'Christmas Album' finds the Jackson 5 interpreting smartly selected material with an emotional maturity and sincerity far beyond their young ages.

Preston Frazier looks back at the best concerts of 2017, including tours by Steely Dan, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, King Crimson and others.

Delfeayo Marsalis's first-ever live album, 'Kalamazoo,' proves he's both an alchemist and entertainer.

Featuring spirited harmonizing and red-hot grooves, Chairmen of the Board's 'Greatest Hits' asserts the heartfelt sounds of a group primed for rediscovery.

By opening 1992's 'Kingdom of Desire' like this, Toto served notice to listeners that they were in for something completely different.

Evanescence's 'Synthesis' offers classical reworkings of some of the band's most well-known songs – and a new track that brings the whole concept together.

Initially, Cath Roberts only intended to expand Sloth Racket to 10 members for a jazz festival appearance, then Favourite Animals became a new band.

This has been a great year for progressive rock releases, but overlooking Alan Simon's 'Excalibur IV: The Dark Age of the Dragon' verges on criminal.

Songwriting combines with dynamic musicianship to make Spirit's 'Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus' a too-often-overlooked masterpiece.

Bill Champlin is said to have always pushed new music on the band. This is once case where Chicago should said no.

Few seem to know that Joan Baez is a gifted songwriter in her own right, composing many powerful and poetic tracks over the course of the decades.

David Crosby seems almost naked without his guitar, yet still shines brightly on yet another stellar Joni Mitchell cover song.

Competing formats and differing licensing agreements have caused songs by the Beatles, Police, Black Sabbath and others to get lost in the shuffle.

Mixing elegance with volume and power, "Questions 67 & 68" shines a light on vintage Chicago in the best possible way.