Friday, December 31, 2010

Not Forgot-Ten: The key events

Month-by-month reviews:

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

A guide to our posts on the key musical events of 2010:

American Music Awards
Asian Music Awards
A Song For Europe
Beatles come to iTunes
Brits 2010 shortlist
Brits 2010
Deep Water Horizon blowout
Digital Economy Bill
Eurovision
Gallagher shover sentenced
General election
Gershwin Award
Glastonbury 2010
Glastonbury 2011 ticket sales
Grammys
Grammys: 2011 shortlist
Ivors
Junos
Kerrang awards
Lattitude festival
Mercury shortlist
Mercury Music Prize
MIDEM
MOBOs
Mojo honours
MTV EMAs
MTV VMAs
NME awards shortlist
NME awards
NME relaunch
Popjustice Twenty Quid Music Prize
Q awards
Reading-Leeds
Record Store Day
Sony Awards shortlist
Sony Awards
SXSW
Terra Firma v Citigroup trial

Thanks for sticking with No Rock And Roll Fun through 2010 - especially so if you posted, commented or sent a tip or a link. Next year it's the tenth anniversary - whoever would have thought?

Happy New Year, everybody!


Not Forgot-Ten: Valete 2010

Those who didn't make it through the year:

Bill Aucoin, manager, Kiss
Solomon Burke, legendary king of soul
Stuart Cable, Stereophonics
Alphonsus Cassell (Arrow), soca star
Alan Carton, founder, diditleak
Alex Chilton, Big Star
Daniel Cho, cellist
Peter 'Sleazy' Christoper, Throbbing Gristle and Coil
Carol Clerk, journalist
Devon Clifford, You Say Party We Say Die
Hank Cochran, songwriter
Carlton 'King' Coleman, R&B pioneer
Phelps 'Catfish' Collins, funkist
Rich Cronin, LFO
Johnny Dankworth, saxophonist, educator and venue founder
Jimmy Dean, singer and sausage magnate
Ronnie James Dio, Dio
Bobby Farrell, Boney M
Doug Fieger, The Knack
Harvey Fuqua, songwriter
Charlie Gillett, broadcaster
Al Goodman, Ray, Goodman & Brown
Paul Gray, Slipknot
Dick Griffey, founder, Solar Records
Charles Haddon, Ou Est Le Swimming Pool?
Lena Horne, singer and activist
Andy Hummel, Big Star
Marvin Isley, The Isley Brothers
Ben Keith, Neil Young guitarist
Tim Kennelly, After Death
Michael Larsen, rapper
Lhasa, singer-songwriter
Mark Linkous, Sparklehorse
Judy Lynn (Kelly), singer
Teena Marie, singer
Kate McGarrigle, singer-songwriter
Malcolm McClaren, autopublicist
Andrew Midgley, Colaboy
Sugar Minott, reggae star
Willie Mitchell, producer and label owner, Hi Records
Teddy Pendergrass, singer
Benny Powell, The Count Baisie Orchestra
Deva Pramade (Mike Edwards), Electric Light Orchestra
Rammellzee, hip hop inspiration
Jay Reatard, The Reatards
Eric Shark (Sam Davis), Deaf School
John Sicolo, venue owner, TJs
Chris Sievey (Frank Sidebottom), The Freshies
Peter Steele, Type-O Negative
Ari Up, The Slits
Don Van Vliet, Captain Beefheart
Ann Vervoort, singer, designer, dancer
Leon Villalba, After Death
Fred Wedlock, folk singer
Robert Wilson, The Gap Band


Not Forgot-Ten: The music