2019 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2019 in music. == Specific locations == == Specific genres == == Albums released == == Awards == == Bands formed == == Soloist debuts == == Bands reformed == == Bands on hiatus == == Bands disbanded == == Deaths == === January === 1 Shane Bisnett, 31, American metalcore bassist (Ice Nine Kills) 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 guitarist 2 – Daryl Dragon, 76, American pop keyboardist and songwriter (Captain & Tennille, The Beach Boys) 3 – Steve Ripley, 69, American country rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Tractors) 5 Alvin Fielder, 83, American jazz drummer Eric Haydock, 75, British rock bassist (The Hollies) Dan Tshanda, 54, South African pop singer and bassist (Splash) 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 singer 9 – Joseph Jarman, 81, American jazz saxophonist (Art Ensemble of Chicago) 10 Larry Cunningham, 67, American R&B singer (The Floaters) Kevin Fret, 24, Puerto Rican trap singer 12 – Sanger D. Shafer, 84, American country singer-songwriter 13 Glen Dale, 79, English pop singer (The Fortunes) Bonnie Guitar, 95, American country singer Willie Murphy, 75, American blues singer and pianist David "Frenchy" O'Brien, 71, American drummer (Animotion) 15 – Carol Channing, 97, American Broadway and film musicals singer 16 Lorna Doom, 61, American punk rock bassist (Germs) Brian Velasco, 41, Filipino hard rock drummer (Razorback) Chris Wilson, 62, Australian blues singer and guitarist 17 Debi Martini, American punk rock singer and bassist (Red Aunts) Ron Watson, 62, Canadian rock guitarist (Helix) Reggie Young, 82, American rock guitarist (The Memphis Boys) 19 – Ted McKenna, 68, Scottish glam rock drummer (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band) 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 (The Browns) 23 – Oliver Mtukudzi, 66, Zimbabwean afro-jazz guitarist 25 Bruce Corbitt, 56, American thrash metal singer (Rigor Mortis, Warbeast) Jacqueline Steiner, 94, American folk singer-songwriter 26 Jean Guillou, 88, French composer and classical organist Michel Legrand, 86, French composer, conductor and jazz pianist 27 – Pepe Smith, 71, Filipino rock singer and guitarist (Juan de la Cruz Band, Speed, Glue & Shinki, Asin) 28 – Paul Whaley, 72, American psychedelic rock drummer (Blue Cheer, The Oxford Circle) 29 – James Ingram, 66, American R&B singer-songwriter 31 – Harold Bradley, 93, American country guitarist === February === 1 Alex Brown, 52, American punk rock guitarist (Gorilla Biscuits, Project X) Ayub Ogada, 63, Kenyan worldbeat singer and Nyatiti player 2 – Tim Landers, American emo guitarist and singer (Transit, Misser) 3 Detsl, 35, Russian rapper Peter Posa, 77, New Zealand pop guitarist 5 – Eddy Giles, 80, American R&B and blues singer-songwriter 6 – Gerald English, 93, British opera singer 9 Cadet, 28, British rapper Phil Western, 47, Canadian electronic synthesizer player and guitarist (Download, PlatEAU) 11 Olli Lindholm, 54, Finnish rock singer and guitarist (Yö, Appendix) Harvey Scales, 78, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter 13 – Willy Lambregt, 59, Belgian rock guitarist (The Scabs, Vaya Con Dios) 15 – Kofi Burbridge, 57, American jam band keyboardist and flautist (Tedeschi Trucks Band, The Derek Trucks Band, Aquarium Rescue Unit) 16 Glenn Bell, 64, Canadian rock drummer (The Cooper Brothers) Ken Nordine, 98, American jazz spoken word artist 17 – Ethel Ennis, 86, American jazz singer 19 – Artie Wayne, 77, American pop singer, songwriter and producer 20 Dominick Argento, 91, American classical music composer Gerard Koerts, 71, Dutch progressive rock keyboardist (Earth and Fire) 21 Gus Backus, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Del-Vikings) Jackie Shane, 78, American soul singer Peter Tork, 77, American rock bassist and singer (The Monkees) 23 – Dorothy Masuka, 83, Zimbabwean-born South African jazz singer-songwriter 24 – Mac Wiseman, 93, American bluegrass singer and guitarist (Foggy Mountain Boys) 25 – Mark Hollis, 64, British new wave and post-rock singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Talk Talk) 26 – Andy Anderson, 68, British new wave drummer (The Cure, The Glove, Hawkwind) 27 – Doug Sandom, 89, British rock drummer (The Who) 28 Stephan Ellis, 69, American rock bassist (Survivor) André Previn, 89, German-born American jazz and classical pianist, conductor and composer === March === 1 – Paul Williams, 78, British rock and blues singer (Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Juicy Lucy, Tempest, Allan Holdsworth) 2 – Al Hazan, 84, American pianist (B. Bumble and the Stingers), songwriter and record producer 3 – Leo de Castro, 70, New Zealand funk and soul singer and guitarist 4 Keith Flint, 49, British electronica singer (The Prodigy) Sara Romweber, 55, American jangle pop drummer (Let's Active, Dex Romweber Duo) 5 – Jacques Loussier, 84, French jazz pianist and film score composer (Jacques Loussier Trio) 6 James Dapogny, 78, American jazz pianist and musicologist Mike Grose, 77, British rock bassist (Queen) Charlie Panigoniak, 72, Canadian Inuk folk singer-songwriter 8 – Eddie Taylor Jr., 46, American blues singer and guitarist 10 – Asa Brebner, 65, American power pop singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Modern Lovers, Robin Lane & The Chartbusters) 11 Hal Blaine, 90, American rock and pop drummer (The Wrecking Crew) Danny Kustow, 63, British punk rock guitarist (Tom Robinson Band) 12 – John Kilzer, 62, American rock singer-songwriter 16 Dick Dale, 81, American surf rock guitarist Dewayne "Son" Smith, 76, American country music singer and guitarist (The Geezinslaw Brothers) David White, 79, American doo-wop and pop singer (Danny & the Juniors, The Spokesmen) 17 Wolfgang Meyer, 64, German classical clarinetist Bernie Tormé, 66, Irish guitarist (Gillan, Guy McCoy Tormé, Atomic Rooster, Desperado) Yuya Uchida, 79, Japanese rock musician (Flower Travellin' Band) Andre Williams, 82, American R&B singer 20 – Terje Nilsen, 67, Norwegian pop singer-songwriter 21 – Doris Duke, 77, American gospel and soul singer 22 – Scott Walker, 76, American-born British pop and avant garde singer-songwriter (The Walker Brothers) 23 – Shahnaz Rahmatullah, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer 25 – Bill Isles, 78, American R&B singer (The O'Jays) 26 – Ranking Roger, 56, British ska and new wave singer (The Beat, General Public) 27 Stephen Fitzpatrick, 24, British indie rock singer and guitarist (Her's) Audun Laading, 25, Norwegian indie rock bassist (Her's) 30 Geoff Harvey, 83, British-Australian television music composer and pianist Simaro Lutumba, 81, Congolese soukous guitarist (TPOK Jazz) 31 – Nipsey Hussle, 33, American rapper === April === 1 – Armando Vega Gil, 64, Mexican rock bassist (Botellita de Jerez) 2 Rick Elias, American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Ragamuffin Band) Kim English, 48, American house and gospel singer 3 - Shawn Smith, 53, American alternative rock singer and keyboardist (Brad, Satchel, Pigeonhed) 4 Alberto Cortez, 79, Argentine pop singer-songwriter Tiger Merritt, 31, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Morning Teleportation) 5 Pastor López, 74, Venezuelan cumbia singer-songwriter and bandleader Davey Williams, 66, American avant-garde and free jazz guitarist (Curlew) Wowaka, 31, Japanese Vocaloid producer, singer and guitarist 6 Jim Glaser, 81, American country singer Ib Glindemann, 84, Danish jazz bandleader and composer 10 – Earl Thomas Conley, 77, American country singer-songwriter 12 – Johnny Hutchinson, 78, British rock and roll drummer (The Big Three) 13 – Paul Raymond, 73, British hard rock keyboardist (UFO, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack) 15 Les Reed, 83, British pop bandleader and songwriter Joe Terry, 78, American rock and roll singer (Danny & the Juniors) 18 – Eddie Tigner, 92, American blues singer and keyboardist 20 – Martin Böttcher, 91, German classical composer, arranger and conductor 22 Heather Harper, 88, Northern Irish classical singer Dave Samuels, 70, American jazz vibraphonist and marimba player (Spyro Gyra) 23 – Earl Edwards, 82, American R&B singer and songwriter (The Dukays) 24 – Dick Rivers, 74, French rock and roll singer (Les Chats Sauvages) 26 – Phil McCormack, 58, American southern rock singer (Molly Hatchet) 30 Boon Gould, 64, English new wave guitarist (Level 42) Beth Carvalho, 72, Brazilian samba singer === May === 2 – John Starling, 79, American bluegrass guitarist (The Seldom Scene) 3 – Mose Se Sengo, 73, Congolese jazz guitarist (TPOK Jazz) 4 – J. R. Cobb, 75, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Atlanta Rhythm Section, Classics IV) 6 – Pekka Airaksinen, 73, Finnish electronic composer 7 – Subir Nandi, 66, Bangladeshi playback singer 8 Luther Jennings, 86, American gospel singer (Jackson Southernaires) Yevgeny Krylatov, 85, Russian film composer 9 Malcolm Black, 58, New Zealand new wave singer and guitarist (Netherworld Dancing Toys) Preston Epps, 88, American percussionist Freddie Starr, 76, English stand up comedian, impressionist and singer 11 – Peggy Lipton, 72, American pop singer and actress 13 – Doris Day, 97, American pop singer and actress 14 Leon Rausch, 91, American country singer (Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys) Mike Wilhelm, 77, American psychedelic rock guitarist (The Charlatans, Flamin' Groovies) 15 Chuck Barksdale, 84, American R&B singer (The Dells) Huelyn Duvall, 79, American rockabilly singer and guitarist 16 – Sol Yaged, 93, American jazz clarinetist 17 – Eric Moore, 67, American hard rock singer and bassist (The Godz) 18 Melvin Edmonds, 65, American new jack swing singer (After 7) Geneviève Waïte, 71, South African pop singer 19 – Alfred Janson, 82, Norwegian classical pianist and composer 21 – Jake Black, 59, British acid jazz singer and songwriter (Alabama 3) 28 Willie Ford, 68, American soul singer (The Dramatics) John Gary Williams, 73, American R&B singer (The Mad Lads) 29 Tony Glover, 79, American blues singer and harmonica player (Koerner, Ray & Glover) Jeff Walls, 62, American jangle pop guitarist (Guadalcanal Diary) 30 – Leon Redbone, 69, Cypriot-American jazz and ragtime singer and guitarist 31 – Roky Erickson, 71, American psychedelic rock singer-songwriter (The 13th Floor Elevators) === June === 2 – Paulo Pagni, 61, Brazilian rock drummer (RPM) 4 – Mikey Dees, American punk rock singer and guitarist (Fitz of Depression) 5 – Brian Doherty, 51, American alternative rock guitarist (Big Wreck) 6 – Dr.