Whether in trio or momentary quartet, ‘Orbital’ provides proof that The Outskirts reunion was well justified. The highly-charged improvisational magic is back.

Frank Zappa’s ‘Joe’s Garage’ is a great introduction into the quantum sonics of one of the 20th century’s greatest composers.

Edward Simon’s ‘Venezuela: Latin American Songbook Vol. 2’ features intimate, unhurried and deeply grounded music that breathes with the cadence of memory.

Bruce Springsteen has said he hoped his music could encourage positive passions of the moment. Based on the tour’s first night, he is surpassing all goals.

With ‘The Woods,’ the sagacious guitarist from Maine Ryan Blotnick has consolidated all his strengths into his most consistent effort yet.

Two experimental electronic music pioneers who also happen to be analog musicians at heart create an endlessly fascinating assemblage of artificial sounds rooted in human artistic instincts.

Released 55 years ago this month, the instantly familiar ‘Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon’ meant James Taylor wouldn’t go down as a one-shot wonder.

Mark Wade’s ‘New Stages’ is simply unclassifiable. Record stores might not like that, but listeners do because there is something for every musical palette.

Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project’s ‘The Longest Way Round’ plays like a passport filled to capacity, moving seamlessly through genres and rhythms.

Here is “Like Swimwear (part one),” the advance single from Jeff Parker ETA IVtet’s upcoming album ‘Happy Today.’