CAVIN YARBROUGH, one half of the Grammy nominated American R&B duo YARBROUGH AND PEOPLES (\"Don`t Stop The Music\", great song!), died 19. of June 2025.

MARCIA RESNICK..(1950 - June 18, 2025)..edgy photographer of the New York downtown scene. photographed stills & for record albums. including Laurie Anderson, Iggy, Wayne Kramer, David Byrne, William Burroughs, Johnny Rotten, etc. i remember fondly all her works in SoHo Weekly News.

JAMES PRIME (b. November 3rd 1960, d. June 19th 2025) Initially a tour session musician with Altered Images, he was a founder member and keyboard player with DEACON BLUE; they did ‘Real Gone Kid’.

Charlie Burrell aka the Jackie Robinson of music, died June 17th. He was 104 years old. Bassist. Led the Charlie Burrell Trio. Was a member of the Denver Symphony Orchestra. Worked with Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday Ella Fitzgerald, Clark Terry, Al Grey and his niece Dianne Reeves. Inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

THEO COUMANS, drummer for the successful Dutch pop band PUSSYCAT, died 16. of June 2025.

LOU CHRISTIE (b. Lugee Alfredo Giovanni Sacco, on February 19, 1943), famous 1960s singer of \"LIGHTNIN\' STRIKES\", \"RHAPSODY IN THE RAIN\", \"TWO FACES HAVE I\", and \"THE GYPSY CRIED\" passed away at age 82, yesterday, June 17, 2025. A great and rather underappreciated singer at times. Recorded for both Roulette and MGM Records. RIP Lou Christie.

Not mentioned yet: ADRIAN LILLYWHITE, original drummer for the British punk rock legends THE MEMBERS (\"SOUND Of The Suburbs\"), died 21. of March 2025.

The British jazz bassist DILL KATZ died 13. of June 2025. Considered as a pioneer of the fretless electric bass, he was a member of PACIFIC EARDRUM, NUCLEUS (IAN CARR), PARAPHERNALIA (BARBARA THOMPSON) and others.

STEVEN LECKIE, leader and singer for the energetic punk rock band THE VILETONES from TORONTO/CANADA, died 14. of June 2025.

Here\'s another that may have been missed. Known professionally as Otis Grand, Fred Bishti was a Lebanese-born American blues musician, best known for his album, Perfume & Grime (1996) and his exciting live performances. He was living in England in his latter years. He lived February 14, 1950 until June, 2023.

Here\'s one I (and we?) missed. The New York-based guitarist Rhett Tyler, born February 11, 1952, died March 12, 2024. Tyler grew up listening and learning about music and the blues from his father, an Air Force officer and talented classical, boogie & blues pianist. Tyler attended Mannes College of Music and the Berkley School of Music in the early 70s. Rhett Tyler was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame on September 25, 2011, as \"Master Blues Artist from New York\".

JOHN REID (d. 16th June 2025 aged 61). House DJ, songwriter and vocalist from Scotland, performed with the soul-funk NIGHTCRAWLERS in the early 1990s

SVEN-AKE JOHANSSON, drummer, composer, writer and one of the founders of the European Free Jazz scene, died June 2025. He worked with greats like PETER BRÖTZMANN, MANFRED SCHOOF, ALEXANDER VON SCHLIPPENBACH and others.

HONEST JOHN PLAIN, guitarist and vocalist for the influential British punk rock band THE BOYS, died 13. of June 2025.

RICKY SHAYNE, (* June 4, 1944 in Kairo as George Albert Tabett; † November 8, 2024 in Berlin) was the singer of \"Ich sprenge alle Ketten\" or \"Mamy Blue\". Successful in the sixties and seventies, mainly in German-speaking countries. His death was only recently announced.

LOUIS MOHOLO, the versatile jazz drummer from South Africa, died 13. of June 2025. He was a member of BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH and the afro-rock band ASSAGAI; he also worked with countless greats like CECIL TAYLOR, IRENE SCHWEIZER, ARCHIE SHEPP, KEITH TIPPETT, ELTON DEAN and others.

DOUGLAS McCARTHY, singer and founding member of the British industrial rock band NITZER EBB, died 11. of June 2025.

Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys.

SLY STONE (b. Sylvester Stewart 15th March 1943 – d. 9th June 2025) US musician, singer and producer - a (very) big beast in the world of Funk. Front man of Sly and the Family Stone. They did ‘I Want To Take You Higher’ at Woodstock in 1969, later immortalised in the film.

BOB ANDREWS, the great keyboardist and vocalist for the British pub rock legends BRINSLEY SCHWARZ and GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR, died 05. of June 2025.