It’s another great day to buy from Bandcamp, y’all. In honor of Juneteenth, the benevolent music marketplace is donating its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. (And they’ve pledged to do the same each Juneteenth going forward.)
I’m filling up my shopping cart now, and I’m planning to update the list of recommendations at the bottom of this post throughout the day. For now, I thought I’d pass along a heads up about a great 7-inch Cass McCombs and Steve Gunn just released. They’d hoped to sell it on a west coast tour, but since that run was canceled, they’ve made it available on Bandcamp. It pairs a Gunn-sung take on the traditional tune “Wild Mountain Thyme” with a cover of Michael Hurley’s “Sweet Lucy” (a song I hold near and dear — my daughter’s humming along to it as I type this) sung by McCombs.
You can hear both of those tunes below. And here are a few other items I have my eye on:
- Matt Wyatt — Boom & Bloom: Part I
- Luke McMurray Nutting — Tumbing Dice b/w Mountain Woman
- Nathan Salsburg & William Tyler, ft. Zak Riles — Second Moon
- Avery Forgarty — @#^&%*($) _ hI
- DarkTwaine_ — BLACKRADIANCE
- calvin presents — here (feat Sam Reed)
- Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires — Reunions: Live At Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
- Aaron M Olson & Jeff Parker — Krown Vik Theme & Demos