The absence of live music is an inconvenience for most of us in a year that time forgot, but a disaster for musicians. Six months after the lockdown was first imposed, there is no prospect at present of a return to live music on any significant scale. You might as well being doing something useful.”Ms Kavanagh has done two temporary stints in the customer service department in Tesco. Eventually the arts will recover in the sense that people desperately want to go back to live music. Many musicians, who like Kavanagh depend on the live circuit, are contemplating a longer lay off than most imagined.

Source: The Irish Times September 06, 2020 17:15 UTC