SAN DIEGO — Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis and Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder are almost never mentioned in the same article, let alone breath. Neither are teen-pop star Justin Bieber and the young San Diego buzz band Thee Sacred Souls.
But all four — like many other artists — were directly or indirectly impacted in 2022 by the now-three-year-old COVID-19 pandemic.
Their experiences could provide a road map of sorts for the year ahead, especially at a time when the number of COVID cases are rising alarmingly yet again in a pandemic-fueled variation of "Groundhog Day" that no one wants to experience another time.