Ross Boissoneau digs into new seasonal sounds from Steve Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Norah Jones, Blackmore’s Night and others.

‘El Camino’ arrived 10 years ago today as an extension of everything the Black Keys accomplished with ‘Brothers’ – just turned up to 11.

I’ve reached the end of this collection of great Donald Fagen songs with mixed feelings.

What does it say about the state of this band when Chicago doesn’t even phone it in for the best track on ‘Chicago XXXVI: Now’?

Spoiler alert: There’s not an electric guitar to be found on Renaissance’s ‘Scheherazade and Other Stories.’ But that is a big part of the charm.

Once again with ‘Windows of Time,’ Wertico Cain & Gray make instant music with all the creativity and none of the mess, and they don’t even have to be in the same room to do it.

There is power pop – and then there is POWER POP. Just by this band’s name, it is obvious what side Doublepluspop’s bread is buttered on.

This track fits well on an album where Yes attempts to find some sense of purpose in a world beset by climate change and COVID. So why’d they leave it off?

The first posthumous Johnny Cash LP arrived 15 years ago with plenty of harsh truths, but ‘A Hundred Highways’ never forgot the simple pleasures either.

Unfortunately, “The Goodbye Look” from Donald Fagen’s ‘The Nightfly Live’ just tries too hard to recreate perfection.