Bandcamp Weekly September 15, 2020
Featuring rad Japanese trumpeter Takuya Kuroda, Houston's huge Free Radicals crew, and vintage gems from Mainstream Records.
Hosted by Andrew Jervis. Illustration of Takuya Kuroda by Noopur Choksi.
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Fans have paid artists $584 million using Bandcamp, and $16.8 million in the last 30 days alone.
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