Donnie Dacus clearly felt his moment had arrived after moving from largely uncredited work with Stephen Stills to the spotlight as Chicago’s new guitarist.

Lucas Lee discusses working with Marco Minnemann, his personal creative arc and stand-out album tracks from ‘Lowered Expectations.’

Yes, Ross Hammond’s ‘Riding Dragons in Winter’ is relatively simple but when life gets too noisy and complicated, it’s time to return to elemental things.

‘The Island of Real’ catches a fun, cosmopolitan groove, but sales were weak and it somehow became the the last-ever album released by the Rascals.

Projekt Gemineye returns with six daring songs that recall the heady days when bands like Rush and Yes ruled the musical landscape.

Released 10 years ago today, Christian Scott’s ‘Live at Newport’ bravely fought back against the treatment of jazz as an academic affair.

Themes of loss and renewal show up in several songs on Chicago’s ‘Hot Streets,’ including the side two-opening “Gone Long Gone” from Peter Cetera.

Warren Wiebe’s demos are so well produced and expertly recorded that it’s usually hard to believe they aren’t actually finished songs.

Eric Bibb bites off a lot on ‘Global Griot,’ but if there’s anyone who can pull all of this together, it’s this guy.

Released 10 years ago this week, ‘Back to the River’ once again blended blues, R&B, gospel and rock. But Susan Tedeschi was headed toward something big.