It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year we’d rather forget an endless feedback loop of disappointment and disaster. It’s further obvious that few have had a more difficult path navigating this mess than the countless number of musicians whose financial and creative livelihoods have been put on an indefinite halt, given their increasing reliance on entertaining large (and preferably jam-packed) gatherings of people.
Yet that isn’t to say these folks have merely gone dormant over the last nine months. Whether adapting to the burgeoning live stream model, shifting their financial focus to physical merchandise, or hunkering down to write and release new music all together, artists across all borders have found new ways to not only get art out into the world for their own sake, but to also provide the rest of us with plenty to cling on to as we sift through our own personal hurdles.