Released 10 years ago today, ‘In and Out’ visited all the touch points that make James ‘Blood’ Ulmer so complex and interesting.

Released 30 years ago this week, ‘Tattooed Millionaire’ gave us the chance to learn a little more about Bruce Dickinson’s quirky personality.

Released 40 years ago this month, Pete Townshend’s ‘Empty Glass’ was so intense and bittersweet that, for a while, I didn’t have the strength to revisit it.

Peter Frampton returned to bread-and-butter straight-ahead rock 10 years ago today on ‘Thank You Mr. Churchill.’ It may as well have been 1976 all over again.

Released a decade ago this week, Anders Osborne’s ‘American Patchwork’ showcased both his rocking and songwriter sides.

Released a decade ago this week, ‘True Love Cast Out All Evil’ stands as Roky Erickson’s last heartfelt invitation back to a career often ofter looked.

Trombone Shorty’s tenure as one of New Orleans’ main music ambassadors began 10 years ago today with the release of ‘Backatown.’

Issued 10 years ago this week, the John Coltrane-inspired ‘To the One’ showed there was still a lot of artistic life left in fusion icon John McLaughlin.

Released 10 years ago today, ‘Groove Academy’ featured a new twist on Stanton Moore’s regular collaborations with Hammond B-3 and guitar.

Skid Row released ‘Subhuman Race,’ perhaps their heaviest and most grown up album, 25 years ago this week.