Marillion’s ‘With Friends From the Orchestra’ is the sound of a band still bravely sticking out from the mainstream music scene.

Preston Frazier’s Best of 2019 Rock and R&B includes Black Pumas, Alexis Evans, Ben Levin, Grupo Fantasma, Monkey House, Isaiah Sharkey, Frederico7 and others.

Here’s a tantalizing suggestion of what Walter Becker’s debut might’ve sounded like if he made ’11 Tracks of Whack’ more like ‘The Nightfly’ instead of ‘Plastic Ono Band.’

I think I finally understood David Bowie sometime around Christmas 2019.

A deep dive into Bert Sommer’s work with the Left Banke and Mountain’s Leslie West, on stage with ‘Hair,’ on screen with ‘The Krofft Supershow’ – and, of course, at Woodstock.

The definitive ‘Songs For Groovy Children’ features all 43 songs performed by Jimi Hendrix and the Band of Gypsys during the Fillmore East concerts in their original sequence.

Fred Phillips’ Best of 2019 list includes Gloryhammer, Tom Keifer, Soilwork, Sturgill Simpson, Wind Rose, Parkway Drive – yes, Parkway Drive – and others.

Mike Tiano explores the wide-open spaces created for progressive rock inside the Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road.’

King Crimson’s ‘In the Court of the Crimson King’ was a product of a time when creating new styles with no boundaries was not only welcomed but expected.

It’s Christmas again, and time for reflections and reminiscences – this time about Bob Dylan, Woodstock and the Allman Brothers.