It sounds like the happiest possible Steely Dan song. But "Peg" has more than a little bitterness in its lyrical DNA.

I knew I’d get my chance.” Purdie embellishes his shuffle continually, particularly in the intricate hi-hat part, providing a ...

There have been years in his career when Tom Scott was collaborating with so many music legends, from Aerosmith and Frank Sinatra to Quincy Jones and Thelonious Monk, that they became a blur for the ...

Like many of the biggest groups of the early 1970s, Steely Dan grew up under the shadow of The Beatles. That's not to say ...

The musician and actor on not believing in guilty pleasures, overdoing the Steely Dan and his love for Amyl and the Sniffers ...

Review of Steely Dan's album The Very Best Of Younger readers probably won't have heard the name Steely Dan (Appropriated from a sex toy featured in William Burroughs lysergic epic the Naked Lunch) - ...

Donald Fagen led a crack band through Steely Dan's greatest hits Friday night at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion. Credit: Photo by David Clements Steely Dan was, and remains, an anomaly. More on ...

Donald Fagen last played under the name Steely Dan in March 2024. So what's he been doing since then? According to his stepdaughter, he's "enjoying his retirement," though he's still making music and ...

This interview originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. Steely Dan is a paradox. As writer Alex Pappademas puts it, it's a "cult band whose catalog ...

WILMINGTON — Steely Dead, a Colorado-based band fusing Steely Dan with the Grateful Dead, landed at LaGuardia Airport in Queens on Tuesday ahead of the Mad Hatter's Ball at Memorial Hall this weekend.