Obituaries

Despite incredibly suspicious circumstances, the death of Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg has been ruled a 'no suicide' by coroners. The Josh Greenberg autopsy findings have now been officially released... Read More...

He practically died on-stage in Madrid, an appropriate ending to a rich, music-filled life. Allen Toussaint, a renowned and influential New Orleans r&b and soul legend, has passed away following a he... Read More...

On Sunday afternoon Napster's former COO Milton Olin was hit by a sheriff deputy's patrol car while biking in Calabasas, California. The car and the bike were headed in the same direction, the officer was on... Read More...

"The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Brian Eno. Reed passed away Sunday, the result of complications from a liver transplant undertaken in ... Read More...

Legendary Jazz Keyboardist George Duke passed away yesterday at 67 years old after a battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Duke was unable to make music for a while after his wife died of cancer a little o... Read More...

Counter-culture icon, musician, journalist, and author Mick Farren passed away Saturday night at the age of 69 when he collapsed on stage during a performance with his band The Deviants at the Atomic Sunshine F... Read More...

Ramone, one of the most important producers, technologists, and talents in modern music, succumbed to an aortic aneurism early Saturday morning.  He was 79. Ramone's list of accomplishments are almost supern... Read More...

She sang fun, gender-challenging country hits, but also poured her heart into depressing ballads. Perhaps the latter was more genuine: late Sunday night, authorities found Mindy McCready dead on her front porch... Read More...