Care to Help the Houston Press Keep the Music Going?

Margaret Downing April 24, 2020 4:30AM

Photo by Doogie Roux

Here's to when we can all get together again to enjoy the Houston music scene as we did as part of the Gasolina Party Tour last year.

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Thanks to the conronavirus, large gatherings of any kind — including music concerts — are on hold right now. But that doesn't mean our Houston Press music writers haven't been busy keeping us apprised of what's going on.

Matthew Keever converted his best concerts of the week column to best streaming concerts of the week.

Classic Rock Bob Ruggiero has been staying up late at night, reading page after page to keep readers up to date on the latest music books. His most recent: a photo collection of Joe Cocker and company while he was on tour with Mad Dogs & Englishmen.

Gladys Fuentes gave us a look at the live streams that Kam Franklin of The Suffers is doing from home.

Connor Fields told us about Satellite Houston's GoFundMe page.

Jesse Sendejas Jr. brought us up to date with the efforts of the Houston Music Foundation to help musicians through these hard times.

And David Rozycki got together with Houston's Christian Kidd to tell us about the time Kidd met The Ramones at a 7-Eleven.

It's no secret that publications like the Houston Press have fallen on hard times, just like the people and institutions we cover. If you value what we do, we're asking you to consider becoming donor/members to enable us to keep covering the vibrant Houston music scene. As a bonus, we'll be glad to offer you an ad-free viewing experience if you care to sign up.

We're all hoping for a return of the concerts and live gigs of all sizes that prior to stay-at-home and the pandemic that inspired it and you can be sure that the Press will be there heralding the moment the music world starts getting back to normal again.

For now, and for whenever that happens, please think about supporting our independent journalism in Houston.
If you'd like to join the our donor/member effort, the membership page of our website is only a click away.