Orville Peck, Fader Fort, X Ambassadors, Brett Young Lead Music Live-Streams

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Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Jessie Reyez, Finneas, the Secret Sisters, Soccer Mommy, Norah Jones, Justin Moore, Jeff Tweedy and Kim Petras are some of the artists performing this weekend.

Few musicians are as uniquely suited to a period of imposed isolation as Orville Peck. The masked cowboy, who released his acclaimed debut record Pony last year, writes booming country ballads about lovesick loners and quiet drifters who find solace in empty bars and open highways; he seems to understand a solitary life well. Peck puts it more plainly: “Isolation,” he explains, “is kinda the cowboy way.”

Zach Braff celebrated his 45th birthday in quarantine on Monday.

Actress Florence Pugh took to Instagram to dedicate a sweet birthday post to her boyfriend, Zach Braff. "Happy Birthday wishes, boogies and cheers for this special person," wrote Pugh alongside a photo of Braff.

An occasion worth celebrating! Florence Pugh honored her boyfriend, Zach Braff, with the sweetest tribute on his 45th birthday.

By Chris Willman

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Orville Peck has shared a video for his new song “Summertime.” It’s his first single since signing with Columbia. Check out the video, directed by Drew Kirsch, below.

Spotify has launched a new playlist brand titled Indigo today (March 31).

Well, it's Friday evening (March 27), and on a night we'd usually be breaking out our dancing shoes for the club or packing our bags to head to a festival, we find ourselves at home on the computer, unable to leave the house and slightly unsure of how we're going to pass the time this weekend. But the world of dance music has always maintained a spirit of optimism, so even amid

An Elvis Costello appearance “from his underground lair” in the UK and Dierks Bentley broadcasting live from the U.S. of A. lead the list of performance live-streams happening for music lovers Friday. Costello performs at 3:30 ET, and Bentley goes on at 9 ET.

Dave Matthews is definitely the elephant in the room — or maybe the 800-pound marching ant? — when it comes to Thursday’s music live-streams. Tonight is the night he performs a half-hour solo show online as the premiere of a new Verizon-sponsored series, “Pay It Forward Live,” that will be broadcast each week to promote the Local Initiatives Support Corporation’s efforts to help out small businesses in distress.

If you’re a big music fan, there’s a good chance you’ve seen more live music in the last week or two than you have in months. That’s if we put “live” in quotes, anyhow, and allow it to apply to the sudden phenomenon of pop-up web concerts that have replaced the local venue experience in the brief time since every stadium, theater and club in the country got shut down due to the pandemic.

Jennifer Hudson is the titan among the intimate live-stream concerts happening Wednesday, with a performance she’ll be broadcasting from her home as part of Global Citizen’s “Together at Home” series. It takes place at 4 p.m. ET/1 PT on her Instagram Live channel.

Orville Peck, the Canadian country-crooning luchador sensation, is giving a nod to the late, great Kenny Rogers.

Masked insurgent country singer Orville Peck had a number of special treats for his Peckheads on Monday (March 23) during an hour-plus solo acoustic livestream from his house.In addition to playing most of the songs from his acclaimed 2019 debut, Pony, during the show performed in front of a lit-up cowboys painting, he also busted out a cover of one of his favorite country duets.Just days after the passing of country icon Kenny Rogers, Peck paid tribute by playing a reverent cover of Rogers'

The pace of fresh music live-streams is slowing down just a little mid-week, but Tuesday brings promising performances in store from Chloe x Halle, Kiana Ledé, “The Voice” alumna Meghan Linsey and her duo partner Tyler Cain, and a DJ set from Diplo, among others.