Weekend Music Live-Streams Include Brad Paisley, Erykah Badu, Ben Folds, Steve Earle, Opry, ACM Pre-Show and More

By Chris Willman

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – This weekend’s music live-stream offerings are kicked off by country favorite Ashley McBryde doing an album release show Friday night and participating in the weekly Grand Ole Opry broadcast Saturday with Lauren Alaina and Terri Clark.

Web festivals or multi-act benefit lineups weigh heavy in the Friday and Saturday listings. A show sponsored by Light in the Attic Records features Jim James, Devendra Banhart, Ben Gibbard, Fred Armisen and others. “We Are Hear — On The Air,” a new series hosted by Linda Perry, includes guests like Lzzy Hale, Macy Gray, Laura Jane Grace, Donita Sparks, Tom Green and Matt Pinfield. Jade Bird leads the lineup on a “Sofa Sets” benefit, and the UnCancelled Music Festival will unfold from multiple locations.

Ben Folds, stuck in Australia, will do the first in a series of Saturday shows from his new, temporary home. Others homebody performers on view in the next few days include Brad Paisley, Burna Boy, Steve Earle, the Decemberists’ Colin Molloy and Jorma Kaukonen.

Check our daily listings for the days to come (followed a list of archived live-streams from recent days):

FRIDAY, APRIL 3

Ashley McBryde

8:30pm ET, 5:30pm PT
(album release chat and performance, via YouTube)
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Justin Moore

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Instagram, benefitting first responders, with ESPN’s Marty Smith)
click here

Logan Ledger

3 p.m ET, noon PT
(via Instagram and Facebook)
click here

Light in the Attic & Friends at Home: Ben Gibbard, Fred Armisen, Devendra Banhart, Jim James, Sessa, Barbara Lynn, Gruff Rhys and more

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Light in the Attic’s Twitch and YouTube channels, benefits MusiCares’ COVID-19 Relief Fund)
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Colin Meloy of the Decemberists

3 p.m. ET, noon PT
(via Instagram Live, to benefit the Newport Festivals Musician Relief Fund)
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Brad Paisley

9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via Instagram and Facebook; the Bud Light Dive Bar Tour: Home Edition in support of the American Red Cross)
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“We Are Hear — On The Air” with Linda Perry, Lzzy Hale, Macy Gray, Laura Jane Grace, Donita Sparks, Jesse Malin, Tom Green, DJ Adam 12, Matt Pinfield

beginning 3 p.m. ET, noon PT
(via YouTube, mix of interviews, variety shows and live performances)
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“Sofa Sets” with Aurora, Jade Bird, mxmtoon, Mansionair, Hamilton Leithauser and Taylor Janzen

3-6 ET, noon-3 PT
(via sofasets.live)
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UnCancelled Music Festival

4-11 p.m. ET, 1-8 PT
(via StageIt to benefit MusiCares)
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Tucker Beathard

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Facebook and Instagram Live)
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Scarypoolparty

6:30 p.m ET, 3:30 PT
(DASH – Live from Hollywood)
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Burna Boy and Kiana Lede

8:01 p.m. ET, 5:01 PT
(via Levi’s Instagram Live)
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Wynonna Judd

9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via Facebook, “Wynonna & Cactus: Party of Two”)
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Melissa Etheridge

6 p.m. ET, 3 PT
(every day till April 7, via Facebook)
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Hozier

2 p.m. ET, 11 a.m. PT
(via Instagram)
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“Shut In & Sing”: Amy Ray, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Dylan LeBlanc, Rachel Baiman

8-10 CT
(via StageIt)

Rhett Miller

9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via StageIt, “Friday Free-For-All,” recurring event)
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RHYE + Diplo

11 p.m. ET, 8 PT
(via YouTube, “Corona Sabbath” with ambient explorations and live vocalizations)
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Declan McKenna

3:30 p.m. ET, 12:30pm PT
(via Instagram)
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Overcoats

8:30 ET, 5:30 PT
(via Instagram, every Friday)
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Craig Morgan

5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Facebook)
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Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via Facebook Live, “Banjo House Lockdown Livestream Series”)

