Plymouth performers, restaurants want changes to singing rule
Karle Heine has one word for bands playing music without singing: “Boring.” The owner of New World Tavern in Plymouth thinks the state regulation preventing performers from crooning while playing their instruments is not helping his business during the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The customers don’t care for it,” he says. “They want to experience the whole act. The musicians are doing the best they can, but it doesn’t have the same pizzazz. It’s hurting us not letting them sing. People want to see the whole show.” Others in the food trade – as well ...