Bandcamp has been essential to the work I've done over the past couple years. Many people have contributed in many ways in order to have made this a very productive period. As we move past the pandemic-era and sales have dwindled, I'm looking for ways of sustaining the level of productivity while improving the quality of the work I present.
To that end, I'm now offering subscriptions. For $60 a year, you will get the dozens of albums listed below, all of the releases for the next year, and all of the subscribers-only collections - mixtapes; small, fun projects; good ideas that never got finished; recordings of lectures; etc. And you'll get a 10% discount on physical media.
By subscribing you'll be helping me continue to produce interesting albums and stories, making them available for anyone to listen to for free, and make new physical productions like the two LPs and the book/CD I've produced in the past year or so. My policy has always been that music is not a "lifestyle," and I am committed to sound and text only. No T-shirts, no mugs, no bumper stickers. Just sharing music, stories, ideas, and information made available as cheaply as possible with stubborn independence.
If you want to go down the hole with Canary for a year, I'll be grateful.
Here’s what you get:
- All the new music I make streaming instantly on your mobile device via the free Bandcamp app, and also available as a high-quality download.*
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Access to subscriber-exclusive messages:
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These back-catalog and subscriber-only releases:
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Exclusive Ragas Purbi & Madhuvanti Utd. Nathoo Khan
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Ragas Malkauns & Sohini: Kirana Gharana ca. 1960 Pandit Yeshwantrai Purohit
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Masterpieces of Koto Michio Miyagi
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Arab-American Live Recordings vol. 2: Boston in the 1960s Tony Abdelahad & Philip Solomon
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Tarab Vocal Art in Cairo & Alexandria vol. 4, ca. 1923-28
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The Heart of a Mangas: Intersections of Popular Greek Theater & Rebetiko in Chicago & New York, 1923-29
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Tarab Vocal Art in Beirut, 1907-23
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Cut From the Reed Bed: Instrumental Classical Music in Cairo & Beirut ca. 1910-23
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- A 10% discount on all my merchandise.
- The satisfaction of knowing you’re supporting me in a sustainable way.
Canary Records
Baltimore, Maryland
An hour in clamor and a quarter in rheum.