Notes From a Pandemic: Watch Ringo Starr’s 80th birthday bash; stream Ken Andrews, RAC, Alec Benjamin and more

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Ringo Starr

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

■ It’s Ringo Starr’s 80th birthday (he’s already received messages from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover and the International Space Station), and his online bash features performances by the honoree himself, along with Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper and Dave Grohl, Gary Clark Jr., Sheila E., Sheryl Crow and more. The show benefits Black Lives Matter, the David Lynch Foundation, MusiCares and WaterAid, through Starr’s Lotus Foundation. It starts at 5 p.m.

ONLINE FIND

Lucinda Williams chatted about her new album “Good Souls, Better Angels” and performed a couple of songs as part the Grammy Museum’s streaming series.



TODAY’S STREAMS

■ All day: Nick Cave’s BAD SEED TEEVEE continues on YouTube.
■ 10AM: Arkells on Instagram.
■ 10AM: The Dunwells on Facebook.
■ 10AM: Krystal Dos Santos on Instagram.
■ 10AM: Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park) on Twitch and YouTube.
■ 10AM: Rough Trade Transmissions with Fontaines D.C. on Instagram.
■ 10AM: Sofi Tukker (dj set and more) on Instagram.
■ 11AM: Boney Junes on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Alec Benjamin on Cover Nation’s YouTube.
■ 12PM: Martin Guitar’s Jam in Place with Mo Pitney on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Rock & Rock Playhouse on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Shamiqua on SoFar Sounds.
■ 12PM: Sugaray Rayford on Facebook.
■ 11AM: Bandsintown Discovery on Twitch.

■ 1PM: Herman Li (Dragonforce) on Twitch.
■ 1PM: Pickathon’s “A Concert a Day” with John Craigie on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tauk on Facebook.
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess Listening Party with bdrmm and his album “Bedroom” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 2PM: Car Seat Headrest on Twitch.
■ 2PM: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead benefit show on Nugs TV.
■ 2PM: Ron Gallo on NPR Live Session.
■ 2PM: Tim Burgess Listening Party with Gary Wilson and his album “Think You Really Know Me” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 3PM: Andrew Yee on National Sawdust.
■ 3PM: Ely Guerra and Beto Cuevas on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Gabriel Garzon Montano on YouTube.
■ 3PM: Porridge Radio on KEXP’s YouTube.
■ 3PM: Steve Vai on Facebook.

■ 3PM: Sully Erna (Godsmack) on YouTube.
■ 3PM: Tim Burgess Listening Party with Bajofondo and his album “Mar Dulce” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 4PM: Josh Ritter’s “The Silo Sessions” on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Lainey Wilson on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Mia Borders on Facebook.
■ 4PM: SummerStage Anywhere with Femi Kuti and DJ Rich Medina on YouTube and Facebook.
■ 4PM: Tuk Smith on Instagram.
■ 4:30PM: Paul Potts on Facebook.
■ 5PM: Craig Wedren Sabbath Sessions sound bath with vocals on Facebook.
■ 5PM: Fat Joe on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Michael Ray on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter.
■ 5PM: Raven Artson on Baby TV.
■ 5PM: Ringo Starr celebrating his 80th birthday with Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, Ben Harper, Sheryl Crow, Gary Clark Jr., Sheila E. and more on YouTube.
■ 5PM: Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: St. Vitus Bar’s “Age of Quarantine” with Ken Andrews (Failure, Year of the Rabbit, On) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Yacht Rock Revue on Facebook.
■ 5:30PM: Mimir Chamber Music Festival on Mimir Festival.
■ 5:30PM: Phish’s May 1, 1989 show at Universal Joint in the basement of Northampton, MA’s Pearl Street (benefit) on Nugs TV and their website.
■ 6PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Lucie Vitková, Christine Burke, Laura Steenberge and more on their website.
■ 6PM: Drew Holcomb’s “Kitchen Covers” on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 6PM: RAC on Twitch.
■ 6PM: The Roots’ DJ Questlove Presents (Live) on YouTube.
■ 6PM: Trixie Mattel on Twitch.
■ 7PM: Diplo’s “Ronatronix” on  YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram.
■ 7PM: Krystal Dos Santos’ “Underneath the Harlem Moon Cabaret” (every Tuesday) live from Guilt & Co. with Dawn Pemberton and Steff on Instagram.
■ 7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
■ 8PM: Kulak’s Woodshed archive livestream on Facebook.