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 roots and culture tracks
queen ifrica - lioness on the rise
Bandcamp DailyFollow “Cocoa Tea, Elephant Man, Beenie Man and more share space with conscious reggae on the label’s impeccable roster. Read full…” on Oct 19th, 2023 →
Half Pint - Greetings
27 LeggiesFollow “Birthday greetings I bring from Jah to all raggamuffins. That's correct, today is the birthday of reggae's own Half Pint.…” on Nov 11th, 2022 →
Bunny Wailer - This Train
27 LeggiesFollow “Very saddened to learn that we lost Bunny Wailer earlier this week. I was lucky enough to see him live…” on Mar 4th, 2021 →
Augustus Pablo - New Style
Super Super SoundsFollow “Augustus Pablo - El Rocker’s LP Fresh to Bandcamp this week, a huge compilation of Augustus Pablo dubs. He switches…” on Apr 27th, 2020 →
Burning Spear - Creation
THE VINYL VILLAINFollow “THE GUEST SERIES FROM JONNY THE FRIENDLY LAWYER In honor of my unmet friend The Robster, it’s Reggae Charged Particles…” on Jun 20th, 2017 →
Johnny Clarke - Cry Tough
27 LeggiesFollow “On the face of it, Robert Wyatt may seem to be the odd one out. But it is him who…” on Mar 16th, 2017 →
Rita Marley - Rainbow Island
27 LeggiesFollow “If any of our American readers are currently thinking of emigrating, you should be aware that Canada is not the…” on Nov 10th, 2016 →
Tarrus Riley - She's Royal
27 LeggiesFollow “Dear Whom, this concerns you. As for the rest of you, if I gave you £5 would you take yourselves…” on Feb 14th, 2015 →
Half Pint - Greetings
Kaptin's BlogFollow “Brand new video from Busy Signal, who is easily my favourite Dancehall artist at the moment. Too many amazing tunes…” on Sep 15th, 2014 →
Junior Murvin - Tedious
The Passion of the WeissFollow “I’m not sure how you get to sing like Junior Murvin. He wasn’t quite clear either. When he was asked…” on Dec 2nd, 2013 →
Bunny Clarke - Be Thankful
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “A joyful reggae take on that funky track first made famous by its originator, soul singer William DeVaughn, and much…” on Oct 7th, 2013 →
Professor - East Jerusalem
EARMILKFollow “Reggae class is in session and Professor is dropping some knowledge on their second release Throw Down Your Arms. This…” on Oct 21st, 2012 →
Bob Marley - Burnin' And Lootin'
ZatoonFollow “The throwback track of the day is the classic, “Burnin’ and Lootin’,” by Bob Marley and The Wailers. Enjoy.” on Aug 21st, 2012 →
Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights
CHROMEMUSICFollow “Also Rec celebrates its 5th release with this great cover version of Johnny Osbournes all time classic “Truths and Rights”.…” on Apr 30th, 2012 →
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Babylon System
For The Sake Of The SongFollow “It's always fun to compare originals and covers, and even more so when we're talking Bonnie Prince Billy. The lion…” on Feb 10th, 2012 →
Groundation - Babylon Rule Dem
earmilkFollow “This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve. We will try to bring you one “chill” track…” on Aug 5th, 2011 →
Burning Spear - New Civilization
said the gramophoneFollow “The Byrds - "You Ain't Going Nowhere" There is one moment of light in the otherwise frustrating and unfunny Ron…” on May 25th, 2011 →