Thiago Nassif’s progressive assault on Brazilian pop won’t appeal to everybody, but they say that about all artists ahead of their time *during* their time.

The ‘Chicago 18’-era leftover “When Will the World Be Like Lovers” represents everything that is wrong with their post-Peter Cetera material.

A fresh glance at melodic progressive-rock music, Staring Into Nothing’s ‘Love’ reveals a wondrous waterfall of beauty on repeated spins.

Released 40 years ago today, ‘Hold Out’ took Jackson Browne to the top of the charts and bottom of critic’s lists. What happened?

“One More Day” is an appropriate ending for an album that likewise had some good, some bad, but overall represents a dated version of Chicago.

Sounding like a long-lost Big Star gem, the Successful Failures’ “This Girl” has all the essential markings of a summer hit single.

As we struggle with a pandemic and, especially, the aftermath of protests sparked by George Floyd’s murder, time has seemingly caught up with Paula Cole.

In stark contrast to the frenetic opening of 2006’s ‘Falling in Between,’ “Dying On My Feet” finds Toto in a more relaxed mood.

This ironically named Chicago song is well written, detailed and very descriptive, but it took me a while to understand what the lyrics really meant.

A striking synthesis of folk, classical, pop and rock, ‘Year of the Cat’ deftly demonstrated Al Stewart’s ability to craft literate songs.