The questions about Billy Sherwood’s latest Prog Collective album are really twofold: Does it work? And what do the guests bring to the party?

This homage to his heroes in Kiss also captures Ken Sharp’s own musical imagination in full force.

Ben Monder, Tony Malaby and Tom Rainey are superb jazz musicians but for the live improv set ‘Live At The 55 Bar,’ they were clearly reaching for something beyond the bounds of jazz or any other genre.

“Plaid” is one of the Top 3 Bill Champlin Chicago songs, and a perfect reflection of where the band was at the time of its recording.

Santana’s Ray Greene joins Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Michael Jackson, Aretha Franklin and Ray Charles.

‘Delicate Sound of Thunder,’ one of only three official stand-alone live Pink Floyd albums, finally sees an expanded vinyl reissue.

The highly distinctive musical personalities of Mary Halvorson, Michael Formanek and Tomas Fujiwara and their superhuman telepathy are the only ingredients that carry over from one Thumbscrew album to the next. ‘Never Is Enough’ is full of new daring feats by this amazing trio.

“The Little Things” ranks among the top of Steve Porcaro’s songs, and is my favorite Toto deep cut.

For their newest album ‘Asteroid Ekosystem’, the adventurous Alister Spence Trio shook things up by inviting a guitarist — fellow Australian Ed Kuepper — to join them for the recording sessions. In Kuepper, Spence brought a real provocateur into the party.

The Fabulous Red Diesel’s ‘Queensbury House Sessions’ is an uplifting, musically diverse and well-produced album with a tight ensemble and wonderful vocals.