In some ways, COVID shrank the distance between musicians and listeners. But then, it also threw nearly everything about the ...

Looking back five years later ... pandemic was not going to subside before a deeper disruption was inflicted. Album cycles, which are often carefully planned around tours, were delayed.

Album cycles ... less and less of that money is making its way back to the vast majority of musicians. The 2024 Wellness in Music survey conducted by MusiCares found that 69% of respondents cannot ...