Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an American jazz rock/rock band consisting of core members
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. The band's popularity peaked in the late
1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock, funk,
R&B, and pop. Rolling Stone has called them "the perfect musical antiheroes
for the Seventies." The band's music is characterized by complex ... read more

Avalon Landing in the Studio

Las Vegas' *Avalon Landing (http://avalonlandingmusic.com)* have created a studio blog. The band is currently working on their debut album with producer Bryan Russell (St...
Posted 3 February 2.45pm — Comment on this

Celebrity Birthdays - January 10, 2013

Happy Birthday to: Steely Dan singer Donald Fagen (1948) English model Abigail Clancy (1986) Actor Alex Meraz (1985) Actor Josh Ryan Evans (1982; d. 2002) Actress Ja...
Posted 10 January 8.00am — Comment on this

Jason Aldean Rides Night Train to Glory As He Tops Country-Heavy Billboard Chart

Welcome to our weekly rundown of what’s happening on the Billboard charts, recapping the big movers in sales and streams of singles and albums. On we go: Country Co...
Posted 26 October 2012 3.00pm — Comment on this

The Darcys touring their interpretation of Steely Dan's 'Aja'; offer up remix by tourmates Rey Pila (dates, streams)

by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: The Darcys - I Got the News (Rey Pila Remix) (MP3) Toronto group The Darcys are heading out on the road for a short East Coast tour, performing t...
Posted 26 October 2012 2.57pm — Comment on this

Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos – review

(Warner Bros)When Steely Dan released Two Against Nature in 2000, it was as if their creative duo, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, had found nothing interesting musically...
Posted 14 October 2012 12.05am — Comment on this

Wayne Krantz – review

Ronnie Scott's, LondonThere is a long line of jazz and fusion guitarists who are better known than New York's Wayne Krantz, but for 20 years he has been one of the few wh...
Posted 23 August 2012 3.19pm — Comment on this

Steely Dan - Donald Fagen & Fab Moretti To Headline 2012 Dylan Fest

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...
Posted 23 May 2012 1.41am — Comment on this

Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra: Emergence – review

(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...
Posted 8 March 2012 11.30pm — Comment on this

The Darcys Announce Steely Dan Tribute Project, Cover “Josie”

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...
Posted 9 January 2012 9.37pm — Comment on this

What's going on Saturday?

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 @ ...
Posted 17 September 2011 7.08am — Comment on this

What's going on Friday?

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...
Posted 16 September 2011 10.16pm — Comment on this

What's going on Wednesday?

today in NYC * Michael Pisaro @ The Stone * Steely Dan @ Beacon Theatre * Erasure, Frankmusik @ Terminal 5 * The Big Terrific @ Cameo Gallery * Bomba Estereo @ Le Poisson...
Posted 14 September 2011 9.05pm — Comment on this

My favourite album: Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel

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...
Posted 12 August 2011 12.01pm — Comment on this

Ferdinand Povel and Pete Christlieb: Good Bait – review

(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...
Posted 31 July 2011 12.05am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Steely Dan songs in the past year.

  • Reeling in the years  519 plays
  • Do It Again  419 plays
  • Rikki Don't Lose That Number  186 plays
  • Hey nineteen  11 plays
  • Bodhisattva  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Steely Dan over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 70s 591 plays
  2. Absolute Classic Rock 530 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 25 plays

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