The first album on which Athens, Georgia band Macha meld some of the dynamics of rock music with not just traditional Indonesian instruments but traditional gamelan music, as well, is an unequivocably successful genetic mutation unlike any previously attempted in the American rock lexicon. It is not customary for a first attempt at such an... Read More

This is an astonishing collection of material, detailing the evolution of one of the more undeservedly overlooked vocal groups of the 1960s. Starting with their first single of consequence ("A Symphony for Susan") and ending with their covers of the Doors' "Touch Me," Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone," and Bobbie Gentry's "Okalona River Bottom... Read More

The first album on which Athens, GA, band Macha meld some of the dynamics of rock music with not just traditional Indonesian instruments, but traditional gamelan music as well, is an unequivocally successful genetic mutation unlike any previously attempted in the American rock lexicon. It isn't customary for a first attempt at such an exotic... Read More