#6 Benefit Albums You Can Support on Today’s Bandcamp Friday
“#6 Benefit Albums You Can Support on Today’s Bandcamp Friday”
Last month, Dave Eggers, Jordan Kurland, Darius Zelkha, Christian Stavros, and Josh Rosenfeld organized a 40-song compilation called Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy. That album raised over $250,000 for Fair Fight and Color of Change. Now, they’ve compiled the massive, 77-track GMTATCOAD, Volume 2, which features contributions from Phoenix, Pearl Jam, Girlpool, and many others. This month’s comp benefits Voting Rights Lab.
Progressive Democratic Congressional Candidates
Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Ohmme, Sharon Van Etten, and Deerhoof are on the new covers record Kin Campaigns. Each artist is supporting a different progressive congressional candidate with their entry. For example, proceeds from a cover of John Lennon’s “Gimme Some Truth” support Isaac “Ike” McCorkle, a Democratic trying to unseat Republican incumbent Ken Buck in Colorado.
In May, artist Raia Was recruited New York artists for an album to support Food Issues Group’s emergency food relief efforts. The second collection—NYC-Sides: Vol 2, featuring Half Waif, Tōth, and more— supports the same cause, providing groceries for New York City’s most vulnerable communities.
Room40, the label founded by Australian sound artist Lawrence English, is supporting environmental causes with the new compilation Particle Count. Ian Wellman curated the project, which English mastered.
Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor is releasing his second live album of 2020 to support North Carolina’s Durham Public Schools Foundation. The new record, featuring 15 tracks from the band’s Terms of Surrender shows, will go to DPSF’s Accelerating Digital Equity initiative, which aims to give Durham students high-quality digital and remote instruction.
The Estok’Gna of Texas are facing the possibility of several liquid natural gas terminals and pipelines crossing through their sacred land. Proceeds from To the People of the Land—featuring Big Thief, Black Belt Eagle Scout, and Molly Burch—support the tribe in its efforts to combat the construction.
Read “This Is How Much More Money Artists Earn From Bandcamp Compared to Streaming Services” over on the Pitch.
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