Fania All Stars’ ‘Latin-Soul-Rock, long out of print, returns on 180-gram vinyl to celebrate the original release’s 50th anniversary.

Replete with a new band and some imaginative compositions, ‘Vertigo’ offers a different side to Julian Costello’s music.

With the constant influx of new music, it’s too easy to overlook things. Here are some recordings from six-string masters that shouldn’t have been missed.

The daringly diverse ‘Let’s Walk’ ranks among Madeleine Peyroux’s very best – and that’s high praise for such a stellar artist.

Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham are hardly household names, even though they’ve been a consequential part of the American popular music scene since the 1960s.

‘Focus 12’ is a lovely throwback to the progressive rock albums of the mid-to-late ’70s, with all of their hidden synaptic secrets.

Jimmy Barnes is an Australian icon. ‘Working Class Boy’ and ‘Working Class Man’ traced this amazing journey – in his own words.

Soft Machine’s peak roster playing at peak performance is reason enough to plunk down for ‘Høvikodden 1971’ if this boundary-pushing style of jazz-rock is your thing.

‘Live at the 188 Club’ from Aurora Nealand, Mark Helias and Tim Berne underscore the three-way interplay between sax, accordion and bass, and proves the concept works nicely when the right musicians are executing it.

Bobby Broom joined Preston Frazier to discuss his new concert recording, ‘Jamalot Live,’ touring with Steely Dan and the enduring power of ‘House of the Rising Sun.’