Glenn Miller and Duke Ellington may have shuffled off this mortal coil, but Ed Palermo and 8-Bit Big Band are among those proving this sound isn’t dead yet.

Genesis legend Steve Hackett chatted with Ross Boissoneau as he prepared to release the upcoming acoustic project ‘Under a Mediterranean Sky.’

Here is the video premiere of “Look For the Union Label” by Theo Bleckmann & The Westerlies.

There’s a healthy dose of complexity on ‘Dice of Tenors,’ but Cesar Cardoso’s melodic and musical respect for the original source material remains.

Mark Wingfield joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Kenny Wheeler, Miles Davis and Jan Garbarek.

Preston Frazier’s look back at the Best of 2020 in rock, pop and soul includes David Sancious, Rick Wakeman, Brownout, Randy Goodrum and others.

It’s clear that The Lickerish Quartet didn’t front-load their release schedule with killer and follow it up with filler, because the high quality remains steady for this melodic rock delight, ‘Threesome Vol. 2.’

Where Ivo Perelman is involved, there is always a surprise contained in every moment. Add two like-minded musicians like Matthew Shipp and Joe Morris playing dissimilar instruments on ‘Shamanism,’ and the level of surprise and thrill are tripled.

Guitarist Paul Nelson joined Ross Boissoneau to discuss career-shaping albums by Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Led Zeppelin and Billy Cobham.

This year has been lousy for a lot of reasons, but as this Best of 2020 list shows, hard rock and heavy metal were not among them.