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Looks like its time to dust off the ol' listomania thread once again, as some early submissions are starting to appear...Jazzwise "Top 20 Jazz Albums of 2020":(Quote)Not up on BC Daily site yet, but will keep an eye out for it. Sounds like it is good news for you, though. Always enjoy your reviews and write-ups, both on BC and your late/great BITW blog. (Aside - you better hurry and…I realize this is not technically the correct forum, but since, in spirit, it involves the same type of info (e.g. for bargain hunters) and is a more visited forum than some of older emusic-specific threads, here you go:
in Flash Bandcamp Sale Comment by soulcoal August 2020@jonahpwll Good to hear, and I don't use twitter either (other than to occasionally check in on status of events, etc). Normally I wouldn't even think there being a need to …Hey @jonahpwll , everything OK for you? I know you had (at least temporarily) stopped updating your site, but yourTwitter has been quiet for a few weeks now and no "Best …So, even notwithstanding the imminent medical emergency, now they are living like yahoos.Detectives investigate criminals every day.Spooning entices naughty snugglers into being in love in two yoctoseconds.(This is not, strictly speaking, the usual type of flash sale, but it is for a limited time only, and only on Bandcamp, so I'm cross-posting here along with the Throwing Punches jazz thread)
Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding have a limit…Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding have a limited-time live duet EP (though 45 min long) from Village Vanguard available only on Bandcamp and only through the end of June. It's being offered as a fundraiser for jazz musicians during the COVID-19 pan…50% off (purchase digital album for $5 instead of $10) for pre-order of the new Stevie Wonder tribute on Posi-Tone (release date is this Friday). Code is "wonder50".
in Flash Bandcamp Sale Comment by soulcoal May 2020New "name your price" live jazz offering from theBABAorchestra:(Quote)
Yep, I had picked up some of those on your recommendation, and have quite enjoyed them. And I see there is a Hampshire & Foat release from last year that I missed (Saint Lawrence), but their discount code doesn't seem to be…Bandcamp extended their "waiving of fees" through today (Saturday) - e.g. same as yesterday, 100% goes to artists/labels.
Also, found this additional sale today:
Use the code "the love" to get 20% off all Athens of the North re…Sunnyside has their entire Bandcamp catalogue on sale for 30% off through the weekend (May 1- May 4).Code: bcsharingmay^^^ Beat me to it @yarjazz ! But good news all around - thanks.John Ellis has a new jazz release (perhaps for Earth day?) available on Bancamp as NYP:
(there is also an "alternate takes" version of several tracks - click the artist name to go to his page. It is also NYP). John also has another new re…Yeah, several of the musician deaths have really hit hard for me. Just underscores how dangerous and non-selective the virus is.Looks like Greenleaf has extended their "20% off everything" sale through April 6:Details:
To save 20% on all digital and merch items, go in Flash Bandcamp Sale Comment by soulcoal March 2020
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Comment by soulcoal
March 2020
Give another speech to remind our physicians of dangerous streptobacillus.
The only evidence at this point is the continued loss of labels (Polyvinyl, one of the last major pop indie labels on the site, appears to have left this past week). But there are LOTS of public notices by labels and distributors over the past coup…Just remember, what you are gladly spending is the artists' money, who apparently do not get paid by eMusic. It's like a pirated music site giving out free coupons to download pirated music. They could give you a $15 credit or a $1500 credi…I think the "many customers" qualifier was just their attempt to fool the world into thinking they still have "many customers" :-)
Well, it remains to be seen. I still think there is more to the story than being told. There was no "Site will be down for maintenance on xx/xx" type message on the site in advance, no tweets, etc., and the triplay.com site is also completely do…@peterfrederics , you may win the prize for last post of downloads to this forum, as it is being widely reported over on the eZombie reddit forum that the eMusic site…Funny that some of my favorite sources for reviews are among the last to post lists. Emusers very own @jonahpwll is obviously one of them, with the still unfolding Bird Is The…Not sure if this is a "flash sale" or permanent, but some good UK jazz from Andy Hay (also featuring Nat Birchall, among others) is NYOP right now for download on Bandcamp... (love the cover art, too!)There is an interesting phenomenon with these types of aggregate polls, in the sense that there is a "mandatory" winner, with no real lower threshold for being crowned champion, so to speak.Contrast that wit…Haha. I guess I was a mere matter of hours early in my post wondering when the NPR list would be published this year.
The most interesting aspects of these "poll of polls" type lists for me are (1) the diversity and (2) the ge…
