The best music documentaries and concert films

By Dino-Ray Ramos

Radiohead are helping fans get through self-isolation by adding archival concert footage to their YouTube page. The shows come from the extensive Radiohead Public Library. First up is Live From a Tent in Dublin, which captures a performance from October 7, 2000. The setlist that night featured a number of tracks from Kid A, which had been released less than a week prior to the show. The concert goes live on YouTube at 5 p.m. Eastern on April 9. Tune in below.

Thalía fans have spoken and voted for her as the Latin artist who should live-stream a concert next.The Mexican star had almost 70% of the vote, while Colombian urban singer J Balvin earned second place with nearly 19%.

Virtual concerts have become the new norm, due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Many musicians are using technology to stay connected with their fans, now more than ever.

There’s no greater sign of a life well lived than a eulogy that takes a thousand forms. Adam Schlesinger, a founding member of New Jersey pop band Fountains of Wayne and one half of the band’s songwriting force, died yesterday at the age of 52 of complications from COVID-19, and no two people on the internet (where else can you mourn right now?) have remembered him in the same way.

Karol G and Anuel aren’t letting the coronavirus get in the way of their art.

Taiwan has launched a grant scheme to boost the island’s status as a global hub for virtual reality production. It is offering finance to projects co-produced by companies established in Taiwan and internationally, but excluding those from mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

Morat bandmember Juan Pablo Villamil says he has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) after traveling to Spain and Mexico.

As people around the globe continue to isolate indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic, online concerts continue to gain momentum with artists live-streaming from their very own homes.That was the case on Saturday (March 28) when Christian Nodal, Gerardo Ortiz and Los Plebes del Rancho de Ariel Camacho joined forces for an epic live concert on YouTube.Jaime González, music producer and Nodal's father, hosted the concert in his house in Mexico, which included a full-on production with two hosts who

Esteman has blessed hopeless romantics around the world with “Hasta Que Tu Me Quieras,” whose music video premieres on Billboard below.

NASHVILLE — When the COVID-19 coronavirus forced the shutdown of the concert industry, independent Nashville artist Stevie Woodward got a double whammy.Not only did she lose the steady, six-nights-a-week bookings in the Music City club scene that kept her afloat, she also faced the stark reality that one of her roommates, a nurse at Vanderbilt Medical Center, might well bring the bug home from work.Woodward decided to make lemonade out of lemons and drove to Myrtle Beach, S.C., for an unexpected

The spread of the coronavirus has upended seemingly every aspect of our daily lives, including one way music fans have always coped in crisis: by coming together to experience the cathartic power of live music. As festivals and tours have been canceled, venues are temporarily closing their doors, and artists are practicing self-isolation, music fans may need the solace of live music more than ever before.

Morrissey, “I Am Not a Dog on a Chain” (BMG)

Mexico's first coronavirus death is a 41-year-old man who earlier this month went to a concert by Swedish rock band Ghost in Mexico City. According to reports published in multiple media outlets, including the BBC and Mexico’s El Universal, the man went to the concert at Mexico City’s Palacio de los Deportes on March 3, along with over 50,000 other fans.The man had been hospitalized since March 9 but today, Mexico's Secretary of Health announced his passing.

We're a week or so into self-isolation and streaming services have begun to feel like video games. It seems that, at a certain point, you will complete them.

Country singers are coming together to “Keep the Music Playing”.

The rebound in music consumption continued in 2019 thanks to continued growth in the streaming market, according to MusicWatch’s 2019 Annual Music Study released Wednesday (March 18).According to the findings -- based on a survey of 5,000 respondents nationwide aged 13 and older and complemented by MusicWatch’s audiocensus study of 3,000 people who provided detailed music listening behaviors -- the number of music buyers in the U.S.