Overview of the events of 2018 in music
This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2018 in music .
Specific locations
Specific genres
Albums released
Awards
Soloist debuts
Bands on hiatus
Bands disbanded
Deaths
January
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2 – Rick Hall , 85, American record producer3 – Josiah Boyd, 32, American heavy metal bassist (A Hill to Die Upon )4 – Ray Thomas , 76, British progressive rock flautist (The Moody Blues )5 – Mikio Fujioka, 36, Japanese heavy metal guitarist (Babymetal )7
8 – Denise LaSalle , 83, American blues and R&B singer-songwriter9 – Paul Antingnani, American heavy metal drummer (Sworn Enemy )10 – "Fast" Eddie Clarke , 67, British heavy metal guitarist (Motörhead , Fastway )12 – Pierre Pincemaille , 61, French classical organist13 – Tzimis Panousis , 63, Greek comedy singer15
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17 – Ric Jacobs, 61, American pop-rock singer (Steel Breeze )18 – Steve Nisbett , 69, Nevisian-born British reggae drummer (Steel Pulse )19 – Fredo Santana , 27, American rapper20
22 – Preston Shannon , 70, American blues singer and guitarist23
24 – Mark E. Smith , 60, British post-punk singer-songwriter (The Fall )25
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27 – Grant Fell, 56, New Zealand industrial rock bassist (Headless Chickens )28 – Neil Harris, 63, British punk guitarist (Sham 69 )28
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February
– Rick Evans (75), American musician (Zager and Evans )
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3 – Leon "Ndugu" Chancler , 65, American jazz and rock drummer5 – Zeno Roth , 51, German rock guitarist7
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14 – Nuray Hafiftaş , 53, Turkish folk singer16 – Barbara Alston, 74, American R&B singer (The Crystals )19
22 – Errol Buddle , 89, Australian jazz bassoonist and saxophonist23 – Eddy Amoo, 73, British soul singer (The Real Thing )24 – Bud Luckey , 83, American voice actor and singer[ 1]
March
1 – Bill Burkette, 75, American pop singer (The Vogues )2
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7 – Jerzy Milian , 82, Polish jazz vibraphonist9 – Pyarelal Wadali, 75, Indian Sufi folk singer (Wadali Brothers )11 – Ken Dodd , 90, British comedian and pop singer12
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18 – Killjoy , 48, American death metal singer (Necrophagia , Viking Crown )20 – Peter "Mars" Cowling , 72, British blues rock bassist (Pat Travers Band , The Flying Hat Band , Gnidrolog )22 – Morgana King , 87, American jazz singer24 – Lys Assia , 94, Swiss pop singer25 – Seo Min-woo , 33, South Korean pop singer (100% )27 – Kenny O'Dell , 73, American country singer-songwriter28 – Caleb Scofield , 39, American alternative rock and sludge metal bassist and singer (Cave In , Zozobra , Old Man Gloom )30
31 – Frode Viken, 63, Norwegian rock guitarist (D.D.E. )
April
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3 – Lill-Babs , 80, Swedish pop singer4 – Don Cherry , 94, American pop singer5 – Cecil Taylor , 89, American jazz pianist6 – Jacques Higelin , 77, French chanson singer8 – Nathan Davis , 81, American jazz multi-instrumentalist9 – Timmy Matley, 36, Irish pop singer (The Overtones )10 – Yvonne Staples, 80, American soul singer (The Staple Singers )14 – Milan Škampa, 89, Czech classical violist (Smetana Quartet )16 – Dona Ivone Lara , 97, Brazilian samba singer17
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23 – Bob Dorough , 94, American jazz singer and pianist24 – Paul Gray , 54, Australian new wave singer, songwriter and keyboardist (Wa Wa Nee )26 – Charles Neville , 79, American R&B saxophonist (The Neville Brothers )29
30 – Tim Calvert , 52, American heavy metal guitarist (Nevermore , Forbidden )
May
1
2 – Tony Cucchiara , 80, Italian folk singer4
5 – Dick Williams , 91, American pop singer (The Williams Brothers )7 – Gayle Shepherd, 81, American pop singer (Shepherd Sisters )9
