2023 in music
This topic covers events and articles related to 2023 in music. == Specific locations == == Specific genres == Classical Country Electronic Jazz Latin Heavy metal Hip hop R&B Progressive Rock Rock K-pop J-pop == Albums released == == Awards == == Bands formed == == Soloist debuts == == Bands reformed == == Bands disbanded == == Bands on hiatus == Blood Youth Blur DNCE The Mamas Walk the Moon == Deaths == === January === 1 Gangsta Boo, 43, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia) Sebastian Marino, 57, American metal guitarist (Overkill, Anvil) Fred White, 67, American funk drummer (Earth, Wind & Fire) 2 Andrew Downes, 72, British classical composer Kingsize Taylor, 83, British rock and roll singer and guitarist (Kingsize Taylor and the Dominoes) 3 Joseph Koo, 91, Hong Kong film composer Notis Mavroudis, 77, Greek classical guitarist and composer Alan Rankine, 64, Scottish post-punk keyboardist and guitarist (The Associates) 4 Stan Hitchcock, 86, American country music singer and co-founder of CMT Zoran Kalezić, 72, Serbian-Montenegrin folk singer Beeyar Prasad, 61, Indian film lyricist 5 Mark Capps, 54, American sound engineer Gordy Harmon, 79, American R&B and soul singer (The Whispers) 6 Jeff Blackburn, 77, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Blackburn & Snow, Moby Grape) Danny Kaleikini, 85, American Hawaiian pop singer 7 – Aleksandr Kharchikov, 73, Russian folk singer-songwriter 8 – Slim Newton, 90, Australian country music singer-songwriter 9 Séamus Begley, 73, Irish folk fiddler and accordionist Dick Flood, 90, American country music singer-songwriter Magnar Mangersnes, 84, Norwegian classical organist and choral conductor Yoriaki Matsudaira, 91, Japanese classical composer 10 Jeff Beck, 78, British rock guitarist (The Yardbirds, The Jeff Beck Group, Beck, Bogert & Appice, The Honeydrippers) Dennis Budimir, 84, American jazz and rock guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) José Evangelista, 79, Spanish classical composer 11 – Yukihiro Takahashi, 70, Japanese electronic and rock drummer and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra, Sadistic Mika Band, METAFIVE) 12 Robbie Bachman, 69, Canadian rock drummer (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) Lisa Marie Presley, 54, American country rock singer-songwriter Laylaw, American hip hop record producer.