Notes From a Pandemic: Sing along to the Beatles; stream All Together Now, StageCouch, the Play On Fest, Starcrawler, Mara Connor, Jack Johnson and more

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Mara Connor (Photo by Bea Helman)

If you’re not already singing along to the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” dive into today’s wealth of live streams, including L.A.’s fundraiser All Together Now, StageCouch, the Play On Fest, Our L.A. Voices, Block By Blockwest, Starcrawler, Mara Connor, Jack Johnson, Anthony Hamilton and more.

ONLINE FIND

Post Malone’s tribute to Nirvana on Friday was something to behold, from all accounts. Accompanied by Travis Barker and wearing a flower print dress, he played 15 songs as part of a fundraiser for the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Here it is, in full:

TODAY’S ONLINE STREAMS

■ Continuous from Friday: Club Quarantäne with Ben UFO, Jayda G, Dax J, Beautiful Swimmers, MoMa Ready, Ash Lauryn, FJAAK, Tijana T, Slikback and more on their website.
■ 4AM: Vans for Bands & DIY Magazine’s “Bust-Tival” with Frank Turner, Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols, The Orb’s Alex Paterson, New Pagans, Skinny Lister, Yonaka, Caro and more on Facebook.
■ 7AM: Craft Recordings Presents: Shoplifting vinyl series with Frank Healy (Travis), Chick Corea and Dave Alvin on YouTube.
■ 7AM: DJs for Climate Action with over 100 DJs worldwide participating on Earth Night’s website.
■ 7:15AM: Cecily on Facebook.
■ 8AM: Jehnny Beth (Savages) on Instagram.
■ 8AM: Travis Scott’s “Astronomical” fest on the Fortnight app (more info).
■ 9AM: The Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” singalong on YouTube.
■ 9AM: Jon Bon Jovi Guest DJ Takeover (rebroadcast at 9 p.m.) on Siriux XM’s “The Blend.”
■ 9AM: Jon Bryant on Facebook.
■ 9AM: Grand Park’s “Our L.A. Voices” with Balún, Samurai Guru, Linafornia, Jansport J and more on grandparkla.orgFacebook Live and Instagram Live (schedule and more info here).
■ 9AM: “House Party” with Bedouin, Claptone, Felix Da Housecat, House Keeping, Pete Tong and more on Zoom and Facebook for Ibiza Red Cross.
■ 9AM: Loop.TV Music Festival with MILCK, Magic Giant, NETTA, Flora Cash, Hanson and more on Twitch TV (more info).
■ 9AM: Martin Guitar’s Jam in Place with Matt Sucich on Facebook.
■ 9AM: NKOTB Virtual Cruise: Jordan Knight solo on Instagram.
■ 9AM: “Play On Fest” (archive livestreams for 72 hours) with Anitta, Charlie XCX, Bebe Rexha, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Janelle Monaé, Bruno Mars, Lizzo, Cardi B, Nipsey Hussle’s “Victory Lap” album release show and more on Songkick’s YouTube. Set times here.
■ 9AM (11AM on Instagram): #StageCouch (in-lieu of StageCoach) with Carrie Underwood, Kristal (Borderline), Tenille Townes, LOCASH, Honey County and more on Sirius XM.
■ 10AM: The Arkells’ Flatten the Curve Music Lessons on Instagram.
■ 10AM: La Blogotheque’s #StayAwayShow with Mikhael Paskalev on Instagram.
10AM: The Dunwells on Facebook.
■ 10AM: Ren Harvieu on Instagram.
10AM: Jazz piano master Fred Hersch via Facebook live.
■ 10AM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Clint Mansell and his album “Pi” with the musician on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
■ 10AM: Sofi Tukker (dj set and more) on Instagram.
■ 10:45AM: Kitchen Dwellers on Nugs TV.
■ 11AM: Free Dirt Records Revue: J.P. Harris, Tatiana Hargreaves, David Sickmen of Hackensaw Boys and more on Facebook.
■ 11AM: Genesis Film Festival (archive livestream) on YouTube
■ 11AM: The Grammy Museum continues its Monday, Wednesday, Saturday sharing of never-before-released archives of past Public Programs at their Clive Davis Theater. Check out Ben Platt here today.
■ 12PM: Block By Blockwest: A Minecraft Music Festival with Massive Attack, Pussy Riot, Nowhere Nothing, Hunny, Fever 333, Deal Casino, the Wrecks, Skin Mag and more on Discord (more info here and here).
■ 12PM: Cypress Hill’s Rob Markman is hosting a Q&A to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cypress Hill’s “Skull & Bones” on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Oh Wonder on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Papa Roach on Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, Twitter and VK.
■ 12PM: Pastel on SoFar Sounds’ website.
■ 12PM: Room Service Music Festival with Krewella, Chromeo, Yungblud, Adam Melchor, Chelsea Cutler, Ruth B., Ashe, Cassian, Mt. Joy, mxmtoon, Alec Benjamin, Destructo, Yungblud, Channel Tres, Pink Sweat$ and more (rsvp here).
■ 12PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Axel Flovent on their Facebook.
■ 12PM: Snow Patrol’s “Saturday Songwrite” on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Stephane Wrembel plays Django Reinhardt on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Ash and their album “Nu-Clear Sounds” with the band on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
■ 12PM: Tony Bennett’s “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” singalong in gratitude to health workers worldwide. Join him here and hashtag #SingOutSF.                                                                       
■ 12:30PM: Michael McDermott on StageIt.
■ 1PM: The Band Together Benefit with PJ Morton, Ivan Neville, Kermit Ruffans, Tank and the Bangas, Jon Cleary and more on their website for the New Orleans music community.
■ 1PM: Pickathon’s “A Concert a Day” with Willie Watson on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with The GO! Team and their album “Thunder, Lightning, Strike” with the band on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
■ 1PM: Tori Kelly on Instagram.
■ 1:30PM: Mihali (unplugged Nirvana covers) on Nugs TV.
