Livestream Selections to Check Out This Week (May 11-16)
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As we continue to figure out how to navigate this strange, new isolated world, more and more artists are turning to alternative methods for getting their music straight to fans. While concerts, tours and festivals are being suspended or straight-up canceled around the globe, musicians are, in turn, bringing virtual performances to their fans.
We already rounded up a few folks who are bringing all-encompassing quarantine content to your Instagram feed. Here, however, is a more comprehensive calendar for specific livestreams happening on a daily basis. Check this space throughout the week (May 11-15) for new additions, and don’t forget to tip/support the artists you love during this ongoing crisis.
Monday, May 11
Shakey Graves & Erin Rae
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste Happiest Hour on YouTube
The National
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: The National on YouTube
As they do weekly on Monday evenings, The National are bringing another “Exciting Communal Event” to fans on Monday, May 11.
Molly Burch
When: 6 p.m. ET
Where: @mollyjburch on Instagram
Austin, Texas singer Molly Burch hosts a show called “Love Line” on Monday evenings. You can text LOVELINE to 31996 to submit “your relationship/love/quar questions,” and she’ll answer a selected few live.
Grace Potter
When: 9 p.m. ET
Where: Grace Potter on YouTube
Grace Potter is continuing the new weekly series “Monday Night Twilight Hour,” a singalong with her fans on YouTube.
Tuesday, May 12
Watkins Family Hour & Hiss Golden Messenger’s MC Taylor
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste Happiest Hour on YouTube
Wednesday, May 13
David Crosby & Thad Cockrell
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste Happiest Hour on YouTube
Thursday, May 14
Don McLean & Ron Pope
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste Happiest Hour on YouTube
Ben Gibbard
When: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Death Cab for Cutie on YouTube
The Death Cab frontman streams shows live from his home weekly.
Japanese Breakfast
When: 7 p.m. ET
Where: Japanese Breakfast on Facebook
Michelle Zauner has organized “a live stream of some new songs and special covers” to raise money for her crew while they’re unable to tour. You can buy tickets here.
Josh Groban
When: 9 p.m. ET
Where: Josh Groban on YouTube
Josh Groban is screening many of his concert films on YouTube for fans. This week he’s sharing “Awake Live” and will partake in a simultaneous Q&A.
Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby
When: 9 p.m. ET
Where: Waxahatchee on Instagram
Kevin Morby and Katie Crutchfield (of Waxahatchee) host livestreams from their home weekly.
The Avett Brothers
When: 10 p.m. ET
Where: The Atlanta Braves on Facebook
Scott and Seth Avett are performing a free concert for baseball fans on Thursday night.
Friday, May 15
The Tallest Man on Earth
When: 3 p.m. ET
Where: The Tallest Man on Earth on YouTube
The Tallest Man on Earth’s Kristian Matsson jumps on YouTube on Friday afternoons to play covers by request as well as his own tunes. You can email requests to [email protected].
Josh Radnor
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste Happiest Hour on YouTube
Frankie Cosmos
When: 9 p.m. ET
Where: @frankiecombos on Instagram
Greta Kline is going live every Friday night to chat with her Frankie Cosmos bandmates and a play a set of songs. It’s different every week.
Runaway Horses with Margo Price
When: 9 p.m. ET
Where: Margo Price on YouTube
Country singer Margo Price’s weekly radio hour Runaway Horses happens on Friday nights and features hand-selected tunes.
Saturday, May 16
Courtney Barnett, Georgia Maq & more
When: 5 a.m. ET
Where: @courtneymelba on Instagram
Courtney Barnett and a host of other Australian musicians are putting on this livestream fundraiser for the Victorian First Nations Mutual Aid Fund.
Bad Bad Hats
When: 5 p.m. ET
Where: Bad Bad Hats on YouTube
The indie rock band hosts a weekly internet show called “Islands in the Livestream,” where they play both covers and originals, plus answer questions and engage in “witty banter.”
Sunday, May 17
Todd Snider
When: 12 p.m. ET
Where: The Purple Building
Todd Snider hosts weekly broadcasts from The Purple Building in Nashville on Sunday mornings.
Ongoing
The Paste Happiest Hour
When: Everyday, Monday-Friday, at 5 p.m. ET
Where: Paste on YouTube
Continuing this week, you can wind down your day with a glass of something nice and an interview with one of Paste’s favorite people.
Pickathon’s A Concert A Day
When: Daily
Where: Right here
Pickathon is partnering with The Recording Academy to bring us a concert every day for 60 days, continuing this week. All donations will benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund directly.