Ariana Savalas, Sunny Holiday and Aubrey Logan of Postmodern Jukebox perform during a livestream concert on March 20, 2021. Screenshot courtesy Sessions. Unlike many bands dipping their toes into the livestream arena, Postmodern Jukebox is used to playing at home for a camera. Having made its name on YouTube,…

Taj Mahal performs at The UC Theatre in Berkeley during a livestream concert on March 13, 2021. Courtesy: Mandolin. Not every band can pull off a livestream. Often raw musical emotion simply doesn’t translate to the computer screen. The improved sound quality can reveal any number of botched notes,…

Madison Beer performs during the East Coast feed of her “Life Support in Concert” livestream on March 6, 2021. Courtesy: Headliner. While Madison Beer‘s coronation in front of fans will have to wait a little longer as in-person concerts crawl back to a semblance of normalcy, the budding pop…

Jackie Greene performs during a livestream concert at the Downtown Theatre in Fairfield, Calif. on Feb. 27, 2021. Nathan McKinley/STAFF. There’s no getting around the fact that livestream concerts are a pallid substitute for live shows. However Jackie Greene and his band made an effort to make up for…

Bob Weir performs at TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, in celebration of the Chinese New Year, on Feb. 12, 2021. Bob Weir, the legendary cofounder of the Grateful Dead, and his band Wolf Bros exceeded all expectations on their first livestream concert for Chinese New Year. Sure, there…

Fantastic Negrito performs during a livestream concert at the Downtown Theatre in Fairfield, California, on Jan. 23, 2021. Photos courtesy: Nathan McKinley. Fantastic Negrito is a lot of things: Musician, self-described recovering narcissist, two-time Grammy winner who’s likely to make it three in March. But more than all those…

Morgan Wallen performs during a livestream at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Jan. 12, 2021. Courtesy: John Shearer/Getty Images for Ryman Auditorium. Country star Morgan Wallen‘s performance at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tuesday evening wasn’t simply another livestream. The concert was attended by several hundred cheering fans—fan club members,…

Misterwives perform during their “SUPERBLOOM: The Live Dream” livestream on Dec. 12, 2020. Courtesy of the band. MisterWives’ streamed performance on Saturday was an embodiment of what girl power in the music industry is all about: luminescent vocals and a rebel grandeur neatly wrapped up in the pizzazz of…

Liam Gallagher performs during his livestream concert “Down by the River Thames” in London on Dec. 5, 2020. By Mason Meyers LONDON — Liam Gallagher’s Saturday Down by the River Thames livestream show began overlooking a large cargo boat lit like the Manchester icon’s favorite stadium, the Etihad; which…

Blossoms perform at The O2 in London on Dec. 3, 2020. Courtesy: MelodyVR. LONDON – Blossoms’ show at The O2 Academy on Thursday was a far cry from their live gigs at the same venue just two years prior, which thrived on the blood, sweat and tears exchanged between the…