Fifty-four years ago, the rock band Steely Dan produced "Reelin' In the Years"—a track that, despite featuring an era-defining guitar solo, would never top the Billboard Hot 100. Originally released ...

Steely Dan is known for the songwriting of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. But these songs would be the same without their ...

Punk upstarts might have grabbed the headlines, but classic rock ruled the airwaves in 1977 ...

I knew I’d get my chance.” Purdie embellishes his shuffle continually, particularly in the intricate hi-hat part, providing a beautiful blend of open and closed placements. After just two stellar ...

Steely Dan and Mark Knopfler had very different workflow styles in the studio, which everyone learned the hard way in 1978.

For almost as long as Steely Dan's 'Rikki Don't Lose That Number' has been a hit, fans have been wondering who the real Rikki ...

Along with The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan, the Grammy-winner made some of the greatest pop ever. But success never seemed ...

Ted Lucas made a masterpiece. At the start of the ’70s, after jettisoning a string of promising rock bands and sustaining ...

Denny FitzPatrick’s “A ‘Yes’ Out There” is not your average debut album. But FitzPatrick is also not your average debuting ...

In 1995, Black Sabbath were on the brink of oblivion, and it was hardly helped by one disastrous album which almost doomed ...

New music, new album, new tour. For musical artists big, small and in between, that’s the classic modus operandi. A. C.

Smooth grooves, shimmering production, soulful vocals, sun-drenched sophistication — the definitive 15 Yacht Rock albums sail effortlessly through California with cool and polished perfection ...