Album by album with Dan superfans David Crosby, St Vincent, Paddy McAloon, Lloyd Cole, Bonnie Raitt, Talib Kweli and more ...

Yet Steely Dan stood apart from all of them. The musical alter-ego of bookish New Yorkers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, with their broad musical palette, didn’t really fit in anywhere.

We tend to think of Steely Dan as a sophisticated band that played cerebral music, and that’s certainly true. But that didn’t preclude them from being a force on the pop charts in their heyday. Ten ...

First formed in the 1970s, Steely Dan, which consisted of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, watched as the band gained international fame that seemed to encompass the decade. While releasing nine studio ...

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.

Well into his 70s, Steely Dan cofounder Donald Fagen remains a contrarian. Along with the late guitarist and songwriter Walter Becker, Fagen wrote and sang some of the most biting and caustic lyrics ...