9 songs that show how people of the past coped with pandemics
Throughout history, people have turned to music during disease outbreaks as a way to seek spiritual guidance, express pain or…
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Veteran who recovered from COVID-19 lifts spirits through song
When Korean War veteran Ed Sheehan recovered from COVID-19 and came out of quarantine, he wanted to lift the spirits of fellow residents from Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, the site of one of the deadliest outbreaks of the virus in the…
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Jimmy Cobb, ‘Kind of Blue’ drummer for Miles Davis, dies
Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 "Kind of Blue" groundbreaking jazz album which…
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A music maker sings the coronavirus blues
Musician Pat "Mother Blues" Cohen has long met adversity with music. She lost her New Orleans home to Hurricane Katrina…
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Levon Helm’s spirit remains in barn that bears his name
The rock group "The Band" left an indelible mark on 20th century music, and its drummer, Levon Helm remained a…
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Trombone Shorty on what happens when New Orleans’ musical heartbeat falls silent
Jazz Fest, one of the nation's liveliest annual music celebrations, should have been full-throttle this week in New Orleans. Instead,…
New Orleans musicians find way to soothe the city with music
The coronavirus and the social-distancing measures designed to fight it have nearly silenced the New Orleans music scene. But some…
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Louisville musicians make a song for the city amid crisis
Soon after Louisville, Kentucky shut down in response to the global pandemic, Teddy Abrams, the conductor of the Louisville orchestra,…
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Courtney Barnett: Sending out ‘Empathy Signals’
The acclaimed Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett recently completed her first U.S. solo tour. NewsHour Weekend's Tom Casciato caught up with…
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‘A smile so bright’ as this Broadway cast gathers for digital performance
In the midst of overwhelming sadness and suffering, we wanted to end the week on a high note. It's brought…
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