Guitarist Paul Nelson joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin and Billy Cobham.

This year has been lousy for a lot of reasons, but as this Best of 2020 list shows, hard rock and heavy metal were not among them.

Don’t let the languid pulse of Toto’s “21st Century Blues” fool you. The lyrics hold an acerbic – and deeply relevant – bite.

A lethal combination of instincts and chops were required to pull off the improv performance ‘Things To Do In Paris’ so well; Catherine Sikora and Ethan Winogrand have plenty of both.

The beauty of ‘Wheatfield Empire’ is how Robert Lawson delves into the Guess Who with such a human touch. But how does he know all this amazing stuff?

Not to be mistaken for the Christian band of the same name, Glad served as an early stop for future Poco and Eagles star Timothy B. Schmit.

Walter Becker has a message for us from beyond the grave on how we should approach 2021. Check out the new (to us) song “Golden City” from the folks at Walter Becker Media.

“Bigger Than Elvis” is a very nice if not overwhelming piece of work on a set of 12 tunes that proved Chicago was truly inspired once again.

Like their previous five long players, Throttle Elevator Music redefines rock-jazz by blending a different kind of rock with a different kind of jazz. It’s organically pure spiritual joy.

Pick a genre, any genre. Then listen to TEAR and somewhere along the way you’ll likely find echoes of it in their music.