Preston Frazier’s Best of 2020 Jazz list includes Wayne Escoffery, Gary Husband and Markus Reuter, Nick Finzer and Wolfgang Muthspiel, among others.

Richard Sterban of Oak Ridge Boys and J.D. Sumner’s Stamps fame joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping moments – and what he’s listening to now.

ZZ Top’s take on ‘I Thank You’ is driven by signature scruffy riffing, and a rhythm as hard and impenetrable as the West Texas ground.

Brian Johnson’s work with his pre-AC/DC band Geordie was in the heavy-duty vein of Deep Purple, Status Quo and Led Zeppelin.

The Little River Band’s definitive self-titled debut arrived 45 years ago this month, with “It’s a Long Way There” as its opening track.

How does ‘The Notorious Burrito Brothers’ fit in alongside the nearly three dozen other albums by the variously named Burritos? Just fine, thank you.

Here is a video premiere of the Neil Young cover “Tell Me Why” from the album ‘Small Vacation’ by bass/guitar duo Luke Sellick and Andrew Renfroe.

Emilio Castillo of Tower of Power joins Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Curtis Mayfield, Howard Tate and the Spinners.

Paul McCartney’s planned release of ‘McCartney III’ brought us back to one of the most inventive and surprising moments from his last solo era.

Here is the video premiere of Ernesto Cervini and Turboprop’s smart cover of Radiohead’s “Present Tense.”