Turns out, Chicago has made some overtures over the years with its erstwhile former bass playing singer Peter Cetera — but he’s just not interested in rejoining the horn-rock band’s aggressive touring schedule.

There’s a reason most prog albums leave the epic song for the end, as Marillion’s new album makes clear. They begin here with “Gaza,” a dramatic rumination on the senselessness of war, and then struggle for a while to regain momentum.

In 1977, the music world was stunned to learn that the first Beach Boy to record and release a solo album was middle Wilson brother, Dennis. This was a shock because Dennis was always assumed to be the least musically accomplished

The Healer begins not with a fiery assertion of his soul-jazz supremacy, but with a smoky rumination called “Back Track” — and Dr. Lonnie Smith and Co. remain right there, stubbornly outside of expectations.

Hitting the age where you’re a third of the way to 100 years old is evidently a milestone to some; certainly it was for George Harrison.