10 – Scott Hutchison , 36, British indie singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit , The Fruit Tree Foundation , Mastersystem )11 – Matt Marks, 38, American contemporary classical multi-instrumentalist (Alarm Will Sound )13 – Glenn Branca , 69, American avant-garde composer and guitarist (Theoretical Girls )16 – Hideki Saijo , 63, Japanese pop singer17
Jürgen Marcus , 69, German schlager singerJon Sholle , 70, American jazz, roots music and blues multi-instrumentalist19
25 – Piet Kee , 90, Dutch classical organist27 – Andy MacQueen, Australian punk guitarist (Exploding White Mice )28
31 – Demba Nabé, 46, German dancehall rapper (Seeed )
June
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2 – Wayne Secrest, 68, American bassist (Confederate Railroad )3 – Clarence Fountain, 88, American gospel singer (The Blind Boys of Alabama )4 – Jalal Mansur Nuriddin , 73, American spoken word poet (The Last Poets )5
6 – Teddy Johnson, 98, British pop singer (Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson )7 – Al Capps , 79, American arranger, composer and record producer8 – Danny Kirwan , 68, British rock and blues guitarist (Fleetwood Mac )9 – John McElrath, 77, American rock singer and keyboardist (The Swingin' Medallions )10
11 – Wayne Dockery , 76, American jazz bassist12 – Jon Hiseman , 73, British jazz fusion and blues drummer (Colosseum , Colosseum II , John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers )13 – D. J. Fontana , 87, American rock and roll drummer (The Blue Moon Boys )15
16 – Rebecca Parris , 66, American jazz singer18
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21 – David Corcoran, 64, American rock drummer (Duke Jupiter )22
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27 – Steve Soto , 54, American punk rock bassist (Adolescents , Agent Orange , Manic Hispanic )29 – Eugene Pitt , 80, American doo wop singer (The Jive Five )30
July
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3 – Richard Swift , 41, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (The Shins , The Arcs , Starflyer 59 )4 – Carmen Campagne , 58, Canadian folk singer6
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8 – Tab Hunter , 86, American pop singer9 – Stefan Demert , 78, Swedish pop singer10 – Ye Lwin , 70, Burmese rock guitarist13 – K. Rani , 75, Indian playback singer15 – Theryl DeClouet , 66, American jazz-funk and R&B singer (Galactic )18 – Raivo Rätte, 48, Estonian alternative rock bassist (Kosmikud )25 – Patrick Williams , 79, American composer, arranger and conductor27 – Mark Shelton, 60, American heavy metal guitarist (Manilla Road )28 – Olga Jackowska , 67, Polish rock singer (Maanam )29
31 – Irvin Jarrett, 69, Jamaican reggae percussionist (Inner Circle , Third World )
August
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2 – Neil Argo , 71, American film and television composer3
4 – Lorrie Collins , 76, American rockabilly singer and guitarist (The Collins Kids )5
8 – Linda Mkhize , 37, South African rapper9 – Arthur Davies , 77, Welsh opera singer10 – Jason "J-Sin" Luttrell, 40, American nu-metal vocalist (Primer 55 )14
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20 – Eddie Willis , 82, American soul and R&B guitarist (The Funk Brothers )21 – Spencer P. Jones , 61, Australian punk singer and guitarist (The Johnnys , Beasts of Bourbon )22
24 – DJ Ready Red, 53, American hip hop DJ (Geto Boys )25 – Kyle Pavone, 28, American metalcore singer (We Came as Romans )26 – Inge Borkh , 97, German opera singer29
30 – Joseph Kobzon , 80, Russian pop singer
September
1 – Randy Weston , 92, American jazz pianist2 – Conway Savage , 58, Australian alternative rock keyboardist (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds )4 – Don Gardner , 87, American R&B singer-songwriter7
8 – Chelsi Smith , 45, American pop singer10
Paul Curcio, 74, American rock guitarist (The Mojo Men ) and record producer (Kill 'Em All