■ 2PM: Bad Bad Hats on YouTube.
■ 2PM: Beats by Dre and Serato’s “Clubhouse Global” (every Saturday) with Anthony Valadez, A-Track, Jasmine Solano, Madame Gandhi, Vashit and DJ Moma (rsvp here).
■ 2PM: Every Wednesday & Saturday, Guitar Mash brings us the “Homemade Music: Virtual Campfires” playalong/singalong on Instagram. Today is Binky Griptite with Otis Redding’s “Sitting On the Dock of the Bay,” Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” and Mark’s How-To. Pick up your songsheets on their website.
■ 2PM: Juanes with La Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá on YouTube.
■ 2PM: Pauline Oliveros’ “World-Wide Tuning Meditation” with IONE and Claire Chase (rsvp here).
■ 2PM: “All Together Now” benefit with Smokey Robinson, Carole King, Vonda Shepard, Mary Wilson (the Supremes), Lisa Loeb, Rick Springfield, Micky Dolenz (the Monkees) and more on their website.
■ 2PM: Fat Possum Showcase with Cassowary, the Country Westerns, the Districts, Empath, Ellis, Courtney Marie Andrews, Why Bonnie and Lightning Bug on Baby TV.
■ 2PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with The Avalanches and their album “Since I Left You” with the band on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty).
2:20PM: Brendan Benson of the Raconteurs’ “Boy in a Bubble” daily series on Instagram.
■ 2:30PM: Alan Jackson on AXS TV.
■ 2:45PM: Lawrence on Nugs TV.
3PM: Christine & the Queens on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Low Cut Connie on Facebook.
3PM: Melissa Etheridge on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn & family on Mixlr/Fangradio (and archived here).
■ 3PM: Honey Harper on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Maluma on YouTube.
■ 3:30PM: Amanda Shires’ “I So Lounging” with Jason Isbell on YouTube.
■ 3:30PM: Crown Royal’s virtual #GenerosityHour Happy Hour with b benefitting the USBG Bartender Emergency Assistance Fund on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Americana Highways: Charlie Roth, James Lee Baker, Paul Burch, Stoll Vaughan on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Nicole Atkins presents “Alone, We’re All Together” with Hamilton Leithauser, Sweet Spirit and Lightheaded on YouTube.
■ 4PM: Ben Folds’ “Apartment Requests” on his Patreon.
■ 4PM: Dispatch on Nugs TV.
■ 4PM: Ripe on Nugs TV.
■ 4PM: Travis Scott’s “Astronomical” fest on the Fortnight app (more info).
■ 4PM:  Madame Gandhi on Clubhouse-Global.com.
■ 4PM: Middlelands Virtual Rave-A-Thon (Insomniac Events) with Chromeo, TOKiMONSTA, KREWELLA, JSTJR, Yolanda Be Cool and more on Twitch and YouTube.
■ 4PM: OC Parks Sound Check with Matt Costa on Facebook and Instagram.
■ 4PM: Ripe on Nugs TV.
■ 4PM: “Virtual Buzz Beach Ball” with Third Eye Blind, Grouplove, Meg Myers, the Airborne Toxic Event, the Unlikely Candidates, Matt Maeson and Marian Hill on 96.5 The Buzz’s website.
■ 4PM: World Cafe & Royal Mountain “World Tour” with Rat Boys and the Beths on Instagram.
■ 4:30PM: Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Jimmy Buffett’s “Cabin Fever Spring 2020 Tour” on Margaritaville TV.
■ 5PM: Buzzbands.LA’s Quarantunes LIVE with Starcrawler on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Dead & Company on Nugs TV.
■ 5PM: The Disco Biscuits on Nugs TV.
■ 5PM: IPSY Live with Doja Cat, Sasha Keable and DJ Hannah Bronfman on Instagram.
■ 5PM: KŌKUA Festival: Live from Home with Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, G. Love, Ziggy Marley and Lukas Nelson on Nextshow.
■ 5PM: NKOTB Virtual Cruise: Joey McIntyre on YouTube and Facebook.
■ 5PM: 100 gecs’ “Square Garden” Minecraft festival with Charli XCX, Dorian Electra, Kero Kero Bonito, Cashmere Cat, Benny Blanco, Tommy Cash and more on Minecraft (directions on their website).
■ 5PM: Saturday Night Rocks with Songs of ’74, Sammy Hagar, Jason Mraz and the Wallflowers on AXS TV.
■ 5PM: SCENES Live Sessions with Hannah Anders on their Facebook.
■ 5PM: Styx Fix on YouTube.
■ 5PM: Rick Maguire (Pile) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: “Under One Roof” festival with Anthony Hamilton, 9th Wonder, Ben Folds, The Hamiltones NC, Petey Pablo, Tift Merritt, Jim Lauderdale, Steep Canyon Rangers, Chatham County Line, Joe Troop of Che Apalache, Harvey Cummings II and more on Facebook and Twitch TV.
■ 5:15PM: Cory Wong on Nugs TV.
■ 5:30PM: “Staying in with Wayne (Everett)” on YouTube.
■ 6PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with AQ, YFEE, Brother El and more on their website.
■ 6PM: Drew Holcomb’s “Kitchen Covers” on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 6PM: The Ike Reilly Family Quarantine Hour on Facebook.
■ 6PM: NKOTB Virtual Cruise: “Glitter Night Party” on YouTube and Facebook.
■ 6:15PM: Marcus King on Nugs TV.
■ 7PM: Dr. Martens & Culture Collide virtual showcase with Madame Gandhi on Dr. Marten’s Instagram.
■ 7PM: iHeartComix Live’s Dance Party with Franki Chan on Instagram and Twitch TV.
■ 7PM: Mara Connor “No Fun” EP Release Show (Quarantine Edition) with Mara Connor, Sam Outlaw, Desure, Cale Tyson, Leeann Skoda, Ryan Pollie and Will Fox on Zebulon’s Instagram.
■ 7PM: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong on Nugs TV.
■ 7PM: Porches on Instagram.
■ 7PM: SCENES Live Sessions with George Shingleton on their Facebook.
■ 7PM: Stanton Moore & Friends on Nugs TV.
7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
7:30PM: Bibi Bourelly’s Saturday night Society Sessions with SZA, Little Simz and Vanjess on YouTube.
7:40PM: Old Dominion on AXS TV.
8PM: Diplo’s “Coronanight Fever” on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram.
■ 8:59PM: Doom Flamingo on Nugs TV.
■ 11PM: SuperM on VLive.

