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 school soul tracks
The Persuaders - Thin Line Between Love And Hate
27 LeggiesFollow “For this edition of Single Song Sunday I've chosen a song that has been covered much less frequently than most…” on Jul 27th →
Al Wilson - Show and Tell
Silence NogoodFollow “Music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and now the 90s carries a nostalgic warmth that feels perfect for summer. Like…” on Jul 26th →
Ben E. King - On The Horizon
The Listening Post BlogFollow “In all the years I’ve known and loved Ben E. King’s Stand By Me, I never realised it had such…” on Jul 26th →
Sly & the Family Stone - I Can't Turn You Loose
PitchforkFollow “This early live recording captures the psych-soul trailblazer knocking out a night of contemporary soul covers. It’s virtuosic if not…” on Jul 18th →
The Stylistics - You're A Big Girl Now
27 LeggiesFollow “In the continuing absence of inspiration I decided to look at the list of my most played artists on Last.fm…” on Apr 22nd →
Mel & Tim - Backfield In Motion
27 LeggiesFollow “On the flight back from a work trip last week I had time to watch all four episodes of the…” on Feb 19th →
The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
AM, Then FMFollow “Today, for Day 5, let’s dig the Jackson 5. If there’s one song that demonstrates how that radio changed my…” on Dec 5th, 2024 →
The Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
27 LeggiesFollow “It was very sad to hear that the last of the Four Tops, Duke Fakir, left us yesterday at the…” on Jul 23rd, 2024 →
Freddie Scott - Are You Lonely For Me Baby
27 LeggiesFollow “Question: What does 4 x Freddie make? Answer: 100% Soul Here are my workings if you want to check. "Cuss…” on May 29th, 2024 →
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black
Chicago ReaderFollow “I decided to include Bernard Reed in my Winter Blues series, because for the past few decades he’s excelled as…” on Jan 31st, 2024 →
Ruby Andrews - You Made a Believer out of Me
The Listening Post BlogFollow “Ruby Stackhouse, better known as Ruby Andrews, was born in Hollandale, Mississippi in 1947 and spent most of her life…” on Nov 4th, 2022 →
Bobby Womack - Home Is Where The Heart Is
27 LeggiesFollow “We've not had any soul music on here for a while. It's time to put that right, and how better…” on Oct 12th, 2022 →
Mel & Tim - Starting All Over Again
27 LeggiesFollow “Some super soul sounds from '72 for you today, courtesy of Mel & Tim. "Starting All Over Again" made the…” on Jul 28th, 2021 →
Ronnie Dyson - The More You Do It (The More I Like It Done To Me)
27 LeggiesFollow “We finish the week with some smooth soul from Ronnie Dyson. This took some negotiating as Ronnie refused to help…” on May 7th, 2021 →
Aretha Franklin - How I Got Over
Plain Or Pan?Follow “There was a film shown on BBC4 recently, a restored print of Aretha Franklin‘s astonishing take-me-to-church Amazing Grace concert. Filmed…” on Mar 2nd, 2021 →
Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Exploring the catalog of one of the most-sampled singers in soul. Read full story on the Bandcamp Daily.” on Jan 6th, 2021 →
Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair
27 LeggiesFollow “What better way to start the day than with a bit of Gwen McCrae I'm a poet and I didn't…” on Jun 22nd, 2020 →
Sly and The Family Stone - Into My Own Thing
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “This might be a one-off, or it might turn into an occasional series. It’s a series that will require a…” on Jun 19th, 2020 →
Norman Connors - You Are My Starship
27 LeggiesFollow “Over the years we're featured a fair number of acts with peculiar names - the Hallelujah Chicken Run Band, Tedious…” on May 20th, 2020 →