MOTU stands for “Music Of The Universe,” and it’s the stage name for Richard Michelson. This album has plenty of blues and other roots music in its musical mix. There is quite a split between male (Motu) and female (Dee Michelson) vocals. It covers a decent amount of territory in its length. This is intriguing music that holds up well.

This is a melodic number that has plenty of jazz and proggy vibe to it. It’s got a great retro sound, and it features some killer jazzy guitar.

There is a real downhome blues vibe to this. While the opener featured female lead vocals, this one has male. The harmonica lends something special, too.

Blues and jazz merge in this energized groove. The organ lends a healthy helping of retro style. The female vocals take the lead this time around. This has some killer guitar soloing along the road.

This track has a lot of roots music in the mix. The male vocals take the lead, but it’s actually closer to a duet. The lyrics have a real timely message.

The piano and guitar deliver a lot of the magic on this blues romp. The harmonica is all class, too. As you can probably guess based on the pattern so far, the female vocals take the lead here.

The guitar soloing on this is on fire. The cut has a real bluesy groove to it. This instrumental is pretty hard rocking at times, and even leans toward progressive rock. I can make out some hints of early Pink Floyd here.

This one also has some proggy, early Pink Floyd vibes at times. The male vocals take the lead here. The lyrics on this one are also quite topical. Roots music and blues are both big parts of this tune.

Breaking the pattern, the male vocals are again in the lead role here. This is a bluesy romp that works well. There is some killer guitar soloing on this track.

I dig the guitar on this song a lot. The track has more of a duet approach on the vocals. It’s sort of along the lines of prog overall, but with a bluesy, roots music vibe.

The closer is another bluesy number that has the male vocals in the lead spot.