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Friday Roundup #19
One single, one album, one look BTS, one data deep dive | 8.20.21
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The focus of Arpeggio is to provide fresh, curated music as well as data & analysis of the music biz. Curated music is important because, in a world increasingly dominated by streaming companies, there are artists who deserve the spotlight.
In this curated series, Friday Roundup, Iām sharing one single, one album, and one behind the scenes look into a recording artist's creative process to listen to at your leisure over the weekend. The behind the scenes of an artistās creative process is storytelling with both artists and music enthusiasts in mind.
āCloudsā by Jordan Rakei
Mother by Cleo Sol
BTS with Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin
Are concerts safe for vaccinated people, or not? The data is tough for the average person zooming through Ticketmaster.com to interpret: "Breakthrough" COVID-19 infections for vaccinated people are unlikely, but they are possible; serious illness is even more unlikely, but itās still possible; passing the virus to an unvaccinated child or an elderly adult or other immunocompromised person is also possible. As always, the closer you are to other people, the more air you breathe, and the more air you breathe, the greater your chances of COVID-19 infection. Are concerts worth these kinds of risks?
The Lollapalooza numbers released last week indicated the festival was not a super-spreader event, even though Chicago infectious-disease experts and local columnists said continuing the show was a bad idea. Does this suggest large outdoor events can be safe?
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