You could fill a book with all the shady characters you meet in Steely Dan songs. Quantum Criminals is that book. Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay take a deep dive into the genius of ...

Steely Dan started out from a pretty intellectual place. After all, they memorably named themselves after an obscure sexual aid from William S. Burroughs' 1959 novel Naked Lunch. By the time they ...

What do you look for in a song? I’ve spent years asking myself this. Am I a lyrics guy? Is it the actual music, like the piano or guitar or whatever instrument is leading the pack? Does it have to be ...

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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 Doobie Brothers – John McFee, Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons – are performing at the Coastal Credit Union on May 11 for a co-headlining tour with Steely Dan. Andrew Macpherson When the dates ...

Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on that later. The house was full Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Pavilion, despite the fact that the band (such as it is) has released no music that ...

Steely Dan are one of those bands you either love or hate. To some, they represent the highest peaks of songwriting and studio craft, with lyrical vignettes about lost souls and strange characters ...

Two bands known for their string of 1970s hits, but whose sound really couldn’t be more different from one another are coming to Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion for a fun double bill. Steely Dan and ...

Arch classic-rock outliers Steely Dan on Monday announced a North American tour set to start in a whiplash-inducing two months and — hold on to your necks — there’s a two-night stand in Orlando ...

The cover band Steely Dead — “a sonic fusion” of Steely Dan and the Grateful Dead — will be performing at four venues around the island beginning this week. The band is comprised of four musicians — ...