Q4, Redux: Still hopeful that @billyjoel doesn't cancel his Aug. 15 show in Buffalo. But social distancing in a 70,000-seat stadium is going to be difficult. #SoldOut #JandoliChat — David K. (@redleader57) May 12, 2020 Q4, the sequel: Not forever…. Read More ›
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How about a song?
Q2: How about a song that resonates? In the early days when we were hunkering down, I couldn’t get ‘Life During Wartime’ out of my head. #JandoliChat — Jandoli Institute (@Jandoli_Inst) May 12, 2020 A2: "Anonymous Club" by Courtney Barnett… Read More ›
How can we keep supporting the artists we love?
Q4: Short term: It'll be up to individual artists or fans to come up with ideas. Longer term: it might include looking again at payment rates for streaming music. #JandoliChat — Carole McNall (@carolemcnall) May 12, 2020 This times a… Read More ›
What is it about music that we find comforting and inspiring?
It reminds us of other people. Better times. The possibility of more shared experiences. Music helps us share our stories. — Amber Healy (@AmberMHealy) May 12, 2020 Would love to dig into that particular playlist! #JandoliChat — Patrick Hosken (@patrickhosken)… Read More ›
Is there one event that touched you more than any of the others?
arole McNall (@carolemcnall) May 12, 2020 A1: @Joebonamasa partnered with @keepingthebluesalive to provide a relief fund for touring musicians. Here he has listed special events with the guitarist as well as an easy text form of donation. It’s a definitive… Read More ›
What Stevie Wonder song gives us the best hope for the future?
Not necessarily one song, but the fact that he’s been making fine music for so long. #JandoliChat — Carole McNall (@carolemcnall) May 12, 2020 A6: Tempted to go with the three-minute ending coda of “Isn’t She Lovely,” which is one… Read More ›
A media company becomes the story
By Ty Johnson COVID-19 has forced businesses across the world to face new challenges. In the United States, businesses deemed essential are able to stay open, but certainly not under normal conditions. Businesses deemed non-essential cannot operate at all. One… Read More ›
Neil Young’s ‘Ohio’ Still Resonates 50 Years Later
By Stephen Wilt A half-century ago almost to the day, Neil Young would write arguably one of the greatest protest songs of all time. Young having a short break between tours was comfortably sitting in road manager Leo Makota’s California… Read More ›
To defeat COVID-19, the global community must work together
By Lorenzo Cladi and Stephen Green “We did not all come over on the same ship, but we are in the same boat.” These were the wise words of financier Bernard Baruch, who was an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson… Read More ›
Mike Greenblatt: ‘True American martyrs for peaceful protest’
When I was researching for my Woodstock book Back To Yasgur’s Farm, I came across information that in 1969 New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller wanted to call in the National Guard to disperse the 500,000 of us at the butt… Read More ›