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 old blues tracks
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Baby Please Don't Go
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Though there are about 236 version of Baby Please Don’t Go, I have my favourites and I still find it…” on Jan 13th →
BLIND LEMON JEFFERSON - Easy Rider Blues
Bandcamp DailyFollow “The blues is the most important genre in all of modern popular music, bar none. Read full story on the…” on Jul 26th, 2023 →
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Mercy
Folk Radio UKFollow “Live in New York brilliantly captures the mystique of Mississippi Fred McDowell's music that so captured the heart of Alan…” on Jun 21st, 2022 →
Memphis Minnie - My Butcher Man
Star Maker MachineFollow “Memphis Minnie: My Butcher Man [purchase] There’s a long history in music of songs with double entendre lyrics. Now, Cardi…” on Apr 19th, 2021 →
John Lee Ziegler - 1-24 If I Lose Let Me Lose
An Aquarium DrunkardFollow “A vinyl-only 13 track survey of blues, gospel and folk traditions recorded throughout the south, Hospitality shines a light on…” on Mar 10th, 2021 →
Jessie Mae Hemphill - She-Wolf
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Photo by Magali Dougados Tucked away near the river on the outskirts of Geneva, flooded with natural light, with greenery…” on Jun 24th, 2019 →
Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
DoklandsFollow “It's Nobody's Fault But Mine is a gospel blues song recorded in 1927. Even if you don't care for its…” on Aug 18th, 2018 →
Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Legendary American Primitive guitarist John Fahey used to be a bluegrass enthusiast. But when a record collecting pal played him Praise…” on Jul 4th, 2018 →
Blind Willie Johnson - You'll Need Somebody On Your Bond
DoklandsFollow “No musician in history has had a better batting average than Blind Willie Johnson. Between 1927-30 he recorded something like…” on Feb 9th, 2018 →
Howlin' Wolf - Evil
DoklandsFollow “Evil is a song about jealousy and infidelity, and there's not much more to it than that. With Howlin' Wolf…” on Sep 30th, 2017 →
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Feelin' Good
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “Because you all need the blues according to Jessie Mae in your lives. Trust me, my amigos da musica. Jessie…” on Jul 26th, 2017 →
Big Joe Williams - Providence Help The Poor People
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “"Yes on me, it's poor me, you must have pity on poor me..." Or: it's six pack time again, my…” on Nov 18th, 2016 →
Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down
DoklandsFollow “Sometimes, being a Christian is the best cover story possible. Blind Willie Johnson, a man who had not one but…” on Sep 27th, 2016 →
Leroy Carr - Blues Before Sunrise
The 'SpillFollow “Good morning, good morning, hope you’ve been enjoying the tennis, or the football, or whatever floats your boat. Earworms is…” on Jul 11th, 2016 →
Bessie Smith - Gulf Coast Blues
REDEFINE magazineFollow “music art film review - REDEFINE magazine Blues Music: Marketing Nostalgia Using “Race Records” in the 1920s & 1930s Folklorists…” on May 30th, 2014 →
Leadbelly - Pig Meat Papa
Swan FungusFollow “Todd updates: Remember, the only other way to get the limited edition run is through me, either via Swan Fungus…” on Apr 14th, 2014 →
Reverend Gary Davis - If I Had My Way
You Hear That?!?Follow “If you’re a YHT regular, you might have spent some small portion of the last few weeks asking yourself ”Hey,…” on Apr 3rd, 2014 →
Blind Willie McTell - Southern Can Is Mine
REDEFINE magazineFollow “music art film review - REDEFINE magazine Forgotten Gems & Dusty Classics: Blind Bluesmen – Willie Johnson, Willie McTel, Willie…” on Jan 13th, 2014 →