Do you have a pandemic playlist?

One of the most played songs on Kishi Arora’s phone in the last year is Ray LaMontagne’s We’ll Make it Through”. Initially, I could not sleep as I wasn’t tired enough and music helped me relax.” said Kumar, who discovered the music of Queen last year, including them on her pandemic playlist with other favourites like Pentatonix, Adele, Maroon 5 and Billie Eilish. “While working, I often choose instrumental music like Zakir Hussain’s tabla recitals and guitar solos by Estas Tonne.” Sachdev soothes her pandemic-induced insomnia with a relaxing classical playlist of Brahms, Bach and Chopin. Like “The Lockdown Gig”, an online ticketed series that enabled artists to earn during this time, and the formation of Indie Music Allies, a collective of Indian independent music industry members. “I also started sharing music, a new, just-released song a day, calling it #SoundOfTheDay, which then became a sound of the month playlist on Spotify.” said Goa-based Fernandes.