Ari Lehtela’s album is a godsend of sanity in the year the Earth stood still, getting everything right when everything else just went wrong.

‘Mortality’ is the music of Tapio Ylinen, the Finnish singer-songwriter, performed by a stellar cast of jazz musicians from Finland.

Cary Heuchert’s ‘Hourglass’ recalls melodic and idiosyncratic music from the ’70s – the stuff that slipped into the import bins of hip record stores.

Los Lobos’ ‘Native Sons,’ an album of mostly covers, surfs the wonderful rock ‘n’ roll waves of their youth.

Head With Wings’ new EP offers a 17 minute-plus glimpse into a very modern prog-rock world filled with the beauty of a continuous thought.

Dario and the Clear’s wonderful progressive-rock album ‘Optic Nerve’ follows a King Crimson path into very vital and very clever rock grooves.

The forthcoming Steven Wilson re-mix of Gentle Giant’s ‘Free Hand’ once again lowers the volume, brightens the colors, and allows wonderful separation.

Set the controls for the heart of the sun, because ‘Still Wish You Were Here: A Tribute to Pink Floyd’ is a lovely listen.

Renaissance celebrates their 50th anniversary during a concert filled with resurrected beauty, symphonic-prog intellect, and a few ghosts.

My prog compass gets all wiggy at the prospect of new solo guitar renditions of some favorite acoustic tunes on Tom Salvatori’s ‘Parlour Favorites.’