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 mbira tracks
James Brandon Lewis / Red Lily Quintet - Wade In The Water
PopMattersFollow “Our jazz columnist chooses the best new jazz albums of Autumn 2023 while reflecting on a new documentary, Wayne Shorter:…” on Jan 11th →
Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited - Mwana Wemurombo
27 LeggiesFollow “Older readers may remember that period in the mid to late 1980s when Zimbabwean music seemed to be everywhere (if…” on Apr 26th, 2023 →
Richard Crandell & Masumi Timson - The New One
Folk Radio UKFollow “Eugene, Oregon-based guitarist and mbira player Richard Crandell passed away on October 28, 2022. Josh Rosenthal of Tompkins Square highlights…” on Jan 6th, 2023 →
Nimbudala - Radical Expansions of Love
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Nimbudala - Peace Rock - four longform meditative electro-acoustic jams (Inner Islands) “Peace Rock” is Steve Targo’s second outing as…” on Nov 23rd, 2022 →
Thomas Mapfumo & Blacks Unlimited - Chauya Chirizevha (Rural Life Is Back)
27 LeggiesFollow “The time has come for us all to shake off these earthly shackles and live a life without limits. Well…” on Nov 9th, 2022 →
Nimbudala - Peace Rock I
raven sings the bluesFollow “Any release on Inner Islands is going to send the listener inward in search of their own personal vibrations, and…” on Sep 22nd, 2022 →
Katharina Ernst - x_06
Bandcamp DailyFollow “While the mainstream view of the city's music scene might be stuffy and conservative, the electronic avant-garde in Vienna is…” on Aug 19th, 2022 →
Forward Kwenda - Tadzungaira
Super Super SoundsFollow “Chawapiwa by Forward Kwenda Forward Kwenda- Chawapiwa EP Two examples of drop-dead gorgeous mbira playing, straight from Zimbabwe. From Forward…” on Dec 7th, 2020 →
Chiwoniso - Zvichapera
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Have you ever heard a song for the first time and yet it feels like you know it already? It…” on Dec 30th, 2019 →
Zlatko Kaučič - Butterfly Wings I
Can this even be called Music?Follow “René Lussier – Quintette (Pasunecenne) I’m pretty late on this one. Even though I’ve been eyeing it for some time,…” on May 5th, 2019 →
Stella Chiweshe - Mayaya (Part 1&2)
Burl Veneer's Music TumblrFollow “Stella Chiweshe - Kasahwa: Early Singles (Mbira songs from Zimbabwe, 1970s) A captivating collection of early singles by the renowned…” on Nov 15th, 2018 →
Mbira DzeNharira - Toputika neshungu
DoklandsFollow “Can I tell you much about Mbira DzeNharira? No. They are an mbira orchestra from Zimbabwe and Toputika Neshungu is…” on Jan 1st, 2015 →
Chimurenga Renaissance - The B.A.D Is So Good
brooklynveganFollow “by Andrew Sacher Chimurenga Renaissance is the project of Tendai ("Baba") Maraire of avant-rap group Shabazz Palaces and Hussein Kalonji,…” on Jun 6th, 2014 →
RP Collier - Feedback Raga
DisquietFollow “Highly recommended, easily one of my favorite things I have posted in months. This “Feedback Raga” is an intense, Fourth…” on Jun 7th, 2013 →
Tinashé - Mr. Presumption
Simply 7Follow “Tinashé - Mr. Presumption На улице уже пять дней весна, но я лично приближающегося теплого времени года совершенно не чувствую.…” on Mar 5th, 2013 →
Thomas Mapfumo - Shumba (Lion)
Mixtape RiotFollow “This morning I’m getting on a plane to Eugene, Oregon where I’ll spend the week hanging out and recording with…” on Apr 9th, 2012 →