Mike Pride & id m theft able are a match made in heaven – or rather, the outlying regions of heaven where few dare to tread.

“Rescue You” seems more appropriate for 1980’s poorly received ‘Chicago XIV’ than on this otherwise solid collection of songs.

Even if the music isn’t so simple, the intricacy on Matt Mitchell’s ‘Phalanx Ambassadors’ makes it so absorbing.

King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ was a product of a time when creating new styles with no boundaries was not only welcomed but expected.

Listening to his own work like ‘No Justice – Justification’ and ‘Revolt Against State Stimulated Stockholm Syndrome,’ it becomes crystal clear why so much better-known talent like to be around him.

It’s Christmas again, and time for reflections and reminiscences – this time about Bob Dylan, Woodstock and the Allman Brothers.

“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” stands as the ultimate sign of respect for Toto leader Steve Lukather’s musical heroes in the Beatles.

This Best of 2019 list includes both Yes and their former drummer Bill Bruford, and Toto and their former drummer Simon Phillips, among others.

With their fourth album ‘Brain Drain’, Gorilla Mask is often in your face. That said, their tactics with rhythm and harmony remain an integral part of their attack, too.

If this Bill Bruford compilation took an Ancestry DNA test, the results would point to an old Soft Machine song: It feels, it reels and it squeals.