Angie Wells and ‘Abbey Road Reimagined’ headline the latest edition of Five for the Road, an occasional look at music that’s been in my car lately.

John McLaughlin is known for his restlessness – here electric, there acoustic, here Western, there Eastern. ‘This Moment’ straddles many of those worlds.

‘Digital Reaction’ has all the wide ranging guitar-led gumption and fortitude of Marc Ribot’s Atomic Dog but with Nick Millevoi’s own stamp, marshaling shards of most everything he’s done up this point while adding a few new tricks.

The Claudio Scolari Project’s ‘Intermission’ is a collective leap of faith, and these guys positively thrive in it.

Since members of the Vampires have previously collaborated with each member of the Necks, Chris Abrahams’ inclusion in the former group for the attractive new release ‘Nightjar’ makes this addition by addition.

Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas from an all-star quintet, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the no-compromises ‘Polarity.’

Sprung from the prolific mind of Rob Mazurek, the Exploding Star Orchestra started out in 2007 reaching toward towering heights of artistry and attaining them. Most amazingly, they still manage to do that today with ‘Lightning Dreamers.’

Here is the video premiere of “Neverending,” from the debut album of Gregg Belisle-Chi’s post-rockers Good Intentions.

With ‘Recoil,’ Brad Henkel, Dustin Carlson and Samuel Hall set out and succeeded in making a freeform record that’s not just uncommon, but uncommonly good.

With ‘Letters to George’ by his exciting new combo GEORGE, John Hollenbeck once again takes a somewhat odd assortment of musicians and shaped them into the something truly fresh and compelling.