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

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 ...

Studio perfectionism and jazzy inclinations set Steely Dan apart from the other rock bands of the 70s. Despite a wildly different approach from their peers and a reticence to promote themselves, the ...

The acclaimed musician and former late night bandleader loves everything from Amyl and the Sniffers to Erykah Badu. So why can’t he stand Steely Dan? The first song I fell in love with I remember ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been said that it took some two hours in the studio with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker to work on the 50-second solo, which, ...

Tom Petty had a lot to live up to on 'Damn the Torpedoes', but he still thinks this one song is one of the watershed moments for The Heartbreakers.

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

Whether made by human hand or shady algorithm, emotion-based playlists are everywhere. But if you’re looking for a superior soundtrack to ‘all the feels’, get your ears round these selections from our ...

Fourteen years ago, a couple of Cal Poly students met and did a really “collegey” thing. They started playing music together. The pair added other players over the next few years, went from busking to ...

It’s been almost six years since Google replaced Play Music with its current streaming service, YouTube Music. Judging by the numerous polls and readers’ comments we’ve conducted and observed during ...

As Rolling Stone updates its ranking of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, modern guitar star St. Vincent has weighed in on her personal favorite — and why the “sacrosanct” solo should never ...