Obituaries

Ric Ocasek, the singer-songwriter for the prolific New Wave band The Cars was found dead in his Manhattan townhouse Sunday. The cause of death was listed as heart disease according to the New York City medical examiner's office. In an…

Eddie Money (née Edward Joseph Mahoney), the Brooklyn-born, Long Island-raised rocker famous for the hits "Two Tickets to Paradise," "Think I'm In Love," and "Shakin'" died peacefully early Friday morning according to a statement released…

Neal Casal, prolific guitarist and member of Circles Around the Sun, Chris Robinson Brotherhood and many more over his career, has died at age 50. Pitchfork reports through a representative of Casal that the death was ruled a suicide. The…

Jeff Austin, 45, passed away in Seattle, WA on Monday, June 24. This news comes after an announcement on Saturday that he was canceling his upcoming music sets due to a medical emergency. The cause of his death has not been released. …

Family members, musicians, and guests holding up signs, playing instruments, and holding up umbrellas as part of a New Orleans funeral tradition, second line. The memorial was held at the Swyer Theatre for Nippertown founder, artist,…

The Albany music scene has lost a legend as musician, Nippertown founder and former Times Union music writer Greg Haymes passed away on Wednesday, April 10. Haymes founded Nippertown.com,focusing on the Capital District music…

Kofi Burbridge, multi-instrumentalist of Tedeschi Trucks Band passed away in Atlanta on Friday, February 15 following treatment complications for an ongoing cardiac issue. Kofi was well-known and praised for his mastery of the flute and…

It is said when a Hobo dies, "They caught the Westbound." Lean in, Hobos; one of our own traded in his ticket for a seat on that locomotive ghost. This one hurts. To say Andy lived a life of music would be an understatement. Music was…

Aretha Franklin, known world around as the "Queen of Soul," died Thursday at her home in Detroit after a long and enduring battle with advanced pancreatic cancer. She was 76. With over 100 singles on the Billboard charts, 20 of which…

Metalocalypse cartoon series director, John Schnepp, passed away at the age of 51 on July 19 after suffering  a massive stroke on July 12. Schnepp's sister Deborah and his longtime partner Holly Payne, made the difficult decision to cease…