As Toto’s sophomore album ‘Hydra’ arrived 45 years ago this week, snooty critics were dutifully annoyed. But they were building toward something big.

Here is the video premiere of “Vesper Flights,” from the Joel Frahm Trio’s upcoming album ‘Lumination.’

Released 30 years ago this week, ’11 Tracks of Whack’ found Walter Becker stepping into the spotlight after huge successes in Steely Dan with Donald Fagen.

Here is the video premiere of “Aloft”, the title track from pianist Bryn Roberts’ upcoming trio album.

Narada Michael Walden’s music and that of the artists he works with varies intriguingly from genre to genre. So do the albums that shaped his career.

Roger Hodgson joins us to discuss ‘Crime of the Century,’ the breakthrough Supertramp album released 50 years ago this month.

The Knack began a career-souring six-week run atop the charts 45 years ago this week with “My Sharona.” A terrific deep cut got lost along the way.

Barry Melton returns to Country Joe and the Fish’s brief but influential career, including a generation-defining appearance 55 years ago at Woodstock.

The gold-selling ‘Chicago 13’ nearly cracked the Billboard Top 20 after arriving 45 years ago – but something was very wrong.

“Greensleeves” has disappeared from the end of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love” – and that’s just the beginning.