Whipped Cream

8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via Twitch;
DJ performance on Twitch Hit Command Virtual Festival)<
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Hard Summer Staycation: JAUZ, Valentino Khan, Habstrakt, Wuki, Wolfgang Gartner, Mr.Carmack, Walker & Royce, DeVault, Noizu, J Worra, DUCKY, Party Pupils, Kaivon, OMNOM, Franklyn Watts

11 p.m.-3 a.m. ET, 8-midnight PT (also Saturday)
(via YouTube)
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SATURDAY, APRIL 4

Ben Folds

9 p.m. ET, 6 PT
(via Facebook)
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Grand Ole Opry with Ashley McBryde, Lauren Alaina, Terri Clark

8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via Circle TV’s Facebook and YouTube)
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Jorma Kaukonen

8 p.m. ET, 5 PT
(via YouTube, “Live from the Fur Peace Ranch” for the first in a series of performances)
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Comedy Central benefit with Patton Oswalt, Nikki Glazer, Whitney Cummings, Bob Saget, Howie Mandel and others

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT

Caylee Hammack and Lauren Jenkins

10 p.m ET, 7 PT
(via StageIt, part of UnCancelled Music Festival, 7 artists to benefit MusiCares)
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Michael W. Smith

6 p.m. ET, 3 PT
Watch here

Brent Cobb

5 p.m. ET, 2 PT
(via Instagram, “Jam For the Band” to benefit his band and crew
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“Shut In & Sing”: Garrison Starr, Maia Sharp, Gary Lynn Floyd, Mouths of Babes

8-10 CT
(via StageIt)

Baylee Littrell

4 p.m. ET, 1 PT
(via YouTube, Facebook and Instagram)
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Surrender Hill

1:30 P.M. ET, 10:30 PT
(via Facebook and Instagram)
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Melissa Etheridge

3 p.m. ET, noon PT
(every day till April 7, via Facebook)
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Michael McDermott


6 p.m. ET, 3 PT 

via Stage It  

SUNDAY, APRIL 5

“ACM Presents: Our Country” Pre-Show with Lauren Alaina, Ingrid Andress, Gabby Barrett, Lee Brice, Blanco Brown, Lindsay Ell, Riley Green, Mickey Guyton, Caylee Hammack, Ashley McBryde, Jake Owen, Carly Pearce, Tenille Townes and more — plus, Chris Young salutes Joe Diffie

7 p.m. ET, 4 PT
(via the Academy of Country Music’s Facebook page as well as the Amazon Music Twitch channel)

Steve Earle

3 pm ET, noon PT
(via Facebook, “solo performance will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion”)

Aaron Neville

1 p.m. ET, 10 a.m. PT
(via Facebook, “Warm Your Heart – Live from Freville Farm”)
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Erykah Badu

8 pm ET, 5 PT
($2, “Quarantine Concert Series, Apocalypse Two: The Rooms”)
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The White Buffalo

3 p.m. ET, noon PT
(via Cadenza)
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Lauren Jenkins

3:45 p.m. ET, 12:45 PT
(via StageIt, “SIP/SIP: Songwriters in Paradise Shelter in Place” to benefit Direct Relief, The CDC Foundation & Americares)
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Melissa Etheridge

3 p.m. ET, noon PT
(every day till April 7, via Facebook)
click here

“Shut In & Sing”: Anthony da Costa, Nikki Morgan, Gregory Douglass, Caleb Caudle, Amber Rubarth, Sera Cahoone

noon-3 CT
(via StageIt)

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT (archived shows):

Orville Peck 3/23 here

Ziggy Marley 3/23 ( video here )

Picture This 3/23 ( video here )

Bastille 3/22 ( video here )

Miguel 3/22 ( video here )

Lindsey Stirling 3/21 ( video here )

Hozier 3/20 ( video here )

Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic 3/20 ( video here )

Camila Cabello & Shawn Mendes 3/20 ( video here )

Steve Aoki 3/20 ( video here )

Niall Horan 3/19 ( video here )

Common 3/19 ( video here )

Charlie Puth 3/18 ( video here )

John Legend 3/17 ( video here )

Chris Martin 3/16 ( video here )

Volbeat watch here

Lucius and Courtney Barnett, with guests Nathaniel Rateliff, Sheryl Crow, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Fred Armisen, Sharon Van Etten, Emily King, Bedouine, Jonathan Wilson click here