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Remembering Fred the Godson, Adam Schlesinger and Cristina. Source
Putting on a Super Bowl halftime show is always a mammoth undertaking. The pandemic introduces many more logistical puzzles. Source
Artists including Bruce Springsteen, Demi Lovato and John Legend tried to bring together an America that couldn’t gather in person, and irony and bombast were banished. Source
The delay comes less than four weeks before the ceremony was to be held, on Jan. 31. Source
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, spent months rehearsing for its Christmas Eve service, which is broadcast worldwide. Its hope was to perform it live. Source
The coronavirus relief package that Congressional leaders agreed to this week includes grant money that many small proprietors described as a last hope for survival. Source
At churches like St. James in Louisville, Ky., services this Christmas will not have in-person choirs or orchestras. But music directors are finding ways to persevere. Source
The pandemic compressed live music onto screens, and Black Lives Matter protests brought it back to the streets. What will it all look like, and sound like, in 2021? Source
A host of livestreamed concerts, the sounds of silence, time-hopping quartets and at-home divas were among the highlights. Source
Alexander Neef has taken on one of the most prestigious jobs in culture amid a pandemic, labor strikes and internal unrest. Source