Steely Dan

Funk Indie Rock Rock Soul 

Five Door Sedan Drops ‘Everything’

July 27, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2026, Charleston, Everything, Five Door Sedan, Hall and Oates, South Carolina, Steely Dan

Sophomore LP out in October 

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Fusion jazz Pop Rock 

Haitian Divorce: Steely Dan’s ‘The Royal Scam’ at 50

May 28, 2026May 28, 2026 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1976, 50th anniversary, Bernard Purdie, De La Soul, Dean Parks, DMX, Donald Fagen, Jay-Z, Killswitch Engage, Larry Carlton, Mos Def, My Dying Bride, Nas, Steely Dan, The Royal Scam, Walter Becker

Their smooth music and ugly tales refracted through movies, books and rap lyrics

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Rock 

Doug Kistner’s Studio D’Lux ‘Turn the Page’ with New Single

January 21, 2026January 21, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments Christopher Cross, Doug Kistner, Keith Howland, Leland Sklar, Liberty Devitto, Steely Dan, Studio D'Lux, The Allstar Project, Turn the Page

New LP, The Allstar Project, out Feb. 3

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Remembrance Rock 

Rick Derringer Gone at 77

May 27, 2025May 28, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Edgar Winter, Hulk Hogan, Johnny Winter, Patti Smith, Rick Derringer, RIP, Steely Dan, The McCoys, Thurston Moore, Weird Al Yankovic

Renowned guitarist blurred the lines between rock and pop

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Fusion jazz Rock 

Chain Lightning: Steely Dan’s Katy Lied at 50

April 2, 2025April 2, 2025 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1975, 50th anniversary, ABC Records, Bad Sneakers, Black Friday, Donald Fagen, Katy Lied, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

Looking back at the album that made Becker and Fagen studio masters (and hermits)

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jazz Pop Remembrance Rock Soul 

David Sanborn’s Adventures Beyond the Realm of Jazz

May 15, 2024May 16, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments Alto, Between the Buried and Me, Bruce Springsteen, Carly Simon, David Bowie, David Sanborn, James Brown, Kenny Loggins, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Robert Cray Band, The Rolling Stones

10 albums featuring the late alto sax great

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Fusion jazz Pop Rock 

Through With Buzz: Steely Dan’s Pretzel Logic Turns 50

March 2, 2024March 7, 2024 Ted Miller 1 Comment 1974, 50th anniversary, Donald Fagen, Pretzel Logic, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

Looking back on Becker and Fagen’s most humane album

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jazz Rock 

Steely Dan’s Aja Returns to Vinyl

August 8, 2023August 9, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Aja, Donald Fagen, Geffen Records, Steely Dan, UMe, Vinyl, Walter Becker

Becker and Fagen’s jazz-rock masterpiece will be reissued on wax September 29th

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jazz Rock 

Show Biz Kids: Steely Dan’s Countdown To Ecstasy at 50

July 1, 2023July 1, 2023 Jim Caligiuri 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Aja, Bodhisattva, Can't Buy A Thrill, Countdown To Ecstasy, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Joe Sample, King of the World, Larry Carlton, Show Biz Kids, Steely Dan, Steve Gadd, Walter Becker, Wayne Shorter, Your Gold Teeth

Looking back at Becker and Fagen’s last “band” record

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jazz Pop Rock 

Slang of Ages: Steely Dan’s Everything Must Go at 20

June 10, 2023June 11, 2023 Ryan Maffei 1 Comment 2003, 20th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Everything Must Go, Reprise Records, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

A look back at Becker and Fagen’s so-subtle – too subtle? – studio swan song

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jazz Rock 

On The Dunes: Donald Fagen’s Kamakiriad at 30

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Donald Fagen, Kamakiriad, Reprise Records, Steely Dan, The Nightfly, Walter Becker

Celebrating the Steely Dan man’s second solo stand

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jazz Remembrance 

The Soothsayer: Remembering Wayne Shorter

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 David Beckett 0 Comments Jazz, Miles Davis, Milton Nascimento, RIP, Saxophone, Steely Dan, The Rolling Stones, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report

The groundbreaking jazz titan was 89

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jazz Rock 

Dirty Work: Steely Dan’s Can’t Buy A Thrill at 50

November 25, 2022June 10, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1972, 50th anniversary, Denny Dias, Dirty Work, Do It Again, Donald Fagen, Elliot Randall, Naked Lunch, Reelin' In The Years, Steely Dan, Walter Becker, William S. Burroughs

Looking back on the band’s classic debut LP

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Folk jazz Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Linda Hoover Shares “Autumn” From Steely Dan Assisted Lost Album

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 Ron Hart 4 Comments Autumn, Barbra Streisand, Denny Dias, Donald Fagen, Eric Weissberg, I Mean To Shine, Jeff “Skunk” Baxter, Linda Hoover, Omnivore Recordings, Steely Dan, Walter Becker

I Mean To Shine is out now on Omnivore Recordings

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Arthur Nasson Shares New Single

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Arthur Nasson, Boston, Joe Jackson, single, Steely Dan, Wilue

Check out the lyric video for “Without A Clue” from the acclaimed Boston singer-songwriter

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