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[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

9 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Anne Feeney dead at 69 from COVID.

A deadpooling favourite from the past.

Edit: DDP pick 2011, 2012 and 2013.

 

A real shame.  Anne Feeney was just great, a fine songwriter with a keen social conscience, coupled with an ability not to take herself too seriously.

 

Even my children liked one of her songs.  

 

 

[harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,447]

Stefan Cush, singer with The Men They Couldn't Hang, heart attack aged 60. A toss up between this and the punk thread.

 

https://www.nme.com/news/music/stefan-cush-of-the-men-they-coudnt-hang-has-died-2874134

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

Belinda Sykes still fighting the good fight.

 

[Ulitzer95 10,905]

On 25/10/2020 at 02:44, Ulitzer95 said:

Worth noting that Scottish folk singer Jock Duncan is still alive. Turning 96 next year.

I don't think he's on the radar for many due to the lack of Wikipedia page but certainly notable and likely to obit.

Picked in the DDP about a decade ago. I assumed he had died, but apparently not.

Scottish folk singer Jock Duncan died in Dundee on March 25th, aged 95.

Daily Record. 
Press and Journal.
BBC Scotland also ran a tribute to him on their travelling folk show.

@msc @gcreptile, a former DDP pick. 

Should've taken my own advice and picked him...

[maryportfuncity 9,980]

1 hour ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Scottish folk singer Jock Duncan died in Dundee on March 25th, aged 95.

Daily Record. 
Press and Journal.
BBC Scotland also ran a tribute to him on their travelling folk show.

@msc @gcreptile, a former DDP pick. 

Should've taken my own advice and picked him...

 

 

Good spot, thanks

[alt obits guy 3,088]

Grace Griffith, a folk and celtic singer who served as an influence to singer Eva Cassidy, has died. She was 64.

 

https://www.evacassidyfanclub.nl/blog/2021/06/we-remember-folk-and-celtic-singer-grace-griffith-1957-2021/

 

[Toast 14,783]

1 hour ago, alt obits guy said:

Grace Griffith, a folk and celtic singer who served as an influence to singer Eva Cassidy, has died. She was 64.

 

https://www.evacassidyfanclub.nl/blog/2021/06/we-remember-folk-and-celtic-singer-grace-griffith-1957-2021/

 

 

So she's the one to blame.

[gcreptile 10,202]

Another Belinda Sykes update, proving that she is definitely on the clock, but it's a somewhat slower clock. Still a good bet for a latter half of the year hit though:

 

[ObakeFilter 778]

Eddy Detroit, most notable for his collaboration with Avant-Folk greats Sun City Girls, has killed himself on June 15 by leaping from atop the 17-story Fellowship Towers, a subsidized apartment building in central Phoenix where he’d been living. He was 68.

 

https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/eddy-detroit-has-died-phoenix-punk-percussionist-11563416?fbclid=IwAR3Ga4cxctEMLi6USAdHllV_3QvpFsKcDtkhTp0iELq781WdX5NYfLx2plk

[gcreptile 10,202]

Grammy winning folk singer Nanci Griffith dead after a long illness:

https://www.wowt.com/2021/08/13/grammy-winning-folk-singer-songwriter-nanci-griffith-dies/

 

Edit: Woops, always thought it was Griffiths, but, no "s".

[Vinegar Tits 584]

Bloody hell, that's a bit of a shocker. Didn't know she was ill. Sad news, even though she did introduce 'From A Distance' to the world.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

I'm really sad to hear about Nanci Griffith.   I saw her perform at Glastonbury in 1997 (which was memorably muddy!) and she was brilliant.   

 

A tragedy that her and John Prine have both gone within a year. 

 

 

[gcreptile 10,202]

She was on our radar a few years ago, because she had retreated from all appearances. Until the end though, she kept her health private.  There's no reason of death given.

[ObakeFilter 778]

Michael Chapman has passed away earlier today.

 

https://www.facebook.com/michael.chapman.9085/posts/5999577960065038

[maryportfuncity 9,980]

On 10/09/2021 at 19:19, ObakeFilter said:

Michael Chapman has passed away earlier today.

 

https://www.facebook.com/michael.chapman.9085/posts/5999577960065038

 

 

Damn shame, seeing a few people of his generation posting about what a legend he was. He also made a couple of decent albums in recent years

 

[gcreptile 10,202]

Alaskan Folk singer/songwriter "Hobo Jim", real name James Varsos, dead at 68 shortly after revealing his cancer:

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/10/06/alaska-musician-hobo-jim-dies-just-over-two-weeks-after-announcing-end-stage-cancer-diagnosis/

 

Will he get a yahoo obit? Well now, it doesn't matter anymore

Edit: Yes he did.

[YoungWillz 18,910]

Traditional Irish music exponent Paddy Moloney being reported dead: 

 

As a founder of The Chieftains and a constant presence with the band since the early 1960s, there has been the occasional foray into the UK Charts.

 

Here's the best performing I can find, with The Corrs, reaching the dizzy heights of #37 in June 1999 with The Corrs:

 

 

[ObakeFilter 778]

Adam Balsam, member of the folk band The Wilderness of Manitoba since 2018, has died recently of unknown cause.

https://www.facebook.com/wildernessofmanitoba/photos/a.333794963643/10160926959763644

[YoungWillz 18,910]

Barry Coope of Coope Boyes and Simpson, reportedly dead: 

Other sources give a date of death of 6 November.

 

A capella folk.

 

 

[DevonDeathTrip 2,288]

The Levellers have started their latest tour without guitarist and singer Simon Friend, who cannot be with them for unspecified personal reasons.   One to keep an eye on I would suggest.  The Levellers are quite a hardy lot and, if this is due to Friend's health, then it might be serious.  

[YoungWillz 18,910]

On 11/06/2021 at 13:30, gcreptile said:

Another Belinda Sykes update, proving that she is definitely on the clock, but it's a somewhat slower clock. Still a good bet for a latter half of the year hit though:

 

Belinda Sykes reported to have died yesterday: 

Slipped Disc had a notification some several hours ago: https://slippedisc.com/2021/11/early-music-mourns-a-vibrant-leader/

[msc 17,708]

Well, we'll be putting that last bit on my shortlist to the test now...

 

1.      Belinda Sykes – 56 – terminally ill since 2019, on the BBC and DI thinks she’ll QO.

 

[The Old Crem 3,164]

11 hours ago, msc said:

Well, we'll be putting that last bit on my shortlist to the test now...

 

1.      Belinda Sykes – 56 – terminally ill since 2019, on the BBC and DI thinks she’ll QO.

 

No sign of one yet. 

[gcreptile 10,202]

Curiously, she already got a mention on Bloomberg.com, by a person who already gave their condolences on twitter.

BBC Three has also tweeted about her. She's not a breaking news kind of person. I even think she might be the rare "Last Word" only obit.

 

[The Old Crem 3,164]

Just now, gcreptile said:

Curiously, she already got a mention on Bloomberg.com, by a person who already gave their condolences on twitter.

BBC Three has also tweeted about her already. She's not a breaking news kind of person. I even think she might be the rare "Last Word" only obit.

 

If she gets on Last word then I can see the Guardian covering her.