As the world adjusts to social distancing, shelter-in-place and flattening the curve during the COVID-19 crisis, musicians have taken to social media for streams of performances to fill the void of canceled/postponed shows and tours.

Among those efforts is “Live Music From the Quarantine,” a performance series presented by Americana Highways that is streaming on Facebook Live. And like many things that have happened as a reaction to COVID-19, it came together in a flash.

“This idea was born last Friday evening [March 13],” says Melissa Clarke, the managing editor at Americana Highways. “It was really co-formed at the very same instant everything began to close down all around us.”

Within 24 hours of reaching out to artists, Clarke had the first week booked. And within three days, she had filled a month’s worth of performances, with four acts per night, six days per week, each one performing for 30 minutes.

Clarke will be on hand during the live streams to help plug the artists’ PayPal/Venmo and other sites.

Upcoming “Live Music From the Quarantine” performers include the following (all times are EDT):

March 19:
7 p.m.: Nathan Bell
8 p.m.: Nathan Kalish
8:45 p.m.: Aloud
9:30 p.m.: Janiva Magness

March 20:
7 p.m.: Chris Moyse
8 p.m.: Zach Aaron
8:45 p.m.: D. B. Rouse
9:30 p.m.: The Harmed Brothers

March 21:
7 p.m.: Randy Lewis Brown
7:45 p.m.: The March Divide
8:30 p.m.: Mike Osborn
9:15 p.m.: Carolyn Broussard

March 23:
7 p.m.: Chuck Hawthorne
7:45 p.m.: Kevin Daniel
8:30 p.m.: Greg Aulden
9:15 p.m.: Lindsay Lou

March 24:
7 p.m.: Rod Picott
7:45 p.m.: John McCutcheon
8:30 p.m.: Andrew Grimm
9:15 p.m.: Sylvia Rose Novak

March 25:
7 p.m.: Nick Nace
7:45 p.m.: Steven Gary
8:30 p.m.: Fred LeBlanc
9:15 p.m.: Vance Gilbert

March 26:
7 p.m.: Jane Kramer
7:45 p.m.: Taylor Young Band
8:30 p.m.: Rascal Martinez
9:15 p.m.: A.M Rodriguez

March 27:
7 p.m.: Adam & Chris Carroll
7:45 p.m.: TBD
8:30 p.m.: Taylor Scott Band
9:15 p.m.: Beth Bombara

March 28:
7 p.m.: The Truehearts
7:45 p.m.: TBD
8:30 p.m.: Eric Ambel
9:15 p.m.: James McMurtry

March 30:
6:15 p.m.: Jason Lee McKinney Band
7 p.m.: TBD
7:45 p.m. TBD
8:30 p.m.: TBD

March 31:
7 p.m.: Emma Hill
7:45 p.m.: Tony Harrah
8:30 p.m.: Grace Pettis
9:15 p.m.: Nicholas David

April 1:
7 p.m.: Nichole Wagner
7:45 p.m.: Michele Malone
8:30 p.m.: Amy Speace
9:15 p.m.: Rusted Root’s Michael Galbicki

April 2:
7 p.m.: Mark Bates
7:45 p.m.: TBD
8:30 p.m.: The Claudettes
9:15 p.m.: TBD

— By Chris M. Junior

At top: Grace Pettis, who performs March 31.