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The latest federal coronavirus relief bill includes the Save Our Stages Act which will provide $15 billion to live music and event venues, independent movie theaters, and cultural institutions. Mark DeNinno, owner of Chris’ Jazz Cafe tells NBC10’s Keith Jones that this financial aid will especially help save his live music restaurant and other similar venues.

As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, some forms of the arts are finding ways to continue — at least in some capacity — in our new socially-distanced reality. But live music, which relied on closely packing venues with fans, remains silenced. That’s why live venues are banding together to ask for help to “save our stages.”

Her name is Fateeha. She’s a 17-year-old rapper who hails from the Philippines and she’s already making heads turn. The young artist shares her road into the entertainment industry and offers advice for others looking to follow her lead.

Due to the global coronavirus pandemic, concert trade publication Pollstar puts the total lost revenue for the live events industry in 2020 at more than $30 billion.

Joy to the Polls played music for voters, they got them dancing. Here’s a taste of what some voters were treated to this election season.

Los Angeles musician Zach Brandon wants his new song to inspire people to have conversations without conflict. Brandon joined LX News to perform his new single “Live and Let Live.”

The K3 Sisters Band from Dallas, Texas, brought some feel-good music to LX News. Sisters Kelsey, Kristen, and Kaylen performed their new single “My Time,” which is featured in a Smithsonian exhibit called “Girlhood (It’s Complicated).”

The pandemic silenced most live music performances. When will concerts resume, and what will they look like? We asked artists, venue managers, and talent agents for their take on the future of live music.

Clay Priskorn, also known as the one-man-band “Friends of Clay,” shares how he started making claymation animations to accompany his music videos, and performs his newest single “Growing Up.”