The list below comes from Mark Moss, editor of SING OUT ! , as posted at Folkdj-L. I’ve edited the list to include mostly folk performers.
Lhasa de Sela (Sep 27, 1972-Jan 1, 2010) Montreal-based
Mexican-American singer-songwriter
Robert “Bobby” Charles Guidry (Feb 21, 1938-Jan 14, 2010) SW
Louisiana songwriter
Kate McGarrigle (Feb 6, 1946-Jan 18, 2010) Canadian folk singer-songwriter
Etelvina Maldonado (??-Jan 26, 2010) Colombian folkloric singer,
Queen of fandango
Alistair Hulett (Oct 15, 1951-Jan 28, 2010) Scottish
singer-songwriter, folk musician
George Britton (Oct 3, 1915-Feb 12, 2010) Folk musician, founder
Phila. Folksong Society & Fest
Dale Hawkins (Aug 22, 1936-Feb 13, 2010) Louisiana rockabilly pioneer
and songwriter
Charles “Chuck” Perdue (Dec 1, 1930-Feb 14, 2010) Folklorist and folk singer
Loring Janes (??-Feb 22, 2010) Michigan-based folk musician, 1960s
folk/blues revivalist
Salvador Cardenal Barquero (Oct 6, 1960-Mar 8, 2010) Nicaraugan
singer - Duo Guardabarranco
Marva Wright (Mar 20, 1948-Mar 23, 2010) Gospel Blues singer
Susan Reed (Jan 11, 1926-Apr 25, 2010) Irish folk singer and instrumentalist
Ljiljana Buttler (Dec 14, 1944-Apr 26, 2010) Balkan Gypsy singer
David Lightbourne (Dec 14, 1942-Apr 30, 2010) Acoustic bluesman, jug
band member, and folklorist
Dave Fisher (??-May 7, 2010) Folk singer, member of the Highwaymen
Bobbejaan Schoepen (May 16, 1925-May 17, 2010) Flemish singer, guitar
and whistler
Bill Hinkley (Sep 28, 1942-May 25, 2010) Bluegrass and old-time
musician, PHC regular
Larry Jon Wilson (Oct 7, 1940-Jun 21, 2010) Georgia Songwriter and Singer
Walter Hawkins (May 18, 1949-Jul 11, 2010) Gospel singer
Tuli Kupferberg (Sep 28, 1923-Jul 12, 2010) Poet and singer, founding
member of the Fugs
Hank Cochran (Aug 2, 1935-Jul 15, 2010) Country singer-songwriter
Chuck McCabe (Aug 24, 1944-Jul 23, 2010) Folk singer-songwriter
Ben Keith (Mar 6, 1937-Jul 27, 2010) Steel guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
Kenny Edwards (Feb 10, 1946-Aug 18, 2010) Singer-songwriter, founding
mem of The Stone Poneys
James “Walkin’ Jim” Stoltz (Jun 8, 1953-Sep 3, 2010) Folk singer and
wilderness advocate
Arrow Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell (Nov 16, 1949-Sep 15, 2010) Caribbean
soca musician
Roy “Whitey” Grant (Apr 7, 1916-Sep 17, 2010) Old-time country
musician and radio pioneer
Warren Argo (Nov 4, 1942-Sep 27, 2010) Seattle-based old-time
musician and folk enthusiast
Albertina Walker (Aug 29, 1929-Oct 8, 2010) Gospel singer and founder
of the Caravans
Tom Winslow (Nov 13, 1940-Oct 23, 2010) Singer-Songwriter, Sloop
Singer & orig Clearwater crew
Albert “Little Smokey” Smothers (Jan 2, 1939-Nov 20, 2010) Chicago
blues guitarist and vocalist
Enrique Morente, the great Spanish flamenco
singer
