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There were so many losses to the COVID-19 pandemic this year â and live music may not the most important, but it certainly was one of the most deeply felt.
What was expected to be one of the biggest and busiest years ever was canceled, with the industry taking a $30 billion hit, according to the trade magazine Pollstar. Consider that this year s highest grosser, Elton John s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, took in $87.1 million before things shut down in mid-March. By contrast, P!nk raked in $215.2 million the year before.
Live music did not disappear, however it just moved from physical venues to platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitch and Zoom and services such as Nugs.TV, Mandolin, Topeka Live, StageIt and others. Artist played from their homes and home studios, and as the weeks wore on became more creative in their presentations. It wasn t a perfect substitute, but the best helped fill a painful void.
Iâm a Spotify subscriber, have been for quite a few years now. A person can listen for free, which I did until they made the ads so screechingly irritating I finally paid the monthly fee to stop the torture. Itâs the best money I spend each month, because music helps maintain what sanity and balance I have.
For most of this month, Iâve been listening to my Spotify Christmas playlist. As I type this column, I am enjoying the peaceful âNunc Dimittisâ by Schola Cantorum Fanciscana. I know nothing about this choral group or how I found this selection, but the music soothes.
With only a few days until Christmas, the University of New Hampshire Police Department decided to celebrate the holiday season in the best possible way.
So sit back and enjoy the flashing lights of the police cars all choreographed to some epic music.
The police department uploaded the video to their Facebook page on Wednesday, and it gets a big festive thumbs up.
You can see the sweet set up as the flashing blues, reds and whites light up the dark and even illuminate a massive UNH Wildcat sign up above.
It s a spectacular light show and creative way to say happy holidays.
Scrounging up gift money when you might be out of work.
And then, of course, thereâs still that pesky COVID-19 pandemic.
We donât really need reminders as to why weâre under stress. And while minutiae of the holiday season is traditionally taxing given all we feel we need to squeeze in, 2020 has proven to be particularly challenging.
Fortunately there is music. Though it might not be a cure-all to solve all woes, the uplifting tunes and the comforting tones that help define the holidays provide at least a temporary respite from the troubles of the day.
In the spirit of the season, Iâm offering this list of personal holiday favorites. This is not intended as a definitive âbest ofâ list, the songs are not listed in any particular order of importance and the overwhelming majority are tied to Christmas (itâs hard to fight the onslaught from radio and the recording industry). Itâs just a list of songs I like, and I hope you do, as well.