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Byline: Fred A. Bernstein Peter Yarrow, a member of the influential trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which popularized folk music in the 1960s with 'Blowin' in the Wind,' 'If I [...]

Byline: Fred A. Bernstein Peter Yarrow, a member of the influential trio Peter, Paul and Mary, which popularized folk music in the 1960s with 'Blowin' in the Wind,' 'If I [...]

Byline: Kelsey Ables Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and a founding member of the Osmonds family band, has died. He was 73. His brothers Donny and Merrill Osmond wrote on [...]

Byline: Kelsey Ables Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and a founding member of the Osmonds family band, has died. He was 73. His brothers Donny and Merrill Osmond wrote on [...]

He was a founding member of the family pop group, whose slew of hits in the 1970s included the No. 1 record “One Bad Apple.” Wayne Osmond, an original member [...]

Byline: Adam Sweeting The guitarist Vic Flick, who has died aged 87, enjoyed a 50-year career as a guitarist and composer. He worked with countless leading names from the pop [...]

A busy session musician, he also recorded music for the Beatles' film ''A Hard Day's Night'' and contributed to several hit songs. Vic Flick, a British guitarist whose driving riff [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Vic Flick, a prolific session guitarist who helped give the James Bond franchise its signature sound, playing the hard-driving guitar riff in the 007 theme, died Nov. [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s teen hits as “One Bad [...]

Byline: Associated Press (CNN) -- New York (AP) — Wayne Osmond, a singer, guitarist and founding member of the million-selling family act The Osmonds, who were known for such 1970s [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Roy Haynes, who has died aged 99, was one of jazz's greatest drummers, a maestro of bebop with the crisp, rapid snare and cymbal patterns that earned [...]

Byline: By, Zara Woodcock American rock star Freddie Salem has died aged 70 from 'complications due to cancer', his former band confirmed. The Outlaws guitarist's death was announced on his [...]

Byline: By, Neil Shaw Tito Jackson, a member of The Jackson 5 and older brother of the late pop star Michael Jackson, has died at 70, his sons have said. [...]

Byline: Leo Sands Tito Jackson, a singer and guitarist who was an original member of the pop group the Jackson 5, which had major hits with 'ABC' and 'I'll Be [...]

Byline: Harrison Smith Frankie Beverly, a singer-songwriter whose smooth baritone and exuberant soul-funk anthems -- about love and harmony, joy and pain -- helped make his band Maze one of [...]

His clean tone and less-is-more approach made him a studio stalwart and a pioneer of what came to be known as the Nashville Sound. Pete Wade, a prolific and versatile [...]

Russell Malone, a jazz guitarist whose encyclopedic knowledge of musicians and songs, combined with a precise yet relaxed playing style, earned him jobs with Harry Connick Jr., Diana Krall and [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Phil Lesh, who has died aged 84, was the Grateful Dead's bass guitarist throughout their 30-year lifespan; his intensely melodic lines left mere timekeeping behind, providing the [...]

LONDON (AP) — Bass guitarist Herbie Flowers, who played with David Bowie, Elton John, Lou Reed and other music legends in a decades-long career, has died at 86. The musician's [...]

Byline: Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent Martin Phillipps, the founder of the New Zealand rock band the Chills, has died at the age of 61. Phillipps' death was announced [...]

He drew praise for his blues-inflected fretwork as his critically acclaimed band rode high, if briefly, during San Francisco's Summer of Love. Jerry Miller, an acclaimed guitarist who emerged from [...]

Byline: Larry Rohter He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with [...]

He was best known not for his own playing or singing but for recruiting and polishing the talents of one gifted lead guitarist after another, starting with Eric Clapton. John […]

Byline: Brian Murphy Jerry Miller, a guitarist and songwriter whose blues riffs and elegant experimentation helped define the psychedelic sound of 1960s San Francisco with the influential yet ill-fated rock [...]

Byline: Robin Denselow The Malian musician Toumani Diabaté, who has died aged 58 after a short illness, was the undisputed master of the kora, the stately and stirring 21-stringed harp [...]

Byline: Robin Denselow The Senegalese guitarist and singer Mansour Seck, who has died after a short illness, aged 69, recorded solo albums but was best known for the crucial role [...]

A spindly guitarist nicknamed Spider, Mr. Koerner was Mr. Dylan's first friend in the scruffy world of Minneapolis bohemia where he learned about folk music. Spider John Koerner, a blues [...]

Byline: Sian Cain Dennis Thompson, the drummer for influential Detroit rock band MC5, has died at the age of 75. Thompson, who was the last surviving member of the group [...]

Byline: Bill Friskics-Warren A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock's first guitar god. Duane Eddy, who broke new [...]

Byline: Richard Williams For many reaching the state of teenagehood during the late 1950s, in the temporal space between Elvis and the Beatles, the throb of Duane Eddy's electric guitar [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Duane Eddy, a pioneering guitar hero whose reverberating electric sound on instrumentals such as Rebel Rouser and Peter Gunn helped put the twang in [...]

Byline: Emily Langer Duane Eddy, an electric guitarist who sold tens of millions of records with hits including 'Rebel Rouser' and 'Peter Gunn' and left an indelible mark on rock-and-roll [...]

Byline: Michael Hann You could get the measure of Duane Eddy -- who has died aged 86 -- from a selection of his album titles: Have 'Twangy' Guitar Will Travel [...]

Byline: Emily Langer Duane Eddy, an electric guitarist who sold tens of millions of records with hits including ǣRebel Rouserǥ and ǣPeter Gunnǥ and left an indelible mark on rock-and-roll [...]

A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock's first guitar god. Duane Eddy, who broke new ground in pop [...]

A self-taught electric guitar virtuoso, he influenced a generation of musicians. One of them, John Fogerty, called him rock’s first guitar god. Duane Eddy, who broke new ground in pop [...]

Byline: Adrian Horton Duane Eddy, the rock'n'roll guitarist who achieved solo stardom with a string of instrumental hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including Rebel Rouser and the [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the American pop-rock https://apnews.com/hub/music Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter' and “Meet Virginia,” has [...]

Byline: Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Guitarist Duane Eddy, best known for twangy riffs on hits such as 'Rebel Rouser' and 'Cannonball,' has died at the age of [...]

DICKEY BETTS, who has died aged 80, was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and linchpin of the Allman Brothers Band, whose music, infused with jazz, blues and country, set the […]

Byline: Wade Tatangelo, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, USA TODAY NETWORK SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. - Dickey Betts, a driving force behind the Allman Brothers Band that launched Southern rock and influenced the jam [...]

He traded licks with Duane Allman and proved to be a worthy sparring partner. He also wrote, and sang, the band’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man.” Dickey Betts, a honky-tonk hell [...]

Dickey Betts-guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the Allman Brothers Band-died on Thursday at the age of 80. Betts died surrounded by family in his home in Osprey, Florida, according to [...]

Byline: Derek Walmsley The German band Can, whose former singer Damo Suzuki has died at the age of 74, were innovators in many ways, but particularly because the group harboured [...]

He was half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the influential Detroit band's live performances and helped set the stage for punk rock. Wayne Kramer, a founder and guitarist of [...]

Byline: By, Susan Knox Wayne Kramer has died at the age of 75. The American guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer co-founded the iconic Detroit proto-punk band MC5 -which burst onto [...]