This Weekend’s Music Live-Streams: Brad Paisley & Vince Gill, Jewel, Diplo, Lucius, More

Two country stars have paid heartfelt tribute to an icon.  In lieu of the 2020 Academy of Country Music Awards, which have been postponed, performers gathered together virtually on Sunday in the name of country music for ACM Presents: Our Country.

On Sunday night (April 5), country's biggest names gathered -- virtually, of course -- to celebrate the power of music with ACM Presents: Our Country. The two-hour-long event replaced the annual ACM Awards, which were originally scheduled for Sunday night in Las Vegas, though, due to the coronavirus, have been postponed to September.

By Chris Willman

Orville Peck will take to three different social media platforms tonight to chat with fans, perform music — including a new song that drops tomorrow — and call some special friends. It goes down at 9 p.m. ET/6 PT on Twitch, Instagram and YouTube.

Brad Paisley banded together with some of his music buddies to show appreciation on National Doctors’ Day, March 30, as countless health-care professionals work tirelessly to care for those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. For his part, with the collaboration of Music Row and the creative community in Nashville, the country crooner kicked off Gratitunes on Monday, a consumer-generated music platform designed to celebrate those of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

In an effort to show appreciation for those behind the lines of the nation’s health crisis with the coronavirus, Music Row and Nashville’s creative community have come together in support of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) staff with the launch of Gratitunes on Monday (March 30).Since March 30 serves as National Doctors’ Day, the Nashville community is taking time to thank its doctors.

Joe Diffie's death after contracting the novel coronavirus has left the country music community in mourning.The veteran country artist, who passed away from COVID-19 at the age of 61, was a friend of many fellow musicians, including Brad Paisley, Rascal Flatts and Trace Adkins, all of whom left messages on social media upon hearing the somber news."I'm devastated by the loss of my friend," Paisley wrote.

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.

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.

Christine and the Queens represent the country of France in leading a listing of Monday’s live-streamed music performances, while a pair of country music queens, Brandy Clark and Ashley McBryde, get their own turns at serenading fans in this new world of web-only concerts.

Vince Gill, Brad Paisley, and Marty Stuart paid tribute to the late Kenny Rogers at the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night.

Newly announced music performance live-streams added for Sunday include Evanescence, Miguel, Bastille, Alex Aiono … and, believe it or not, a piano performance by news anchor Katie Couric.

Well, it's Friday evening, 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.

Braid Paisley and wife Kimberly Williams-Paisley are best known for their chart-topping country songs and , respectively. Now, the celebrity duo is making headlines for a different reason: helping people in need.

Braid Paisley gave country fans in quarantine a real gift.

Braid Paisley gave country fans in quarantine a real gift.