The music that got these Bostonians through 2020
By James Sullivan Globe correspondent,Updated December 28, 2020, 3:53 p.m.
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If music is what feelings sound like, then hereâs hoping you had more than your share of music in your life this year. Because we were all up in our feelings.
Whether it was that one certain song, a beloved old album as comforting as mashed potatoes, or a playlist that matched your frustration or lifted you out of it, you probably had a few musical go-tos specific to 2020. One guy I know immersed himself in the transcendental kind of jazz. As questions go, âwhy?â got a good workout this year, and the spiritual descendants of John Coltrane would like some answers.
A week that foretold the promise of the COVID-19 vaccine coming to the Quad-Cities early this week included some darker realities.
Through Friday there have been 69 deaths from COVID-19 in the first 11 days of the month in the Quad-Cities.Â
That s 69 of the 311 total through Friday, or 22% of all the deaths that have happened in December.Â
Also Scott County though Friday had 116 deaths, 25 in December.
Friday, Dec. 4
Quad-Cities health officials reported eight more COVID-19-related deaths Friday, putting the death toll at 262 for the Quad-Cities since the start of the pandemic. Rock Island County has had 29 deaths in a six-day span, including the six reported Friday, for a total of 170. Scott County added two deaths Friday for a total of 92.