There’s no story anywhere in music like Steely Dan. The Seventies jazz-rock masterminds have gone in and out of style over the years, but they’ve never been more popular, more influential, more of a ...

Steely Dan didn't often put a foot wrong during their career, but there was one early song that Donald Fagen was reluctant to have in their discography.

Steely Dan’s Gaucho turned 40 last week. Forty is the perfect anniversary for a Steely Dan album, since so many of their narrators, on that album in particular but throughout their catalog, seem to be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Steely Dan's Katy Lied launches on a trio of charts in the U.K.

Steely Dan nominally kept that lineup intact for Pretzel Logic, but their 1974 album began the shift from a five-piece band to a band in name only. From Pretzel Logic on forward, Steely Dan was a ...

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has noticed that there are a number of significant albums that are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And he's decided to devote a summer series to ...

A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “I used to go all the way to the backroom, find a guitar, smash it against the wall, and go to the manager and say, ‘Hey, ...