How to Help Struggling Music-Industry Workers
TENS OF THOUSANDS of musicians and touring professionals face another year without the backbone of their livelihoods: live shows. To help these workers, who are more likely to fall through the cracks of traditional forms of aid, we published on Rolling Stone’s website a guide to 20-plus charities seeking donations. These charities, like the Louis Armstrong Foundation, which launched a $1 million relief fund for freelance jazz musicians last year, provide direct emergency aid or crucial advocacy resources to musicians. Jazz legend and foundation president Wynton Marsalis said, “The jazz community is devastated. We are doing what we know ‘Pops’ would do.”