·˚✦ genre guide ✦˚·
retro swing
✦ meet the girls making retro swing →
women, non-binary artists, and bands with women, level by level
✦ start here: albums
How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
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✦ who's making it, level by level
level 3 · one step out
cult favorites and indie darlings
level 4 · further
art pop, hyperpop, and the underground
level 5 · all the way
deep experimental
Vince Giordano And The Nighthawks
26k listeners
Ray Gelato
15k listeners
Go Cat Go
3k listeners
Mora's Modern Swingtet
211 listeners
Kid Creole
4k listeners
Imperial Swing Orchestra
3k listeners
Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums
2k listeners
Ingrid Lucia and the Flying Neutrinos
9k listeners
George Gee And The Jump Jivin' Wailers
9k listeners
Naomi & Her Handsome Devils
8k listeners
La Vella Dixieland
6k listeners
The End Times Spasm Band
527 listeners
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each artist's most played song, easing from level 1 out to 5
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questions
What are good retro swing albums to start with?
Try How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Jumping From 6 to 6 by Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, The Inevitable by Squirrel Nut Zippers, and Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3 by Little Kim & the Alley Apple 3.
Who are some women making retro swing?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/retro-swing/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making retro swing, from mainstream to underground.
artists and albums from last.fm, updated 2026-10-21