Steely Dan star Donald Fagen Boz Scaggs and The Strokes hero Fab Moretti are among the acts who have signed up to take part in the 10th annual Dylan Fest in New York this...
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(Spartacus)Any band led by the Scottish sax-star Tommy Smith always raises the bar, and this session by the talented youth orchestra he directs is a genuinely appealing a...
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It takes an admirable level of chutzpah to cover a band with an aesthetic as singularly knotty as Steely Dan’s, but that’s just what Toronto’s the Darcy...
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The Hold Steady @ McCarren Pool, 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) today in NYC * Brooklyn Book Fest * Eugene Mirman Comedy Fest * Roland Auzet @ The Stone * Avan Lava @ ...
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The Raincoats in 1981 today in NYC * UCB East * Evillive * Book Fest * Mirman Fest * Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre * The Respect Sextet @ The Stone * "Indie Music Fest" @ L...
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today in NYC * Michael Pisaro @ The Stone * Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre * Erasure, Frankmusik @ Terminal 5 * The Big Terrific @ Cameo Gallery * Bomba Estereo @ Le Poisson...
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Continuing our series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same – Alex Macpherson explains w...
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(Timeless)Put two players of the same instrument in front of a jazz audience and you'll get one of two things: a boxing match or a love-in. This time it's the latter, and...
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Recording engineer who collaborated with Steely Dan for 30 yearsThe albums of Steely Dan were renowned for their sophisticated musical content and for their benchmark-set...
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Indie bands and session musicians were once seen as incompatible, but with the likes of Calexico and Broken Social Scene blurring the boundaries, the freelancer is back i...
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As part of our new online city guides, we asked music experts to compile a playlist to their city. Here Chris Keating of Yeasayer cues up the tracks for New York CityWhil...
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Okkervil River's last proper album, 2008's The Stand Ins, was nothing if not approachable. Top to bottom, the record was packed with sunny melodies, strummy riffs and s...
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Singer, guitarist and songwriter best known for 1970s hit Poetry Man dies of complications from stroke in 2010Phoebe Snow, a bluesy singer, guitarist and songwriter who h...
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Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, ...
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