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The musicians we lost this year

Commotion pays tribute to some of the big musical icons we lost in 2023: Gordon Lightfoot, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor and Robbie Robertson.

Commotion remembers Gordon Lightfoot, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor and Robbie Robertson

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INDIO, CA - APRIL 29: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was converted to black and white.) Gordon Lightfoot performs onstage during 2018 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2018 in Indio, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)
Gordon Lightfoot performs onstage during 2018 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2018 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Stagecoach)

Today on Commotion, we pay tribute to some of the big musical icons we lost in 2023 — Gordon Lightfoot, Tina Turner, Sinéad O'Connor and Robbie Robertson — by revisiting the conversations we had this year with the people who knew them, and devout fans who had their lives changed by their music

LISTEN | Today's episode on YouTube:

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen, on YouTube or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.

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