Johnny Strike, 70, American punk singer and guitarist (Crime ) 12 – Rachid Taha , 59, Algerian rock singer (Carte de Séjour )14 – Max Bennett , 90, American jazz and pop bassist (L.A. Express , The Wrecking Crew )15 – Helen Clare , 101, British soprano singer16
18 – Wesley Tinglin, 75, Jamaican reggae singer (The Viceroys )22 – Chas Hodges , 74, British folk singer and keyboardist (Chas & Dave )24 – Richard Parker, 81, American doo-wop singer (The Charms )25 – Paul Dillon, 75, American rock drummer (Earth Opera )27 – Marty Balin , 76, American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane , Jefferson Starship , KBC Band )29
Otis Rush , 84, American blues singer and guitaristMichael Weiley, 58, Australian ska guitarist (Spy vs. Spy ) 30 – Kim Larsen , 72, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Gasolin' )
October
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4 – Hamiet Bluiett , 78, American jazz saxophonist (World Saxophone Quartet )5 – Bernadette Carroll, 74, American pop singer (The Angels )6 – Montserrat Caballé , 85, Spanish opera singer7 – John Wicks , 65, British power pop singer and guitarist (The Records , The Kursaal Flyers )8 – Tim Chandler , 58, American Christian alternative rock bassist (Daniel Amos , The Swirling Eddies , The Choir )10 – Jane Walker, New Zealand new wave keyboardist (Toy Love )12 – Andy Goessling, 59, American progressive bluegrass multi-instrumentalist (Railroad Earth )14 – Saleem Abdul Majid, 57, Malaysian rock singer (Iklim )16 – Du Yuwei, 19, Chinese pop singer (GNZ48 )17
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23 – Mighty Shadow , 77, Trinidadian calypsonian24
25 – Sonny Fortune , 79, American jazz saxophonist26 – Baba Oje, 87, American rapper and musician (Arrested Development )27
28 – Babs Beverley, 91, British pop singer (Beverley Sisters )29
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31 – Kenny Marks , 67, American contemporary Christian singer
November
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6 – Hugh McDowell , 65, British progressive rock cellist (Wizzard , Electric Light Orchestra )7
13 – Lucho Gatica , 93, Chilean bolero singer15
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17 – Cyril Pahinui , 68, American Hawaiian music guitarist20
Roy Bailey , 83, British folk singer, songwriter and guitaristTrevor McNaughton, 77, Jamaican reggae singer (The Melodians ) 21 – Devin Lima, 41, American pop singer (LFO )22 – Imrat Khan , 83, Indian classical sitarist27 – Johnny Maddox , 91, American ragtime pianist28
29 – Erik Lindmark, 46, American technical death metal singer and guitarist (Deeds of Flesh )
December
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2 – Perry Robinson , 80, American jazz clarinetist6
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9 – Yigal Bashan , 68, Israeli pop singer10 – Fred Wieland, 75, Australian rock guitarist (The Strangers , The Mixtures )11 – Angelo Conti, 62, Italian punk singer (Banda Bassotti )13 – Nancy Wilson , 81, American jazz singer14
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Arthur Maia , 56, Brazilian jazz and samba bassist and composerJerry Chesnut , 87, American country singer and songwriter17 – Galt MacDermot , 89, Canadian-American composer (Hair Two Gentlemen of Verona 21 – Dipali Barthakur , 77, Indian folk singer22
Indonesian musicians, members of the pop rock band Seventeen
Windu Andi Darmawan, drummer
Muhammad Awal Purbani, bassist
Herman Sikumbang , guitarist
Jimmy Work , 94, American country singer-songwriter23 – Honey Lantree, 75, British pop drummer and singer (The Honeycombs )24
25 – Guto Barros, 61, Brazilian rock guitarist (Blitz )26 – Theodore Antoniou , 83, Greek classical music composer and conductor27 – Miúcha , 81, Brazilian bossa nova singer28 – Christine McGuire, 92, American pop singer (The McGuire Sisters )29 – Aldo Parisot , 100, Brazilian-born American classical music cellist30 – Mike Taylor, Canadian indie pop keyboardist (Walk Off the Earth )31
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