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<p>Dr. John of Dr. John & the Nite Trippers performs during the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on April 30, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.</p>

Dr. John, New Orleans music icon, dies at 77

Dr. John, the flamboyant New Orleanssinger-pianist whose hoodoo-drenched music made him the summarizing figure of the grand Crescent City R&B/rock 'n' roll tradition, died Thursday of a heart attack at...
Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Pat DiNizio of the Smithereens dies at 62

Pat DiNizio, vocalist-guitarist-songwriter for the tough yet tuneful New Jersey rock band the Smithereens, died Tuesday. He was 62. The group announced his passing on their web site. No cause...
Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Walter Becker, Steely Dan guitarist, dead at 67

Walter Becker, guitarist, bassist and co-writer for the sophisticated, dark-humored band Steely Dan, has died. He was 67. The news was confirmed by a post on Becker's personal website. No...