johnston, 93, American microtonal composer22
* Daniel Rae Costello, 58, Fijian folk guitarist
* Art Neville, 81, American funk and R&B keyboardist 25 – Anner Bylsma, 85, Dutch classical cellist26 – Cacik Jonne, 54, Brazilian axé guitarist and composer 29 – Ras G, 39, American instrumental hip-hop producer30 – Lol Mason, 69, English progressive rock singer 31 - Nigel Benjamin, 64, British rock singer

August

* Ian Gibbons, 67, British rock keyboardist
* Hamid Ali Khan, 66, Pakistani classical singer3
* Damien Lovelock, 65, Australian rock singer
* Katreese Barnes, 56, American R&B singer-songwriter 4 – Bob Wilber, 91, American jazz clarinetist5 – Lizzie Grey, 60, American glam metal guitarist 6 – Danny Doyle, 79, Irish folk singer7
* David Berman, 52, American indie rock singer-songwriter
* Francesca Sundsten, 58, American post-punk bassist
* Nicky Wonder, 59, American power pop guitarist 11 – Jim Cullum Jr., 77, American jazz cornetist12 – DJ Arafat, 33, Ivorian Coupé-Décalé singer and disk jockey19 – Larry Taylor, 77, American bass guitarist 21 – Celso Piña, 66, Mexican cumbia singer and accordionist26 – Neal Casal, 50, American rock guitarist 27 – Donnie Fritts, 76, American country keyboardist and songwriter28 – Nancy Holloway, 86, American jazz and pop singer29 – Jimmy Pitman, 72, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist

September

2 – Laurent Sinclar, 58, French new wave keyboardist 4 – Dan Warner, 49, American Latin pop guitarist5 – Jimmy Johnson, 76, American rock and soul guitarist 7 – Camilo Sesto, 72, Spanish pop singer9

* Gru, 46, Serbian rapper
* Lavrentis Machairitsas, 62, Greek rock singer and guitarist10
* Jeff Fenholt, 68, American rock and Christian contemporary singer
* Daniel Johnston, 58, American lo-fi folk singer-songwriter
* Hossam Ramzy, 65, Egyptian-born jazz rock percussionist13 – Eddie Money, 70, American pop rock singer15
* Roberto Leal, 67, Portuguese-Brazilian pop singer
* Ric Ocasek, 75, American new wave singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Mick Schauer, 46, American stoner rock keyboardist 16
* John Cohen, 87, American folk banjoist and guitarist
* Vic Vogel, 84, Canadian jazz pianist17 – Alexandr Vasilyev, Russian new wave drummer 18 – Tony Mills, 57, British hard rock singer 19
* Sandie Jones, 68, Irish pop singer
* Harold Mabern, 83, American jazz pianist
* María Rivas, 59, Venezuelan Latin jazz singer
* Yonrico Scott, 63, American rock and blues drummer
* Larry Wallis, 70, British rock guitarist 21
* Margie Clarke, 74, American R&B singer
* Woo Hye-mi, 31, South Korean pop singer23
* Richard Brunelle, 55, American heavy metal guitarist
* Robert Hunter, 78, American rock lyricist and multi-instrumentalist 26
* Jim Johnson, 76, American rock guitarist and singer
* Jimmy Spicer, 61, American rapper
* Martin Wesley-Smith, 74, Australian classical composer28
* Dessie O'Halloran, 79, Irish folk fiddler and singer
* José José, 71, Mexican Latin pop singer29
* busbee, 43, American country and pop songwriter and producer
* Larry Willis, 78, American jazz pianist 30
* Jessye Norman, 74, American opera singer
* Louie Rankin, 61, Jamaican-born Canadian dancehall singer

October

* Karel Gott, 80, Czech pop singer
* Beverly Watkins, 80, American blues guitarist2
* Barrie Masters, 63, British pub rock singer
* Kim Shattuck, 56, American alternative rock singer and guitarist
* Morten Stützer, Danish thrash metal guitarist 3
* Vinnie Bell, 87, American session guitarist
* Mike Clough, 77, American folk singer and guitarist 4
* Ed Ackerson, 54, American alternative rock singer and guitarist
* Glen Brown, 75, Jamaican reggae singer5 – Larry Junstrom, 70, American Southern rock bassist 6
* Ginger Baker, 80, British rock and jazz drummer 8 – Molly Duncan, 74, British funk saxophonist 11 – Kadri Gopalnath, 69, Indian classical and jazz saxophonist12
* George Chambers, 88, American psychedelic soul bassist and singer
* Kenny Dixon, 27, American country drummer
* Dallas Harms, 82, Canadian country singer
* Gerry McGee, 81, American surf rock guitarist 13 – Steve Cash, 73, American Southern rock singer 14 – Sulli, 25, Korean pop singer 15 – Cacho Castaña, 77, Argentine bolero singer and actor17 – Ray Santos, 90, American Latin pop saxophonist21 – Peter Hobbs, 58, Australian thrash metal guitarist and singer 22
* Don Baskin, 73, American garage rock singer and guitarist
* Raymond Leppard, 92, British classical conductor and harpsichordist
* Hans Zender, 82, German classical conductor25 – Joe Sun, 76, American country singer26 – Paul Barrere, 71, American Southern rock guitarist 31 – Kendra Malia, 37, American witch house singer

