News: Desert Stars Fest goes online; Billie Eilish to kick off new Grammy Museum series; plus, notable upcoming streams

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■ The 12th edition of the Desert Stars Festival, which had been set for late March in Joshua Tree, is going online. The two-day affair, scheduled for Sept. 25 and 26, will feature Mercury Rev, Ringo Deathstarr, Pete International Airport, Ryley Walker, Alex Maas of the Black Angels, Spindrift, Wayne Everett, the Black Tapes, Velvet Starlings and more. It will stream free on Desert Stars’ YouTube page.

■ Billie Eilish and Finneas will kick off the Grammy Museum’s new subscription-only streaming service COLLECTION:live, which will feature a series of newly produced artist interviews and performances, as well as ephemera from the museum’s archives. The launch is Thursday, Sept. 17, and in addition to the multiple-Grammy-winning duo, the Avett Brothers, Black Pumas, Glass Animals, Selena Gomez, Run The Jewels and Tones And I are part of the programming.

Below, we’ve compiled some selected some recommended upcoming streaming events, most of which are ticketed:

MORE LIVE-STREAMING PICKS

09/10/20 L.A. Witch, Live From Gold-Diggers, 7 p.m.
09/10/20 Kevin Morby performs “Harlem River,” 6 p.m. [Also 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8 and 10/15 featuring different albums from his catalog.]
09/12/20 Big Black Delta, Live From the Living Room, 7 p.m.
09/13/20 Wallows, Live From the Roxy, 11 a.m.
09/13/20 Dan Croll, Live from Spacebomb Studios.
09/15/20 The Killers on Pandora Live, 6 p.m.
09/15/20 “¡El Grito!” Telethon, with Los Tucanes de Tijuana, La Santa Cecilia, Ozomatli and more, 7 p.m.
09/16/20 Devendra Banhart, Live from the Bob Maker Marionette Theater, 6 p.m. [Also 09/23 and 09/30 from different locales.]
09/19/20 Perfume Genius, Live From L.A.’s Palace Theater, noon.
09/19-20/20 Fair Fight Festival, with Jim James, Julia Jacklin, Hiss Golden Messenger, Fruit Bats, Ben Lee, SASAMI, Jenny O., Johanna Samuels and many more.
09/25-26/20 Desert Stars Virtual Festival, with Mercury Rev, Ringo Deathstarr, Wayne Everett, Velvet Starlings and more.
09/26/20 Farm Aid, with Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Black Pumas, Margo Price, Chris Stapleton, Nathaniel Rateliff, Brandi Carlile, Bonnie Raitt and Boz Scaggs, Jon Batiste, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Jack Johnson, Ethe Record Company, Valerie June, and The War And Treaty and more.
10/03/20 William Tyler, Live From Gold-Diggers, 6 p.m.
10/08/20 Irontom “Cult Following: album release, 5 p.m.
10/09/20 Future Islands: A Stream of You and Me, 7 p.m.
10/09/20 Dent May, Live From Gold-Diggers, 6 p.m.
10/09-10-11/20 Hanson, Live From Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, 5 p.m.