MUSIC
This collection of contemporary conversations across the music industry is intended to introduce a range of immediate voices from musicians and the music industry in response to the covid-19 pandemic. It provides access to public statements as well as external links to online concerts, music videos, twitter feeds, and other resources. For further research using literary databases, music reviews, journal articles, and archives, please see Harvard Library Guide on Music Research.
Co-Curator: Sadiq Ervin
Keyword Search Terms: music, entertainment, hip-hop, music industry, concert, production, digital studio, dj, venue
Guest Contributors: Yoh Phillips Dart Adams
Resources
- The Megan Thee Stallion-Approved ‘Savage’ Challenge Is Helping Keep Us All Sane
Huffington Post
Taryn Finley
March 25, 2020 - From an L.A. living room, an unlikely coronavirus hero emerges: ‘Club Quarantine’s’ DJ D-Nice
Los Angeles Times
March 27, 2020 - New Orleans widow mourns husband, a beloved DJ, who died from coronavirusNBC News
Blayne Alexander and Cassandra Stokes
March 27, 2020 - Fire In Little Africa: Tulsa's Journey Of Prosperity, Loss & Redemption Told Through Hip-HopGrammys
Ogden Payne
April 7, 2020 - Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Lizzo offer hope at event fighting COVID-19The Detroit News
Mesfin Fekadu
April 19, 2020 - Beyoncé: coronavirus is 'killing black people at an alarming rate in America'The Guardian
Global Citizen
April 19, 2020 - The Latest Indulgence in Hip-Hop Videos? Coronavirus Protection
New York Times
Jon Caramanica
April 28, 2020 - Fortnite's Travis Scott concert was historic. But he's not the only artist getting creative.ABC News
William E. Ketchum III
April 30, 2020 - Beyoncé and Tina Knowles Lawson offer coronavirus relief in HoustonCBS News
Jonathan McDougle
May 7, 2020 - Ice Cube on Launching Shirt Fundraiser to Help "Silent Heroes" During PandemicHollywood Reporter
Katherine Schaffstall
May 7, 2020 - Erykah Badu and Jill Scott perform in the first women's Verzuz battle on Instagram LiveCNN
Amir Vera
May 9, 2020 - Rapper Killer Mike Urges Young People to Take COVID-19 Pandemic SeriouslyBlack Enterprise
Cedric 'BIG CED' Thornton
May 13, 2020 - Songs Giving Us (Much Needed) LifeCode Switch Podcast, NPR
Kumari Devarajan and Leah Donella
May 26, 2020 - Jimmy Cobb, Drummer on Miles Davis’s ‘Kind of Blue,’ Dies at 91New York Times
Giovanni Russonello
May 26, 2020 - Scooter Braun Joins $30M Investment in Avatar-based Virtual Concert Start-Up WaveMusic Business Worldwide
Tim Ingham
June 10, 2020 - The revolution is being streamed: Rappers Dababy and Lil Baby make protest music for the massesLos Angeles Times
Jewel Wicker
June 22, 2020 - ‘We Can’t Do Our Craft’: Conductors Contend With the PandemicNew York Times
Joshua Barone
June 26, 2020 - Kanye West Dips a Toe in the Moment, and 10 More New Songs: Hear tracks by Blackpink, Jorja Smith, Washed Out and others.New York Times
Jon Pareles, Jon Caramanica & Giovanni Rusonello
July 3, 2020 - How 2 Pandemics Made Way For A Reckoning In Black Media
Huffington Post
Taryn Finley
July 14, 2020
- The Heartbreaking Cost For Musicians As COVID-19 Stops The Music
Forbes
Osin Lunny
March 24, 2020 - How Rappers and Record Studios Are Coping With the PandemicLEVEL
Keith Nelson Jr.
April 9, 2020 - R&B Singer Mélat Breaks Down How COVID-19 Is Impacting Her Career
DJ Booth
Yoh Phillips
May 4, 2020 - Producer TM88’s Guide to Creating Through a Pandemic
DJ Booth
Donna-Claire Chesman
May 28, 2020 - Rapper Freddie Gibbs delivers lyrical gems in the midst of COVID-19 chaos
The Undefeated
Justin Tinsley
June 11, 2020 - 'It's Time To Go To Work': Noname's Necessary Truth on 'Song 33'
DJ Booth
Clarissa Brooks
June 19, 2020 - In Times of Rebellion and Celebration, Black Music Endures Even As Political Institutions FailDaily Kos
Marcus G. Miller & Prism
June 30, 2020 - ALL Rap Music Is PoliticalMore Fire
Andre Gee
July 6, 2020 - Industry Experts Discuss Live Performance Space Post COVID-19
DJ Booth
DJ Booth Staff
July 7, 2020 - How Dreamville, One Of Hip-Hop’s Biggest Families, Is Surviving QuarantineOkayplayer
Priscilla Ward
July 14, 2020
- ‘UFC With Creatives’: How Swizz Beatz and Timbaland Launched Live Songwriting Battles
Rolling Stone
Charles Holmes
April 6, 2020 - How Future’s 'Mask On’ COVID-19 Campaign Has Helped Hundreds of ThousandsComplex
Jessica McKinney
April 20, 2020 - How We Work Now: Warner Chappell Music President U.S. A&R Ryan Press
Billboard
Glenn Peoples
April 27, 2020 - Beyoncé's BeyGood, Tina Knowles Team Up for COVID-19 Testing InitiativeRolling Stone
Brittany Spanos
May 4, 2020 - How Baltimore club producers are soundtracking life under lockdown
FADER
Lawrence Burney
May 8, 2020 - Barbra Streisand, Quincy Jones Join UN’s Call for Code CampaignRolling Stone
Claire Shaffer
May 27, 2020 - The Record Industry Expects a Windfall. Where Will the Money Go?
Pitchfork
Marc Hogan
May 30, 2019 - Killer Mike Issues Urgent Plea For Peaceful Organizing Amid george Floyd ProtestsBillboard
Gil Kaufman
June 1, 2020 - The Music Industry fails Black People Every DayVICE
Kevin Mazur
June 3, 2020 - Remembering George Floyd's Life and Legacy in the Houston Hip-Hop ScenePitchfork
Brandon Caldwell
June 5, 2020 - How Musicians Are Fighting for Streaming Pay During the Pandemic
Pitchfork
Andy Crush
June 29, 2020 - Blackout Day 2020: A Modern Blueprint For a ‘Quiet Riot’ BoycottComplex
Keith Nelson Jr.
July 7, 2020
- #OprahTalks with Jennifer HudsonOprah Talks Covid-19
Oprah Winfrey and Jennifer Hudson
April 15, 2020 - Stevie Wonder Pays Tribute to Bill Withers With 'Lean on Me' Cover During 'One World' Concert: WatchBillboard
Anna Chan
April 18, 2020 - The Panel by Q&A: Industry Experts Weigh In On Pandemic's Impact on the Music IndustryQ&A Los Angeles + Human ReSources
May 21, 2020 - April 30, 2020 - Spillage Village, EARTHGANG, JID – End of Daze feat. Jurdan Bryant, Mereba, Hollywood JBSpillage Village
June 11, 2020 - Gateway Music Festival Orchestra Performs 'Lift Every Voice and Sing'New York Public Radio
WXQR
June 25, 2020
- Hip-Hop Artist Statements on BLM 2020A list of statements artists have made on #BlackLivesMatter in 2020, compiled by Trapital
June 8, 2020