The global coronavirus pandemic, when it arrived in our lives five years ago this week, affected the world of music in basically the same way it did everything else. Musicians froze their lives and ...

Next to the unifying moments that music enabled, the pandemic also showed two basic things to be true: First, it made clear just how easy our access to music is now — it is truly a nearly infinite ...

The coronavirus pandemic reordered almost everything about the music industry, from touring to streaming, interrupting careers and stealing lives. (Illustration by Jackie Lay. Photos by Frazer ...