music news (June 9-10): musicians and Corona struggle, lastfm playlists, Dalai Lama, birthday, RIP

Some news picks, since yesterday:


* lastfm soon brings back playlists for all (not only paying users)


* 90% of NIVA's members say they will close music venues permanently soon without federal funding, due to Corona

* £2.5 million fund to help struggling musicians during coronavirus crisis is running out, after just 5 days
   >3500 artists applied
   16,700 people already in 1st round of funding supported

* avoid orchestras and churchs in the meanwhile also


* Dalai Lama will release an album


birthdays, RIP:

* 39th birthday of sitar player Anoushka Shankar (daughter of Ravi)

* Pau Donés died at the age of 53.
  - He was songwriter, guitarist + vocalist of the
    Spanish rock group Jarabe de Palo

*1st death anniversary of Bushwick Bill (Jamaican-American rapper + record producer)


see also:

June 12 news:

* Wagner's Rheingold opera on parking deck, sold out

* Musicians hit hard by festival cancellations in southern Africa

* Musicians perform a virtual gala in COVID-19 lockdown

* singer played ticketed livestreams from an (almost) empty church