MOJO's Mat Snow runs down every album from Steely Dan and their two major dudes, Donald Fagan and Walter Becker.
Steely Dan's last US Top 40 hit sounded peppy enough. You can almost miss the references to addiction in the lyrics.
The LP’s release is part of a campaign that will see Steely Dan’s first seven studio effort return to vinyl. The initiative, which is being overseen by frontman Donald Fagen, began in November 2022 ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. In 1980, after nearly two years in the studio, Steely Dan emerged triumphant with ...
Fagen got on the phone with Variety to discuss the impetus behind releasing the two records, how he feels about continuing to tour as Steely Dan after Becker’s death, when he expects to return to the ...
During our recent Drums Week here at MusicRadar we were reminded of the fits and starts history of the drum machine. One particularly fascinating and pioneering device we felt was worth exploring a ...
In pop music, Steely Dan’s hybrid of pop, jazz and R&B represents an artistic standard few can match. Steely Dan — the musical enterprise of songwriting team Walter Becker and Donald Fagen — hit its ...
The guitar icon reflects on the records that changed his life, including Steely Dan’s pioneering “yacht rock“ debut ...
This essay is adapted from Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay's “Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan. A few months after Steely Dan co-founder ...