2023 News Archives

May 2023

• Tina Turner dies at 83 (The Telegraph, May 24)
• The Smiths' bassist Andy Rourke dies at 59 (New York Times, May 19)
• Ed Sheeran wins Gaye copyright case over "Let's Get It On" (New York Times, May 4)
• Aerosmith bids adieu with Peace Out Tour (Standard Time, May 1)
• Gordon Lightfoot dies at 82 (Billboard, May 1)

March 2023

• Last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gary Rossington, passes away (New York Times, March 6)
• Jazz great, sax player Wayne Shorter dies at 89 (New York Times, March 2)

February 2023

• R Kelly gets 20 years on child sex crimes (New York Times, February 23)
• De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove passes away at 54 (New York Times, February 12)
• RIP songwriter Burt Bacharach (AP/Boston Globe, February 9)

January 2023

• RIP Television guitarist Tom Verlaine (New York Times, January 29)
• David Crosby, founder of Byrds, CSN&Y, dies at 80 (Variety, January 19)
• Guitar legend Jeff Beck dies at 78 (New York Times, January 11)
• Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters passes away (New York Times, January 1)