The Music Lost to Coronavirus, Part 1

Since March, the news has been grim and unrelenting. Already, the Covid-19 pandemic has claimed 170,000 lives in the United States alone; worldwide, the number tops 760,000. Among those lost have been many musicians and people integral to the music business.

On this week’s Popcast, the first in a recurring series, a handful of remembrances of musicians lost to the coronavirus:

  • Joe Diffie, one of the most popular country music singers of the early 1990s, known for hits including “Third Rock From the Sun” and “Pickup Man,” who died at 61.

  • Nashom Wooden a.k.a. Mona Foot, a foundational New York City drag queen and dance music singer, who died at 50.

  • DJ Black N Mild, a New Orleans bounce music radio and mixtape D.J., who died at 44.

Guests:

  • Holly Gleason, the Nashville editor of Hits and the editor of “Woman Walk the Line: How the Women in Country Music Changed Our Lives”

  • Jacob Bernstein, The New York Times styles reporter

  • Elena Bergeron, an assistant sports editor at The New York Times

Source: Music - nytimes.com

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