This is a strong instrumental fusion album. Since Barry Atschul plays the drums, you might expect that instrument to be dominant.

This album is nearly a one-person release. That musician is Santtu Laakso (of Dark Sun), who is responsible for all music and lyrics, all instruments, vocals and programming.

This is just one track that is nearly 79-minutes long. I suppose that technically makes it a single, but that would be a real stretch of the imagination and the definition.

I've covered Jason Blake previously as part of the band Aziola Cry. In fact, I reviewed their most recent disc in the last issue of MSJ.

This was the first of two solo albums from Jason Blake in the last year or so. I've reviewed the other one in this issue, as well.

I have to admit to not being all that familiar with Arthur Brown's work. Sure, I know about the stuff he did with Hawkwind and Robert Calvert and things like that.

While both songs I've reviewed from this act for this issue are dynamic, I'd say this is the further reaching of the two.

You can always count on Dewa Budjana to deliver high quality and inventive fusion, no matter who he's playing with. This album fulfills that promise with style.

Good luck labeling or categorizing this album. It clearly fits under progressive rock, at least as art rock.

This is an interesting compilation from an interesting band. Crack the Sky's brand of progressive rock is unusual and intriguing.

At first I thought about landing this under heavy metal. That's because I just listened to a few parts of a few songs.

The music here is based heavily on classical and jazz concepts. The instrumentation is in keeping with that.

Dr. Space is a busy guy. In addition to his main act Øresund Space Collective, he seems to appear and work on all kinds of other projects.

This new set is quite intriguing. We get three CDs and a Blu-Ray disc. The first two CDs and the Blu-Ray are the concert recording.

This album is, as the title suggests, all played on one instrument - piano. Don't expect traditional piano music, though.

This is an unusual release. Each live CD here represents one set of a show from July of 2019.

Robert Fripp provides guitar and soundscapes to this.

Modern guitar based progressive rock is the order of business here. There are only three songs here, but this isn't a particularly short EP as none of the song are especially short.

While Bernardo Lanzetti might not be a household name, in terms of Italian progressive rock, he really is a legend.

I previously reviewed another set from this act. I put that one under prog, despite the band being considered more pop music. I made the same decision this time around.

This disc fits under progressive rock because that's where fusion generally goes at Music Street Journal.

This new set collects three albums by Clive Nolan and Oliver Wakeman into one impressive box set.

While this might not be the most obvious choice for inclusion under progressive rock, I think it fits quite well.

We generally land fusion under progressive rock, which is why this goes there.

The brand of progressive rock on this is guitar-based. It leans toward metal at times.

In terms of progressive rock, this definitely doesn't fit under the heading. I'd argue that  it fits as art rock music.

This album is essentially a love letter to Charlie Parker's music. I have landed this under progressive rock because we always put fusion under prog.

I like pretty much everything Darryl Way does. He is probably best known for his work in Curved Air, but that's only one piece of the musical picture he presents.

This is the second disc from Zero Times Everything. Like the first one that I also reviewed at MSJ, this is exceptional adventurous.

There is a certain formula to a lot of modern metal. You know what I'm talking about, right?

I probably shouldn't like this album. I mean, one of my pet peeves of a disc is when everything is of the rocking, heavy variety, without any mellow music to provide contrast.

The story of this act is interesting, and most of it is captured in the lyrics to the title track.

I had heard of this band before, but never really heard them. I have to say that I've been missing out.

There is something to be said about knowing when enough is enough. When I reviewed Thomas Abban's previous release I said that it would have been stronger had some of the songs been left off.

This set has a lot of old-school jazz in the mix.

Harvey Dalton Arnold will probably be known to a lot of music fans as having been the bass player for the Outlaws in the 70s.

In the last decade or two a type of country music that's closer to pop has emerged. Don't expect that here.

I reviewed the video version of this album in the previous issue of Music Street Journal and promised the CD review for this time around.

This new EP has an interesting blend of sounds. There is a lot of modern pop music, some R&B, moody dreamscapes, art music and more.

This is quite an intriguing set. When I was done spinning it, I was left with one thought: I wish there was more.

I previously reviewed another (also four-song) EP by this act. I talked about how difficult it was to put a label on them.

There is a certain kind of sound that seems almost clichéd these days. Well, technically there are always quite a few of those in play at any given time.

I have to say, if you like blues guitar music, you can't argue with this album. This is the real deal.

This album has some songs that really work. I would say that as a whole it's a strong, but definitely imperfect set.

I love this album from start to finish. There is never a misstep. 

Lucy Isabel has given us a nice collection of tunes here. The music ranges from more folk and country based music to rock.

This is an album that's a bit hard to pin down in terms of musical style. There is a lot of country and folk here, but there are plenty of other things included, too.

This album is packed full of strong songs. There are no tunes that miss the mark, but some really manage to stand out beyond the others.

You can generally count on quality from Ranzel X Kendrick, and this collection is no exception. The music here is generally on the mellower side.

This music is something called "Psycho Billy." To me that means a blending of old school rock and roll, surf music, punk rock and frequent horror and science fiction themes.

This is not the usual folk music collection. These songs were recorded in 1981.

This CD from Mourning Noise gathers up a number of recordings from the early to mid 1980s. The general concept here is hardcore punk, but there are some twists and angles at play.

There is an interesting blend of sounds on this disc. Depending on the song you might hear things that make you think of 80s music, punk rock, power-pop, psychedelia or more.

I always enjoy Lee "Scratch" Perry. This album continues that trend.

Fun, jazzy, blues based music is the order of business. There is a decent range of sound within that picture.

It's definitely appropriate to have this review in the October issue of Music Street Journal.

You can always count on James Lee Stanley to deliver great music. This album is no exception.

The man behind this project is John Blangero. He has created an album that really captures a classic sound.

If you like country music, you're probably the chosen audience for this album. The music here does have elements of folk and rock in it, too, but the country concepts are the common denominator.

Thin Lear is the brainchild and project of Matt Longo. This release has some exceptional music with a decent range, sometimes within each song. .

I reviewed a previous set from Brian Charles Tischleder and mentioned that his voice sounds a lot like Bruce Springsteen.

This soundtrack album was created by Speech of Arrested Development. It features him collaborating with a number of prisoners who were doing time when this was recorded.

This release by two punk rock guitarists has a lot of great music on it. There are a handful of songs here that I think miss the mark, but overall I like this set a lot.

This live video set from Horrorpops is a great product, particularly in terms of the packaging. You get a CD and Blu-Ray and a DVD of the show all in one place, and it comes in a great digipack.

In 2016 there was a concert held as a tribute to Keith Emerson. This amazing package captures that concert.