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Zan Zone - 'Start Where You Stand' (2022)

Zan Zone – ‘Start Where You Stand’ (2022)

Zan Zone’s ‘Start Where You Stand’ is an often Wishbone Ash-esque guitar-rock album that just gets things right.

Whiskey Myers – 'Tornillo' (2022)

Whiskey Myers – ‘Tornillo’ (2022)

The heyday of Southern rock may be gone, but Whiskey Myers proves once again that it’s definitely still alive and kicking like a mule.

Walt Weiskopf European Quartet - 'Diamonds and Other Jewels' (2022)

Walt Weiskopf European Quartet – ‘Diamonds and Other Jewels’ (2022)

‘Diamonds and Other Jewels’ presents Walt Weiskopf’s European quartet emerging from the pandemic with its coherence at an all-time high.

Top 20 Versions of 'Lush Life': Johnny Hartman, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald + Others

Top 20 Versions of ‘Lush Life’: Johnny Hartman, Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald + Others

Billy Strayhorn’s “Lush Life” is beautiful. It’s peculiar. It’s sad. It reflects a path of life on which we have all wandered. But which version is best?

Frank Zappa's Universe via 'Joe's Garage': Act I

Frank Zappa’s Universe via ‘Joe’s Garage’: Act I

This is the first in a three-part series from Mick Raubenheimer examining Frank Zappa’s ‘Joe Garage,’ itself a three-part rock opera which arrived in 1979.

Bethlehem Asylum - 'Bethlehem Asylum / Commit Yourself' (1970-71; 2022 reissue)

Bethlehem Asylum – ‘Bethlehem Asylum / Commit Yourself’ (1970-71; 2022 reissue)

Bethlehem Asylum’s two early-’70s Ampex albums offer a wonderfully weird look back into the musical mayhem once found in hip record-store racks.

How Bruce Hornsby Showed Off His Jazz Chops With 'Camp Meeting'

How Bruce Hornsby Showed Off His Jazz Chops With ‘Camp Meeting’

Bruce Hornsby won’t ever be mentioned with his jazz heroes. Still, he proved 15 years ago today that he could maintain some originality while honoring them.

Desert Island Discs: 1960s Classic Rock

Desert Island Discs: 1960s Classic Rock

Here are the ’60s classic-rock records we simply couldn’t live without if something went wrong on our three-hour tour … our three-hour tour …

Tony Malaby's Sabino - 'The Cave of Winds' (2022)

Tony Malaby’s Sabino – ‘The Cave of Winds’ (2022)

Whether under a freeway or in the studio, Tony Malaby can make good art out of his surroundings and does so again with ‘The Cave of Winds.’

Def Leppard's 'Hysteria' Came Along at Just the Right Time

Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ Came Along at Just the Right Time

I picked up Def Leppard’s ‘Hysteria’ after its release 35 years ago today because I loved ‘Pyromania.’ That began a years-long stint of daily listening.