November

2 – Marie Laforêt, 80, French-Swiss pop singer4

* Timi Hansen, 67, Danish metal bassist
* Jerry Hudson, 70, American rock singer 5 – Jan Erik Kongshaug, 75, Norwegian jazz guitarist7
* Ivan Maksimović, 57, Serbian hard rock guitarist
* Gilles Bertin, 58, French punk rock singer and bassist 8
* Fred Bongusto, 84, Italian pop singer
* Ramakant Gundecha, Indian dhrupad singer 9 – Taiwo Lijadu, 71, Nigerian Afrobeat singer 10 – Jan Byrczek, 83, Polish jazz bassist11 – Bad Azz, 43, American rapper16 – Éric Morena, 68, French pop singer19
* José Mário Branco, 77, Portuguese folk singer-songwriter
* Lloyd Watson, 70, British rock guitarist20
* Doug Lubahn, 71, American psychedelic rock and jazz bassist
* John Mann, 57, Canadian folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist 21
* Donna Carson, 73, American folk singer
* Farris Lanier Jr., 70, American R&B-soul-funk singer 22 – Eduardo Nascimento, 76, Angolan pop singer24
* Goo Hara, 28, South Korean K-pop singer
* Mary Nance, 72, American pop singer 25 – Iain Sutherland, 71, British folk singer and guitarist 27 – Martin Armiger, 70, Australian new wave singer and guitarist 28 – Padú del Caribe, 99, Aruban waltz songwriter29 – Irving Burgie, 95, American calypso songwriter30 – Howard "Sparky" Childress, 76, American rock and roll guitarist

December

1 – Stuart Fraser, Australian hard rock guitarist 2

* Jimmy Cavallo, 92, American rock and roll singer
* Greedy Smith, 63, Australian new wave singer and keyboardist 3 – Shaaban Abdel Rahim, 62, Egyptian sha'abi singer4 – Rosa Morena, 78, Spanish flamenco pop singer5 – Jerry Naylor, 80, American rock and roll musician 7
* Herb Cox, 81, American doo-wop singer and songwriter
* Herbert Joos, 79, German jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist
* Joe McQueen, 100, American jazz saxophonist8 – Juice Wrld, 21, American rapper9 – Marie Fredriksson, 61, Swedish pop rock singer 10 – Gershon Kingsley, 97, German-born American electronic composer and synthesizer player12 – Jack Scott, 83, Canadian rock and roll singer13
* Roy Loney, 73, American garage rock singer and guitarist
* Emil Richards, 87, American classical and jazz vibraphonist14 – Irv Williams, 100, American jazz saxophonist15 - Monique Leyrac, 91, Canadian pop singer18
* Patxi Andión, 72, Spanish pop singer-songwriter
* Alain Barrière, 84, French chanson singer
* Kenny Lynch, 81, British pop singer
* Arty McGlynn, 75, Irish folk guitarist
* Abbey Simon, 99, American classical pianist22 – Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis, 85, Brazilian jazz bassist24
* Dave Riley, 59, American punk rock bassist
* Allee Willis, 72, American pop and funk songwriter25
* Kelly Fraser, 26, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
* Peter Schreier, 84, German opera tenor and conductor26 – Sleepy LaBeef, 84, American rockabilly singer and guitarist27
* Don Imus, 79, American recording artist
* Garrett List, 76, American jazz trombonist and singer
* Jack Sheldon, 75, American jazz and children's music singer and trumpeter
* Art Sullivan, 69, Belgian pop singer28
* Amy Patterson, 107, Argentine classical singer and composer
* Erzsébet Szőnyi, 95, Hungarian classical and opera composer29
* Neil Innes, 75, British comedy rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
* Norma Tanega, 80, American folk singer-songwriter

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