2011 in music


This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2011 in music.

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Deaths

; January4 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer29 – Milton Babbitt, American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher.
; February3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian pianist and musicologist.6 – Gary Moore, Northern Irish musician 14 – George Shearing, British jazz pianist.22 – Beau Dollar, American soul-R&B singer and drummer.
;March8 - Mike Starr , American Bassist 29 – Ray Herr, American rock guitarist.
; April10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen, Norwegian television host and folk singer.22 – Eyvind Solås, Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host.24 – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer.26 – Phoebe Snow, American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
; May7 – John Walker, American singer and guitarist 14 – Don Wood, American rock drummer 15 – Bob Flanigan, American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen.31 – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian singer and actress.
; June3 – Andrew Gold, American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger20 – Ottilie Patterson, singer, "the godmother of British blues"
; July17 – Taiji Sawada,, Japanese heavy metal musician 23 – Amy Winehouse, English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter.24
; August11 – Jani Lane, American metal singer and songwriter .22 – Nickolas Ashford, American singer
; September4 – Hilde Heltberg, singer songwriter.7 – Eddie Marshall, American drummer.19 – Johnny Răducanu, Romanian pianist.21 – John Larson, American trumpeter.
; October8
; November3 – Andrea True, American singer19 – Russell Garcia, American composer and music arranger.22 – Paul Motian, American guitarist.
; December2 – Bill Tapia, American guitarist.17 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer.20 – Sean Bonniwell, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist.