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Espresso - Espresso

I’m not sure why it took so long for Espresso’s self-titled debut album to reach my desk, but here it is, and it’s worth noting even four years after it came out. The group was...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2026-02-04)

Agusa - Högtid

As of early 2026, Agusa has released seven studio and two live albums going back to 2014, but it’s only with the reissue of their debut on Karisma that I’m hearing them....

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2026-01-30)

McLuhan - Anomaly

Taking their name from the Canadian media philosopher Marshall McLuhan, known for stating that “the medium is the message,” the band McLuhan formed in Chicago in 1969 as a concept and...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2026-01-01)

Chris Braun Band - Both Sides

Dortmund is a city in Westphalia, Germany, and it was there around 1967 that a band called Faces was formed. At the beginning of 1970 a 20-year-old Christel “Chris” Braun joined the...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2025-11-27)

Eblen Macari - Un Producto de los Sesentas

I first became aware of Eblen Macari when he appeared as a guest with Cabezas de Cera at the Seaprog festival in 2017. His beautiful acoustic guitar work was a lovely enhancement to that...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-11-22)

Neal Rosner - Love Isn't the Answer

The album Anomaly by McLuhan stands as a remarkable example of truly innovative American music in the early 70s, and it’s a shame that it never reached a wider audience — and...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-10-25)

Velvet Opera - Ride a Hustler's Dream

When Dave Terry (AKA Elmer Gantry) left Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera in early 1969, remaining band members John Ford and Richard Hudson were unhappy with losing their vocalist. So they...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2025-10-09)

Jack Bruce - Harmony Row

When Jack Bruce released his third solo album in 1971, he almost certainly expected it to garner the same kind of praise and attention that Songs for a Tailor had in 1969. He is on record...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2025-09-20)