Author: Honeybear

Tropicália, Psyche, Soul, Funk Mix

Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os Mutantes, Os Brazões, Beck, CAN, Madlib, The Doors, and more.

Psychedelic Flavors of Funk, Jazz, R&B, Tropicália, Soul and More

Coffee and a Psychedelic Sampler ranging from Captain Beefheart and the Kinks, to Gene Harris and Herbie Hancock, to Deerhoof, Shel Silverstein and a lot more.

Tropicália 101 Part One: Birth of A Unified Brazilian Identity

In our first of four parts covering the music of Tropicália (1967-1969), we look first at the songs that epitomize the spirit of the movement which birthed a new uniquely Brazilian cultural identity (clockwise starting top left: Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Rita Lee, Gilberto Gil and Tom Zé center)

Czarface’s Czartificial Intelligence Leans Hard Into Real Life Through Myth

Inspectah Deck wants you to know: “I can feel you, feeling me, feeling you, feeling this. If you know what I mean.” –“Gatecrasher” from Czartificial Intelligence. (Pictured Above: Joseph Campbell, who brought us the theory of the monomyth, with Czarface’s latest release.)

DMC on the Run

Honeybear’s latest single is out: “DMC on the Run”

Tropicália 101 Part Zero: The Origins, Contexts and Message of Brazilian Tropicália

Also known as Tropicalismo, Tropicália was an art and music movement in Brazil that created some of the country’s most important and creative works in the short span of a few years (~1967-1969).

Eddie Harris – Sculpture, aka For Bird and Bags (Full Album – Vinyl)

Full vinyl digitization of Eddie Harris’s album ‘Sculpture’ also known as “For Bird and Bags”.

Devil Kids – Deerhoof – Listen to the Entire Vinyl Release

Listen to the whole album which was recorded live in Ed Rodriguez’s basement

Lee Oskar – Before the Rain (1978) Album Review

Lee Oskar’s subtle and light-hearted disco-funk jam is turning 45 this year.

The Story of Herbie Hancock Box Set 2023

The Story of Herbie Hancock Box Set was announced September 2023 and will be shipped in a 4-week period.