Alestorm’s pirate ship has been righted and is back on course.

Fully completed Steely Dan studio recordings not officially released are rare. Steely Dan covers are rare. Their newly uncovered take on Joni Mitchell’s “Carey intersects both kinds of rarities.

The new and stimulating all-woman collective Esthesis Quartet has quickly established a signature sound that’s as pleasing as it is intrepid.

Tin Machine closed out their underrated career 30 years ago this week with a live LP that was once again thrillingly rough, angular and always quirky.

Tony Williams’ new remaster of the barely released 1980 record ‘Play or Die’ is much more than a curiosity. It’s a legit statement on fusion jazz.

Kirk Knuffke has long been called a rising-star cornet player but ‘Gravity Without Airs’ is not the work of an ascending artist but a completely developed musician.

Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, David Torn and others spent two years creating ‘Through the Wire,’ a tribute to the “artistry and humanity” of Peter Gabriel.

Preston Frazier’s Best of 2022 (So Far) includes records from Ben Craven, Mark Wade Trio, Joe Bailey and others.

Nick Millevoi and Rob Stabinsky are plenty capable of making serious music but Grassy Sound is about them having fun.

‘Don’t Know’ is the Claudio Scolari Project’s third album in as many years, as the improvisational, familial quartet continues a roll that they don’t seem to want to slow down.