2011 in music

Specific locations

• 2011 in American music
• 2011 in Asian music
• 2011 in British music
• 2011 in Canadian music
• 2011 in European music (Continental Europe)
• 2011 in Irish music
• 2011 in Japanese music
• 2011 in Norwegian music
• 2011 in Scandinavian music
• 2011 in South Korean music
• 2011 in Swedish music

Specific genres

• Classical
• Country
• Metal
• Hip hop
• Jazz
• Latin music
• Opera
• Progressive Rock
• Rock
• K-pop

Albums released

Main article: List of 2011 albums

Deaths

; January

• 4 – Gerry Rafferty (63), Scottish singer
• 29 – Milton Babbitt (94), American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher.

; February

• 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (87), Norwegian pianist and musicologist.
• 6 – Gary Moore (58), Northern Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
• 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist.
• 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer.

;March

• 8 - Mike Starr (44), American Bassist (Alice in Chains)
• 29 – Ray Herr (63), American rock guitarist (The Ides of March).

; April

• 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen (79), Norwegian television host and folk singer.
• 22 – Eyvind Solås (74), Norwegian musician, composer, actor, and program host.
• 24 – Dag Stokke (44), Norwegian keyboardist in the band TNT, church organist and mastering engineer (cancer).
• 26 – Phoebe Snow (60), American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist.

; May

• 7 – John Walker (67), American singer and guitarist (The Walker Brothers)
• 14 – Don Wood (61), American rock drummer (The Gants)
• 15 – Bob Flanigan (84), American jazz tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen.
• 31 – Sølvi Wang (81), Norwegian singer and actress.

; June

• 3 – Andrew Gold (59), American singer, songwriter, musician and arranger
• 20 – Ottilie Patterson (79), singer, "the godmother of British blues"

; July

• 17 – Taiji Sawada, (45), Japanese heavy metal musician (X Japan, Loudness)
• 23 – Amy Winehouse (27), English rock, soul and jazz singer, and songwriter.
• 24
  • Harald Johnsen (41), Norwegian bassist (heart attack).
  • Dan Peek (60), American singer (America)
• 26 – Frank Foster (82), American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.

; August

• 11 – Jani Lane (47), American metal singer and songwriter (Warrant).
• 22 – Nickolas Ashford (69), American singer (Ashford & Simpson)

; September

• 4 – Hilde Heltberg (51), singer songwriter (cancer).
• 7 – Eddie Marshall (73), American drummer.
• 19 – Johnny Răducanu (79), Romanian pianist.
• 21 – John Larson (61), American trumpeter (The Ides of March).

; October

• 8
  • Roger Williams (87), American pianist.
  • Mikey Welsh (40), American Bassist (Weezer)

; November

• 3 – Andrea True (68), American singer
• 19 – Russell Garcia (95), American composer and music arranger.
• 22 – Paul Motian (80), American guitarist.

; December

• 2 – Bill Tapia (103), American guitarist.
• 17 – Cesária Évora (70), Cape Verdean singer.
• 20 – Sean Bonniwell (71), American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Music Machine).

References

References

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4. Nesheim, Elef. (2013-04-16). "Aase Nordmo Løvberg".
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