
In a year that devastated the arts, can young musicians survive the blow?
"I don't even know if I've been able to compute how it makes me feel, the fact that our industry is at a complete standstill... 170,000 people out of work, it seems to be completely undigestible to me."Katie Melua's words have lingered with me for weeks since interviewing her in an eerily empty Royal Albert Hall for the joint Sky Arts and Sky News documentary Culture Interrupted. But as disappointing as this year has been for well-known artists made impotent by COVID-19, with live music revenue down 81% because of the pandemic, they will most likely be able to weather this storm. Image: Katie Melua says the industry is at a complete standstill However, for fledgling talent - attempting to break onto the scene this year - that's not th...