Rolling Stone Bandcamp Friday, May 2021 Edition: Support Artists by Buying This Music
The music platform is waiving its revenue share for all purchases made on May 7th. Here are some recommendations from our staff to guide your browsing
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The statistics of Bandcamp Friday speak for themselves: In the year-plus since the launch of the campaign, during which the platform has waived its revenue share for music purchased on the first Friday of each month, fans have paid artists more than $50 million dollars. “Bandcamp is like my life source,” metal auteur Trevor William Church told
Rolling Stone in 2019, no doubt speaking for many creators in the age of meager streaming royalties. Bandcamp Friday continues on May 7th read on for a slew of recommendations from
On Samantha Crain s I Guess We Live Here Now, the four tracks are possessed by soothing ghosts weaving in and out of the musical lines to comfort the listener.
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Samantha Crain has shared details of her new EP I Guess We Live Here Now .
The songwriter s 2020 album A Small Death was a delight, showing her lyrical artistry in full flight.
New EP I Guess We Live Here Now follows this, and it s set to land on April 9th.
The EP is led by new song Bloomsday , a subtle work that discusses how the most normal events can produce incredible insight.
She comments. I had bits of Bloomsday written out as a very long lyrical poem that I wasn t sure what to do with at first. I wasn t sure how to make it a song. One day, I was at work, at this market I was working at for a bit and I started singing the old gospel tune This Little Light Of Mine under my breath as I was working. It really just made me feel good almost immediately. I could feel the agency that I had over my own mental and emotional state just with this little song about kindness and love.