Issued in September 1979, Journey’s first-ever Top 20 hit found Steve Perry playing a surprising role.

‘The Beatles and Me on Tour’ recounts Ivor Davis’ month traveling with the band as an embedded correspondent in 1964.

A welcome return to fusion, ‘Up’ finds Stanley Clarke going back to his genre-defying ways.

‘Live at Bush Hall’ isn’t a Gary Moore hits package, so much as a journey deep into his considerable craft.

Bryan Murray creates a scary hip-hop/out-jazz Frankenstein that points ahead to an interesting new direction for this intensely creative saxophonist.

Queen co-founder John Deacon retired in 1997, and has remained absent even as the group returned to the road and the studio.

The Rev. Gary Davis’ resonant blend of gospel and blues is as electrifying today as it was when he first rose to fame.

Fawcett’a songs possess the depth, maturity and easily engaging quality lacking from other singer-songwriters these days.

Deep Purple is reliably good on ‘Celebrating Jon Lord.’ The surprises, however, come from one-of-a-kind combinations of acolytes and fans.

An unheard archival recording from Charlie Haden and Jim Hall is even better than expected – and that’s saying a whole lot.