Posted on Monday, August 22   

Acclaimed fiddle virtuoso Vassar Clements died August 16 of cancer at his daughter's home outside of Nashville. He was 77. Vassar was a regular on The Grey Eagle stage and both the man and his music will be sorely missed. For more information, please visit www.vassarclements.com.

Also, Robert Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound, revolutionizing music in the 1960s and opening the wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71. Moog died Sunday at his home in Asheville. An inoperable brain tumor had been detected in April. For more information, please visit: www.bigbriar.com.