In MemoriamDavid Soul, of TV's 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80 The Associated Press • Jan 5, 2024Soul was a 1970s heartthrob who co-starred as the blond half of the crime-fighting duo "Starsky & Hutch" and topped the music charts with the ballad "Don't Give Up on Us."
In MemoriamLes McCann, jazz pianist with a soulful holler, dies at 88Nate Chinen • Jan 2, 2024An impromptu jam of "Compared to What" gave McCann a career-defining moment at the 1969 Montreux Jazz Festival.
In Memoriam2023 Remembered from The CurrentJill Riley, Derrick Stevens, Reed Fischer, Luke Taylor, Lindsay Kimball and David Safar • Dec 29, 2023Join The Current in honoring the life, music, and legacy of artists we lost this year with 2023 Remembered from The Current. This two-hour musical tribute is a celebration of all sounds — from indie to influential — and a way to unite in paying homage to the artists who have shaped music history.
Home StoriesLaura Lynch, founding member of The Chicks, dies at 65 in Texas car crashChloe Veltman • Dec 23, 2023The musician, who played bass and sang with the influential all-women country music band from 1989 to 93, was pronounced deceased on the scene.
In MemoriamDenny Laine, co-founder of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, dies at 79The Associated Press • Dec 6, 2023Laine joined Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder to form the Moody Blues and sang lead on the group's first hit, "Go Now." His death comes 50 years after the release of McCartney's Band on the Run album.
In MemoriamShane MacGowan, irascible frontman of The Pogues, has died at age 65Neda Ulaby • Nov 30, 2023Shane MacGowan was a famously hard-drinking but brilliant musician who shot to fame in the 1980s with the folk punk band The Pogues.
In MemoriamCarla Bley, prolific and expansive jazz pianist, dies at 87Andrey Henkin • Oct 18, 2023Bley's pieces could be ethereally beautiful or subversively brash, but always found a grandeur without tilting into pretension.
In MemoriamRudolph Isley, a founding member of the Isley Brothers, has died at 84The Associated Press • Oct 13, 2023He was among the Isleys inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
In MemoriamSteve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, has died at 56Jackie Northam • Sep 4, 2023The singer of such hits as "Walking on the Sun" and "All Star" died of acute liver failure in his home in Boise, Idaho.
In MemoriamJimmy Buffett, who sang of wastin' away in 'Margaritaville', dies at 76 The Associated Press • Sep 2, 2023The singer-songwriter, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist song and turned that celebration of loafing into an empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.