Eclectic Grooves

The latest edition of I Hear a New World is available for download here, and at http://ihearanewworld.podomatic.com/ . This edition of I Hear a New World focuses on stacks of wax that I have recently acquired from the fantastic record store called  Exiled Records . Today's recipe features two slices of goodness from the Sublime Frequencies stable, a heaping helping of psych-jazz fusion, a spoonful of blues and a dash of fuzzy, afro-funk for extra flavor. Artists featured include The Panthers, Sic Alps, Miles Davis, Psychedelic Aliens, Group Doueh and Jimi Hendrix. For the complete tracklist, please check out Eclectic Grooves. Here is the complete tracklist for this edition of I Hear a New World. Stacks of Wax Vol.9 1) The Panthers- Malkaus-2:47 2) T.K. Ramamoorthy- Gowla- 3:21 3) Pearls Before Swine- The Surrrealist Waltz- 3:27 4) Sic Alps- Ranger- 3:26 5) Love Cry Want- Angel’s Wing- 4:46 6) Miles Davis- Water Babies- 5:06 7) Jimi Hendrix- Easy Blu...

I apologize for not revealing the artist from the last "Plain Brown Wrappers" sooner, but I have been utterly consumed with my job lately. There wasn't nearly the amount of feedback\comments on this one, but I guess it was a little too out there for you guys. The artist is ... drum roll please... Henry Jacobs Vortex and the album title is Electronic Kabuki Mambo. For those of you looking for this record, it was released on Folkways Records in 1959, so I imagine that you will be digging into the dusty crates for awhile in order to find this one. Caustic Resin: Drive #47 and Keep on Truckin' From: Keep on Truckin' [Up, 2003] Caustin Resin's record Keep on Truckin' came out in 2003 and was almost instantaneously relegated to the cutout bins in record stores. Sometimes there is no accounting for taste, since this album was an underrated masterpiece of expansive psychedelia with anthemic choruses and guitar pyrotechnics courtesy of head axe-slinger Brett Nets...

Usually, the type of stuff that floods my inbox is not even remotely related to the type of music I post on Eclectic Grooves. So, I was happily surprised when Yvette Perez of NYC's electro-jazz trio H.E.R. asked me to write a review for her band's stunning debut album on Persian Cardinal Recordings, "Songs About the Mysteries of Housework and Nature". H.E.R- Songs About the Mysteries of Housework and Nature You might be able to guess from the title, that this is a concept album about, well... housework and nature. But this album takes you on a mesmerizing trip into the psyche of a bored and disgruntled housewife who is tired of her mundane existence cleaning the house and tirelessly pushing paper at the office. She yearns to be close to nature again, but fears that going outside will destroy her perfect little existence in her head. H.E.R. is a trio from NYC consisting of Yvette Perez on vocals and synthesizer, Peter Zummo on trombone, trumpet and samba whistle and Da...