DECEMBER 2018 ALL ASHORE A CREATIVE REFUGE IN TURBULENT TIMES STREAMING CONFERENCE EXAMINES ECONOMICS OF LISTENING MID-TERM ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS December 2018 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 2 OFFICIAL REPORTS 4 LEGISLATIVE-POLITICAL UPDATE 7 NEW RELEASES 8 NEWS & NOTES 9 ORCHESTRA NEWS 10 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE 12 RESOURCES 16 TO YOUR HEALTH 17 Photo: Josh Goleman Josh Photo: UPBEAT 18 TAKE NOTE 20 FEATURE STORY 14 CLASSIFIEDS 21 PUNCH BROTHERS The Local 257 (Nashville, TN) quintet uses bluegrass instrumentation and blends genres to create EN FRANÇAIS 5, 10 a sound all its own. Punch Brothers (L to R) are: Gabe Witcher, Chris Eldridge, Chris Thile, Noam Pikelny, and Paul Kowert. INTERNATIONAL MUSICIAN Official Journal of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada OFFICERS OF THE FEDERATION EXECUTIVE BOARD Vol. 116, No. 12 | December 2018 © 2018 American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada RAYMOND M. HAIR, JR., President JOSEPH PARENTE Publisher: JAY BLUMENTHAL (
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