“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.

“Mind Drive” was a deliberate attempt to recapture the epic feel of Yes’ main-sequence albums – and it worked brilliantly.

Face it, most Christmas albums are crap. William Shatner’s recent release ‘Shatner Claus’ bucks the trend.

Ivo Perelman almost decided not to record with a cellist, but thankfully he changed his mind.

This track is different spin on an old warhorse – and for that, I gave Chicago some credit.

The year 2018 proved to be a bonanza for Beatles fans. Here’s a look back at some of the best albums, books, movies, box sets and more.

This holiday update illustrates a point: Chicago is like pizza. Even when it’s not great, it’s still really good.

Long overlooked, the Spencer Davis Group’s ‘Gluggo’ stands as a fun and energetic collection of meat-and-potatoes rock and roll.

The Pearcy / Gratzmiller Jazz Quintet created an album that has energy, soul and a slight sense of the unpredictable.