Monday December 21st, 2020

(This Interview is also on YouTube  https://tinyurl.com/y996s4bl    )

(This Interview is also on Soundcloud   https://tinyurl.com/y9bu546n   ) 

As the Covid-19 pandemic effects concerts and the live music industry in Canada with devastating financial losses (according to the year-end report by live-entertainment trade publication, Pollstar, , the industry has lost more than 30 billion globally this year) two organizations, Canadian Live Music Association  https://canadianlivemusic.ca and Kinaxis,  https://www.kinaxis.com/en  have come together to help give a revenue boost to venues, pay artists for their performances, and bring audiences together.  Rudy Blair Entertainment Media  rudyblairmedia.com  speaks with CLMA President and CEO, Erin Benjamin  https://twitter.com/erin_benjamin?lang=en  about the new concert/music initiative “Canadian Live Music Association and Kinaxis Announce Live Concert Series to Help Sustain Hard-Hit Music Industry” (sponsoring upto 30 concerts supporting artists in diverse music genres across Canada)  https://www.kinaxis.com/en/inconcert .