Posted: Dec 28, 2020 3:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 4
We said goodbye to many greats in 2020, including the one and only Little Richard.(Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Stringer/Getty Images; design by Andrea Warner/CBC Music.) comments
This year took and it took and it took.
Great musicians and talented artists were no exceptions. In 2020, we said goodbye to pioneers of everything from reggae to conga to rock; virtuosos and geniuses alike; and artists who broke through racial barriers and gender binaries, trailblazers who changed music for everyone that followed.
In 2020, the global experience coronavirus, the worldwide Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality and anti-Black violence has been both shared and cruelly individual. Perpetual absence this is where the sorrow lives. Where the rage, fear and grief make it almost impossible to acknowledge the moments of gratitude and grace. A perfect high note, a glass ceiling shattered, constant disruptions to th