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.
Elizabeth Cotten - Shoot That Buffalo
Postcard ElbaFollow “Mike’s ‘Mericana Mondays is where friend of the blog, roots DJ, house show organizer, Bloomington Music Expo czar and all…” on Jan 18th, 2021 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Oh Babe It Ain´t No Lie
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Patti dreaming of Libba? I wouldn't put it beyond her. Kevin Slick - The Night Patti Smith Dreamed Of Elizabeth Cotten Patti…” on Jan 8th, 2020 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Elizabeth Cotten For more than 150 years, the Smithsonian Institution has been the United States’ premier museum of research preservation,…” on Aug 23rd, 2018 →
Elizabeth Cotten - I'm Going Away
DoklandsFollow “Elizabeth Cotten was a blues singer born in 1893. I love this recording of I'm Going Away that she recorded…” on Dec 27th, 2015 →
Mary Lou Lord - Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotten cover)
Cover Lay DownFollow “When we last checked in on Mary Lou Lord, she seemed to be on permanent hiatus following a 2005 diagnosis…” on Oct 13th, 2013 →
Brianna Lea Pruett - Freight Train (Elizabeth Cotten cover)
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 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Graduation March
Swan FungusFollow “I’m sitting in a posh (complimentary!) room at the Aria Resort and Casino. Apparently some big pharmaceutical company rented a…” on Dec 1st, 2012 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Shake Sugaree
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “File under: oft-covered. Culled from the Smithsonian Folkways reissue of Elizabeth ‘Libba’ Cotten’s 1965 sophomore LP, “Shake Sugaree” was sung…” on Sep 18th, 2012 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Washington Blues
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Washington Blues” (3:33) (Recorded in February, 1965 in Princeton, New Jersey) MP3” on Oct 26th, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Take Me Back To Baltimore
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Take Me Back to Baltimore” (1:54) (Recorded in 1965 or 1966 in Princeton or Roosevelt, New Jersey) MP3” on Oct 26th, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Jesus Lifted Me
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Jesus Lifted Me” (2:08) Elizabeth Cotten - Guitar Brenda Evans (Elizabeth Cotten’s great granddaughter, then age 12) -…” on Jul 31st, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Jesus Is Tenderly Calling
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Jesus Is Tenderly Calling” (1:39) (Recorded in January, 1966 in Roosevelt, New Jersey) MP3” on Jul 31st, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Holy Ghost, Unchain My Name” (1:25) (Recorded in 1965 or 1966 in Princeton or Roosevelt, New Jersey) MP3” on Jul 31st, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Honey baby your papa cares for you
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You” (2:15) (Recorded by Mike Seeger in 1957 or 1958 at Elizabeth…” on Jul 23rd, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Going down the road feeling bad
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad” (2:12) (Recorded by Mike Seeger in 1957 or 1958 at Elizabeth Cotten’s…” on Jul 23rd, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Wilson rag
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Wilson Rag” (1:41) (Recorded by Mike Seeger in 1957 or 1958 at Elizabeth Cotten’s home in Washington, D.C.)…” on Jul 23rd, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Spanish Flang Dang
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Spanish Flang Dang” (2:51) (Recorded by Mike Seeger in 1957 or 1958 at Elizabeth Cotten’s home in Washington,…” on Jul 23rd, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Vastopol
Hell Hound On My TrailFollow “Elizabeth Cotten “Vastopol” (2:11) (Recorded by Mike Seeger in 1957 or 1958 at Elizabeth Cotten’s home in Washington, D.C.) MP3” on Jul 23rd, 2011 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Run...Run / Mama Your Son Done Gone
The Vinyl DistrictFollow “While 2010 was filled with quite a number of guests here at TVD putting pen to pixel and offering first…” on Dec 21st, 2010 →
Elizabeth Cotten - Medley: Here Old Rattler Here/Sent for My Fiddle Sent for My Bow/George
Play It As It LaysFollow “Cotten’s voice is taught and strong. She dances a gorgeous tightrope between complex finger picking and beautiful, coarse melody, singing…” on Oct 16th, 2009 →