“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” stands as the ultimate sign of respect for Toto leader Steve Lukather’s musical heroes in the Beatles.

This Best of 2019 list includes both Yes and their former drummer Bill Bruford, and Toto and their former drummer Simon Phillips, among others.

Tol-Puddle Martyrs’ fine and interesting ‘Brainfade’ is commercial enough for the masses, but cool enough to march to its own cadence.

Issued 25 years ago, ‘Rock Music Machine’ was the first of just three mid ’90s-era releases from Adam’s Farm.

Walter Becker, the same guy who often came up with some cold putdown lines, wrote a dozen stanzas here full of aching poetry.

Sticking fast to Richard Turgeon’s most recent recordings, “Joelene” rocks with continual strength and stamina.

Preston Frazier’s Best Songs of 2019 list includes rock, jazz and R&B, with a shout out to the continuing resonance of an old favorite from Walter Becker.

My Chemical Romance internalized an impressive array of influences, then made them their own 15 years ago.

Walter Becker’s unfinished “War Baby” is just one of several examples where he used metaphor to describe a relationship as a game of contention.

A brief public service message for long-time Bob Dylan collectors: Don’t get rid of your bootlegs.