The Year in the Music Industry
This has been one of the most challenging years ever for the music industry. Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with people working in digital music, live music and record stores to save the music industry and lead it into 2021.
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Andrew Jervis from Bandcamp
Jim and Greg talk with Bandcamp's Chief Curator Andrew Jervis about Bandcamp Fridays, a monthly event where the music platform gives their cut of sales to artists to help make up for lost touring revenue.
Save Our Stages
The hosts chat with members of NIVA, the National Independent Venues Association and Senators Amy Klobuchar and Charles Schumer about the Save Our Stages Act, designed to keep venues afloat until they can reopen. They also talk with Jam Productions VP Andy Cirzan.
Record Stores
Jim and Greg talk with the owners of Brittany’s Record Shop in Cleveland, Ohio and Harvest Records in Asheville, North Carolina about how they've adapted to no in-person shopping.
Featured Songs
- Vic Chesnutt, "Band Camp," Silver Lake, New West, 2003
- The Mountain Goats, "Waylon Jennings Live!," In League With Dragons, Merge, 2019
- The Beta Band, "Dry The Rain," The Three E.P.s, Regal, 1998
- Dehd, "Desire," Flowers of Devotion, Fire Talk, 2020
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