Birthdays, Deaths and other announcements

April 11

Jim Lauderdale.       64

Nigel Pulsford.         60

(Bush)

Lisa Stansfield.        55

Joss Stone.               34

April 12

Herbie Hancock.         81

John Kay.                     77

(Steppenwolf)

J D Nicholas.              69

(Commodores)

Pat Travers.                67

Vince Gill.                   64

Will Sergeant.            63

(Echo & Bunnymen)

Amy Ray.                    57

(Indigo Girls)

Guy Berryman.          43

(Coldplay)

April 13

Lester Chambers.         81

(Chambers Brothers)

Jack Casady.                 77

(Jefferson Airplane)

Al Green.                        75

Peabo Bryson.              70

Max Weinberg.             70

(E Street Band)

Jimmy Destri.               67

(Blondie)

Mark Ford.                    55

(Black Crowes)

April 14

Loretta Lynn.              89

Ritchie Blackmore.    76

April 15

Dave Edmonds.            78

Samantha Fox.             55

Patrick Carney.             41

(Black Keys)

April 16

Bobby Vinton.          86

Peter Garrett.           68

(Midnight Oil)

Jason Scheff.           59

(Chicago)

Jimmy Osmond.       58

David Pirner.              57

(Soul Asylum)

April 17

Liz Phair.                54

Victoria Beckham. 47

(Spice Girls)

April 18

Hayley Mills.          75

Jim Scholten.        69

(Sawyer Brown)

Led Pattinson.       63

(Echo & Bunnymen)

Mark Tremonti.      47

(Creed)

April 19

Alan Price.       79

(Animals)

Mark Volman.  74

(Turtles)

The Prince album - Welcome 2 America - will be released on July 30th and is already available to pre-order. It has been in the vault since 2010. There was an interesting piece about it on 60 Minutes two Sundays ago. Here's the article from RS  -  

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/princes-unreleased-album-welcome-2-america-release-1152634/