SUPPORT MUSICIANS & CREW

MusiCares has set up a COVID-19 Relief Fund for musicians in need. Donate here.

Sweet Relief is accepting donations at its COVID-19 Relief Fund as well. Donate here.

Musicians Foundation also has a COVID-19 fund. Donate here.

Live Nation has established Crew Nation to raise funds to support tour managers, production managers, riggers, sound engineers, backline techs, lighting directors/designers, special effects teams, carpenters and more who work behind the scenes of live events. Donate.

SUPPORT THE SCENE

With venues and bars shuttered, fundraising campaigns are underway for staff — house sound engineers, bartenders, security, door people, etc. Here’s how to help:

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at the Troubadour. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Teragram Ballroom and the Moroccan Lounge. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Satellite. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Hi Hat. Donate.

The Hotel Café is soliciting donations via it tickets page, with 100% of the proceeds going to employees who are jobless because the venue is shuttered. Donate.

The Bootleg Theater, which is operated by the nonprofit Rampart Theater Project, sent out a message to patrons thanking them for past support and noting that tax-deductible donations may still be made. Donate here. There is also a GoFundMe campaign. Donate here.

Zebulon Café has set up a GoFundMe page for its employees. Donate.

The Lodge Room (and adjacent Checker Hall) has a GoFundMe for their employees. Donate.

Gold-Diggers has launched a GoFundMe campaign for its staff. Donate.

■ Downtown’s Resident has a GoFundMe campaign ongoing for its staff. Donate.

■ The recently reopened Airliner has set up a GoFundMe page for its people. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for staff at La Cita. Donate.

The 1933 Group, owner of 11 establishments including Highland Park Bowl, both Bigfoot Lodges, the Sassafras Saloon and the Thirsty Crow, is taking a novel approach to fundraising: They’re selling “bonds.” Essentially gift certificates, the bonds are worth $100 in future purchases, and they’re being sold at a discount for $80. More information here.

DoLA— the popular website and email newsletter that’s a virtual city guide to all things music, arts and culture — is soliciting donations for its staff. Like many outlets who depend on marketing dollars (including this site), DoLA’s revenue has plummeted to zero because of the lockdown. Their plea is simple: help us stay in business.

Amoeba Music has started a GoFundMe to help their three stores (their flagship Berkeley, San Francisco, and relocating Hollywood locations) which have been shuttered since mid-March. More info and donations accepted here.