Ben Gibbard and Other Pacific Northwest Artists on Weathering the COVID-19 Quarantine

The city of Seattle is many things. It’s a hub for tech companies, food and drink establishments, and, perhaps most importantly, music. The lineage of Emerald City greats pushes well into the past and continues with standout after standout today from Pearl Jam to Death Cab For Cutie to Thunderpussy, The Decemberists, Car Seat Headrest, and The Black Tones. But, more recently, Seattle and the Pacific Northwest at large have been Ground Zero for the dangerous and deadly COVID-19 coronavirus. In Washington alone, there are nearly 3,000 confirmed cases of the virus with well over 100 deaths. Those are scary numbers. Yet, what the region is maybe most known for - music - continues to persist.