Don’t stop the music

David Lowe

This story first appeared in Byron Venue in April 2020

Musicians are the backbone of our most memorable cultural and life events, so it’s particularly unfair that they’ve borne the brunt of the COVID-19 shutdown. Along with other freelance cultural workers, there are no rescue packages for most musos, even though they’ve always been first in line to help others after disasters.
The irony is that music has become a completely essential service for lots of us trying to hold on to our sanity at this time…READ MORE