The phrase "a time when musicians" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a specific period or moment in which musicians were active or significant in some context.
Example: "There was a time when musicians played a crucial role in social movements, using their art to inspire change."
Alternatives: "an era in which musicians" or "a period when musicians".
He expresses nostalgia for a time when musicians "made sounds, they didn't buy them".
Soon afterwards he announced that he was giving up live performance to devote himself entirely to recording, a remarkably bold decision at a time when musicians' reputations were made principally in the concert hall.
At a time when musicians are learning to consider themselves not only as artists but as brands, SXSW has become the place to renew, relaunch or reconfigure those brands.
Consider a central paradox of 21st-century pop: at a time when musicians can instantly summon an infinitude of sounds, easily tune them into any melodic contour and digitally layer as many tracks as they want, austerity rules instead.
There was once a time when musicians, particularly in the realm of rock 'n' roll, considered any participation in marketing like licensing songs for commercials as selling out, to the point where the Who once titled an album "The Who Sell Out".
There comes a time when musicians heed a certain call and come together as one, and that time arrived on Monday night as more than 70 performers joined up, above, to record a new version of "We Are the World" to benefit Haitian earthquake relief organizations, Reuters reported.
Certainly "10,000 Days" evokes a bygone time when musicians expected listeners to swallow their albums whole (unlike vinyl records, which required constant flipping), and in order (unlike MP3's, which encourage constant flitting).
And for his adoring fans, Mr. Mayer had one request: "You don't mind if I play a little guitar, do you?" At a time when countless musicians wish they were pop stars, Mr. Mayer is a pop star aspiring to be a musician.
She also performed in Northern Ireland at a time when other musicians would not because of the threat of terrorism.
At a time when jazz musicians in the United States rarely sought inspiration any farther geographically than Latin America, Mr. Lateef looked well beyond the Western Hemisphere.
Later that month he performed in Israel, which triggered controversy at a time when other musicians were proposing a cultural boycott of the country.
