Rockasteria

Sullivan’s second, self-titled and final essay was released in 1972 and hosted by Hugh Heffner’s record label “Playboy”. Three yea...

In March 1975, Jim Sullivan mysteriously disappeared outside Santa Rosa, New Mexico. His VW bug was found abandoned, his motel roo...

Shawn Phillips is one of those legends that had been swept up in mystery, disappeared under the cloak of the sixties, or stripped ...

As the title suggests, making a virtue of necessity had always been one of Jesse Winchester's goals, and by the time of the re...

Progressive bluegrass group the Rowans consisted of harmonizing brothers Peter (guitar, most members of the mandolin family), Lori...

Hailing from California, they became one of the most popular bands in the area, playing regularly at Mr Lee's Swingin' Aff...

Contemporary music documentaries are saturated with exasperating stories just like Scott Fagan’s. Recent cultural excavations have yiel...

After Flower Power and before punk, heavy, hard rock bands dominated the American music scene. In towns across the country, gara...

"Sooner Or Later" is John  Hammond's second Atlantic LP originally released in 1968. The material selected did testi...

Since the last tranche of Esoteric Climax Blues Band reissues were reviewed here we have had the sad news of Pete Haycock's de...

Regarding The Tropics, Tom Petty is unequivocal: “In 1965 [they] were the biggest band in Florida. I watched them in awe.” Startin...

Basement heavy psych, recorded in early 70's. Rough fuzz guitar, substantial organ and hooting vocals. Original LP released in ab...

By the mid-'60s singer/guitarist Sonny Lathrop had made a minor name for himself as a member of Mickey and The Invaders and Th...

 The Stroke Band - Green And Yellow  1978 (Kedamo 2014)

This extravagant six-CD set documents the astonishing life span of the first pop independent label in the U.K., Immediate Records. Fo...