The Jazz Foundation of America will host a livestream for COVID-19 relief, featuring Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello and others.
Proceeds from #TheNewGig will support the JFA’s COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund, established in March to help musicians and families affected by the pandemic by covering basic living expenses.
“An entire community of artists who live gig to gig has gone from standstill to freefall, financially speaking, but their music has continued to give us solace and comfort in quarantine,” JFA executive director Joe Petrucelli said in a statement. “Support for #TheNewGig and the COVID-19 Musicians’ Emergency Fund offers them direct assistance and creates a sense of solidarity and hope in a time of despair and uncertainty.
Music site Relix will be hosting the two-hour event from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, with a repeat videocast immediately following at 10:00 p.m. The performances will then stay online for 24 hours, via Relix and its YouTube platform.
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