George Clinton, Billy Sherwood, GIG, Neal Morse, Lenny Castro + Others: Preston Frazier’s Best of 2018
Preston Frazier’s Best of 2018 list includes a broad array of sounds and genres from familiar names and legends in the making.
Preston Frazier’s Best of 2018 list includes a broad array of sounds and genres from familiar names and legends in the making.
David Crosby, Boz Scaggs and Marc Ribot headline S. Victor Aaron’s Best of 2018 list for non-jazz albums.
This best of 2018 list for hard rock and metal is capped by one mammoth record that made the whole year worth it.

Dozens of winters later, as “the world in white gets underway,” U2’s message on “New Year’s Day” is still worth exploring.
Preston Frazier’s jazz-focused survey of Best of 2018 albums includes Mark Wade, Chris Carver, Peter Erskine and Stanley Clarke, among others.
For 30 years now, I’ve been asking myself: “How would the ‘speechless’ know to ‘unite in a silent accord'”?
Ringo Starr may have been the only member of the Beatles to appear on “Good Night,” but it was very much a group effort.

The ample leftovers from Walter Becker’s ‘Circus Money’ sessions continue to be pulled out of the fridge, warmed in the microwave and set on the table for feasting.
“A good audience can really lift a player to great heights,” Ginger Baker says, “almost like they are playing the musician.”
It was quite a year for fans of Yes, as Preston Frazier’s Best of 2018 list for box sets and reissues shows.