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.
Latest free folk tracks
Steven R. Smith - Olive
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “Thirty years into his storied career, Jewelled Antler veteran Steven R. Smith remains one of the most distinctive guitarists in…” on Apr 8th, 2024 →
Kuupuu - Montee
African PaperFollow “Auf die Finnin Joanna Karanka und ihr Soloprojekt Kuupuu wurden hierzulande viele während ihrer Tour mit Animal Collective aufmerksam. In…” on Feb 24th, 2024 →
Bégayer - Lycose battue (Murailles)
Inverted AudioFollow “Fifteen years after their inaugural release, Paris-based platform Murailles deliver the nine-track ‘Évohé Bègue‘ LP – courtesy of French folk…” on Feb 9th, 2024 →
Cath and Phil Tyler - I Come And Stand At Every Door
Folk Radio UKFollow “Cath & Phil Tyler have recorded a version of the folk classic I Come And Stand At Every Door. Proceeds…” on Jan 2nd, 2024 →
Old Saw - The Mechanical Bull at Our Lady of the Valley
Sound Of The DayFollow “From the Bandcamp page: “Old Saw brings together a brigade of New England silt sifters to raise up the land…” on Dec 14th, 2023 →
Humbird - Child of Violence
Various Small FlamesFollow “Asha Wells – Impermanent I “Moves through sounds and emotions like scenes in a dream, seemingly disparate thoughts and feeling…” on Dec 4th, 2023 →
Ilyas Ahmed - Nasty Man
raven sings the bluesFollow “Longtime RSTB favorite Ilyas Ahmed was last heard in carving silence and static with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma in 2021, but he’s…” on Nov 2nd, 2023 →
Ilyas Ahmed - Little Devil
The Slow Music Movement BlogFollow “What Your Ears Say & The Cover Looks LIke A DREAM OF ANOTHER by Ilyas Ahmed What We Say Ilyas…” on Oct 16th, 2023 →
Razen - 08/05/4004
underratedFollow “Возможно, через две тысячи лет солнце будет светить совершенно иначе, и лишь безмолвные артефакты будут напоминать о нашем существовании. С…” on Oct 12th, 2023 →
Julia Reidy - Slipstream
Bandcamp DailyFollow “These musical experimenters are attracted to the aesthetic, expressive, and technical possibilities of different tunings. Read full story on the…” on Aug 24th, 2023 →
United Bible Studies - Procession/Chop Chop
Folk Radio UKFollow “Ballads of Seduction, Fertility And Ritual Slaughter is a wonderfully consistent, decidedly spooky re-imagining of The Wicker Man soundtrack. It…” on Aug 17th, 2023 →
Tabernacle - Siúil A Rún
African PaperFollow “A few years ago an impressive folk album appeared out of nowhere with Walker Phillips’ “My Love Sunday”: “Walker Phillips…” on Jul 14th, 2023 →
Delphine Dora - Intimo interior
The QuietusFollow “In his latest survey of the French fringes, David McKenna reviews left-field rap, folk, “non-jazz” and an album that fuses…” on Jun 13th, 2023 →
Ulaan Passerine - White Oak
The Slow Music Movement BlogFollow “What You Ears Say & The Cover Looks Like Dawn by Ulaan Passerine What We Say Steven R. Smith has…” on Jun 6th, 2023 →
Cian Nugent - High Up Airplane
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “On She Brings Me Back To the Land of the Living, Irish guitarist and songwriter Cian Nugent explores gentle revelations…” on May 9th, 2023 →
Delphine Dora - Rêver l'imperceptible
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Nighttime radio music, solo drum excursions, and the return of a mysterious Japanese duo, and more. Read full story on…” on May 3rd, 2023 →
Ak’chamel, The Divinatory Monkey and the… - The Funeral of a Woman Whose Soul is Trapped in the Sun
Bandcamp DailyFollow “A vibrant scene of musicians playing free jazz, noise, free improvisation, and ambient musicians exists in Houston. Read full story…” on Mar 20th, 2023 →
RWX - EWAX002 - SY - 5Th Floor EP (RAWAX)
Torture the ArtistFollow “Returning to the highly-acclaimed RAWAX label is Berlin-based Mancunian, Simon Heslin, aka SY, whose name has had something of an…” on Mar 6th, 2023 →
Julia Reidy - World in World
Chicago ReaderFollow “Beginning on Tuesday, February 21, the Frequency Festival returns for its seventh iteration in eight years. Its seven concerts consist…” on Feb 10th, 2023 →
Astrid Øster Mortensen - Det Endnu Usagte
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Ambient may be having a mainstream moment, but these artists are among those keeping the underground vital and interesting. Read…” on Dec 15th, 2022 →