2026 RIPs

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/eddie-katilius
[www.facebook.com] https://www.facebook.com/groups/563758521006157/posts/1870628370319159/

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/bengt-berger
[www.gp.se] https://www.gp.se/kultur-noje/noje-kultur/musikern-bengt-berger-ar-dod-.703326d5...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/dennis-locorriere
[ultimateclassicrock.com] https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dennis-locorriere-dr-hook-dead/

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/ike-willis
[themostendangeredspecies.substack.com] https://themostendangeredspecies.substack.com/p/ike-willis-1955-2026

Cris Derksen, in queue w/ Strength Of Materials.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/141372
[www.rootsmusic.ca] https://www.rootsmusic.ca/2026/05/17/trailblazing-indigenous-cellist-cris-derkse...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/ryan-porter-us-1
[liveforlivemusic.com] https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/ryan-porter-trombonist-kamasi-washington-d...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/gunter-hampel
[www.freejazzblog.org] https://www.freejazzblog.org/2026/05/gunther-hampel-1937-2026.html

In queue w/ Ditchcreeper, Unfathomable Ruination, Trifixion, Malthusian.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/141472
[www.facebook.com] https://www.facebook.com/devangelic.official/posts/yesterday-we-lost-our-dearest...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/theodore-rollins
[variety.com] https://variety.com/2026/music/news/sonny-rollins-dead-jazz-saxophone-colossus-1...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/douglas-shaw
[stereogum.com] https://stereogum.com/2500701/doug-shaw-highlife-gang-gang-dance-janka-nabay-dea...

Rob Orlemans, in queue w/ Curtis Knight And Half Past Midnight and his own band Rob Orlemans & Half Past Midnight:
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/141768
[www-bluesmagazine-nl.translate.goog] https://www-bluesmagazine-nl.translate.goog/rob-orlemans-overleden-boogie-man-va...

Paul Lagaaij, often credited as Paul Lagaay:
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/paul-lagaaij
[www-bluesmagazine-nl.translate.goog] https://www-bluesmagazine-nl.translate.goog/paul-lagaaij-overleden-nederlandse-b...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/ronald-lapread

[www.noise11.com] https://www.noise11.com/news/ronald-lapread-commodores-dies-aged-75-20260531

In queue w/ Yellow Sunshine.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/141833
[thegrio.com] https://thegrio.com/2026/06/01/dexter-wansel-philly-soul-legend-dies/

In queue w/ Bearfoot.
[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/queue/artist/141949
[www.exetertoday.ca] https://www.exetertoday.ca/2026/06/04/norfolk-native-terry-danko-remembered-for-...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/ian-hampton
[www.express.co.uk] https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/2213736/sparks-legend-dies

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/steve-almaas
[www.thecurrent.org] https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2026/06/05/twin-cities-punk-legend-steve-alma...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/rick-johnson-us-3
[www.facebook.com] https://www.facebook.com/Returntothepit/posts/rip-rick-johnson-griefslugpuncher-...

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/james-ulmer
[www.npr.org] https://www.npr.org/2026/06/08/nx-s1-5850695/james-blood-ulmer-obituary

[bandtoband.com] https://bandtoband.com/artist/nikke-strom
[www.aftonbladet.se] https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/OkjgvO/progglegendaren-nikke-strom-ar-d...