Once a week, Stack delivers a mix of the most interesting new music on the web, handpicked by the Hype Machine team. Here's a recent mix.
Jeffrey Foucault - The Devil's Real (Chris Smither cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “Our ongoing (Re)Covered series finds us touting new and newly uncovered releases from folk, roots, bluegrass and acoustic artists previously…” on Feb 21st, 2017 →
Chris Smither - Sunshine Lady
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “A song concerned with reveling in the moment, on a park bench in the sun after a rain with âpockets…” on Feb 20th, 2016 →
Chris Smither - Once In A Very Blue Moon
Cover Lay DownFollow “There’s a special place in my heart for Nanci Griffith’s 1993 covers album Other Voices, Other Rooms, a Grammy winner…” on Jan 5th, 2014 →
Chris Smither - Crocodile Man (Dave Carter cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “Eight years ago this summer I found myself in Philadelphia for an afternoon with nothing to do. I had come…” on Jun 24th, 2013 →
Alastair Moock - You've Got a Friend in Me (feat. Chris Smither)
songs:illinoisFollow “This little blog rarely contributes much to the larger society. We don’t do any good works besides trying to spread…” on May 13th, 2013 →
Smither Chris - Shake Sugaree
Cover Lay DownFollow “North Carolina is rich in history and broad in geography, stretching from warm beachfront majesty to the base of Appalachia.…” on Apr 14th, 2013 →
Chris Smither - I Am A Child
Cover MeFollow “Part one of a three-part look at Neil Young's reinvention of a greatest-hits album, featuring Rush, Three Dog Night, Buddy…” on Oct 10th, 2012 →
Chuck E. Costa - No Love Today (Chris Smither cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “If tribute albums are a coverlover’s bread and butter, then in-studio covers are quite often the wine: sweet, dry, subtle,…” on Sep 16th, 2012 →
Chris Smither - Desolation Row
Cover Lay DownFollow “Teaching Romeo and Juliet to my inner-city ninth graders this past year was an uphill battle with multiple casualties, but…” on Jul 12th, 2012 →
Chris Smither - Crocodile Man
Rollo & GradyFollow “Los Angeles :: Summer Concert Recommendations Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings Los Angeles :: Summer Concert Recommendations Monday, May…” on May 28th, 2012 →
Peter Mulvey - Every Mother's Son (Chris Smither cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “I’ve written about my father several times here on Cover Lay Down, citing him as a friend and fellow folkfan…” on May 13th, 2012 →
Chris Smither - Don't Make Promises (Tim Hardin cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “I’m of an age where Tim Hardin‘s Reason To Believe is heard first and foremost in the voice of a…” on May 6th, 2012 →
Chris Smither - Train Home
Music for HumansFollow “The Animals Were Gone- Damien Rice How To Feel- Romantica Organ Donor- Jeremy Messersmith The Chaconne- Dessa Hail Mary- 2Pac…” on Feb 12th, 2012 →
Chris Smither - Coventry Carol
Star Maker MachineFollow “Chris Smither: Coventry Carol [unpurchaseable] As I wrote about earlier this month over at Cover Lay Down, the conceit of…” on Dec 24th, 2011 →
Chris Smither - Love's Made a Fool of You (Buddy Holly cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “It’s been a solid year for full-album coverage from single artists. Kris Delmhorst’s summery Cars tribute and Thea Gilmore’s transformative…” on Nov 12th, 2011 →
Smither Chris - Catfish (Danny O'Keefe cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “A short post by Darius over at Star Maker Machine late last week rang a bell; I hadn’t realized that…” on Aug 28th, 2011 →
Chris Smither - Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “I am not, by nature, a neat or well-organized person. Instead, I am cursed by ADHD, & natural tendencies towards…” on Aug 20th, 2011 →
Chris Smither - Memphis in the Meantime (John Hiatt Cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “We haven’t traveled together since last summer’s journey to Germany, and we’ve got the time. So my father and I…” on Dec 25th, 2010 →