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Music is Healing
Karen Waldrup
By Jesse Davis
“Now is the worst time to have greed,” says country singer/songwriter and bona fide internet sensation Karen Waldrup, whose upcoming concert at Lafayette’s Music Room was canceled due to concern over the coronavirus. The singer was quick to adapt, though, and pivoted to a series of live-streamed performances, which she dubbed the Cabin Fever Worldwide Video Series, to replace her tour. “I certainly believe that it’s a duty, especially of musicians, to take it seriously and stay in and protect the people who are vulnerable,” Waldrup says. The Louisiana-born songwriter made a commitment to herself to keep playing — even if she’s separated from the audience by miles and phone and computer screens. Waldrup says she will play the same night and time as the originally scheduled show, and she teases playing blues harmonica or covering an Albert King song to lean into the Memphis connection. “I also think about the responsibility of musicians to just play music,” Waldrup continues. “Music is healing. It’s such a challenging time for everybody, and especially for us because our livelihoods depend on music.” Waldrup’s series will be available via her Facebook supporter page, which is accessible with a $4.99 fee. That way, she can play for her fans — and bring in some revenue to pay her band — without endangering anyone. The Nashville Music Industry Award-winning artist has this advice for other musicians and artists struggling to cope with the current state of affairs: “Don’t be afraid to prop your phone up, tune your guitar up, and play your music.” KAREN WALDRUP’S LIVE-STREAMED PERFORMANCE CAN BE VIEWED FROM HER FACEBOOK SUPPORTER PAGE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH, AT 8 P.M., $4.99.
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March 19-25, 2020
VARIOUS DAYS & TIMES March 19th-25th
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Amid the spread of COVID-19, most events and gatherings have unfortunately been canceled or postponed. Luckily, we have you covered with this list of activities that can be done and entertainment that can be utilized mostly at home during social distancing for the next few weeks so that our readers can avoid developing cases of FOMO. Novel Same-Day Delivery Novel, Mondays through Fridays until 5 p.m., $7 Wanting to stock up on some good reads while hunkering down in your home? Novel offers same-day deliveries of books to residents from Midtown to Germantown who order before 5 p.m.
BalletNova Center for Dance online classes Available at balletnova.org, Wednesday, March 18th, through Friday, March 20th, multiple classes between 10 a.m. and 5:45 p.m., free Virginia-based dance company BalletNova is now offering online ballet classes for all ages, as well as tap, jazz, yoga, and meditation instruction, taught by their staff and faculty and hosted by artistic director Matthew Powell.
Nightly Met Opera Streams Available at metopera.org, Wednesday, March 18th, through Sunday, March 22nd, 7:30 p.m., each stream is available for viewing for 20 hours, free The Metropolitan Opera in New York City hosts free daily streams of encore Live in HD performances from the last 14 years. This Wednesday through Sunday, online viewers will have the opportunity to view (in consecutive order) Verdi’s “Il Trovatore,” Verdi’s “La Traviata,” Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment,” Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor,” and Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”
Marc Rebillet Quarantine Livestream Tour Available on Marc Rebillet’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Twitch; Thursday, March 19th (8 p.m.); Saturday, March 21st (7 a.m.); and Monday, March 23rd (6 p.m.); free Electronic musician and YouTuber Marc Rebillet, known for improvising electronic songs with comical lyrics, says “F*ck coronavirus, let’s do this!” and makes up for live concert cancellations with his Quarantine Livestream Tour.
