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Brooklyn's best bits with Martha Wainwright
The acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter starts a world tour next month. But first she takes Elizabeth Day on a mini-tour of her favourite places in the bohemian New York suburb she's made her home.
CD review: Walter Becker's 'Circus Money'
CD review: Walter Becker's 'Circus Money' By Greg Glasgow Thursday, September 25, 2008 Walter Becker Circus Money Since reuniting in 1993 -- an arrangement that's now lasted far longer than their original '70s ...
Steely Dan: The creepiest guys in jazz-rock return. Details: 8 p.m. Wednesday, August 20, at Verizon Wireless Theater, 520 Texas, 713-230-1600. For a band that once famously rejected live gigging in favor of ...
Steely Dan ignites its fans with obscurities and hits
With more than three decades of songs in its catalog, Steely Dan's summer tour is reelin' in the years.
The Jacksons' 'Destiny' Reissues Foreshadows the Rise and Fall of Michael Live Steely Dan Steely Dan--singer/keyboardist Donald Fagen and guitarist Walter Becker--have always been contrarians.
Steely Dan reunites, but Becker flies solo
In a sense, Walter Becker's new CD, "Circus Money," is the sort of album he has threatened to make since the mid-1980s. Of course, had things worked out differently back then, it might well have been a Steely ...
Steely Dan's music has always been musically complex and lyrically mystifying. But it's also tremendously catchy and unique in its ability to meld pop, rock and even elements of jazz.
Steely Dan adds fresh dates to summer mix
The veteran jazz-rock band--led by co-founders Walter Becker and Donald Fagen--is currently in the middle of a six-night engagement at New York City's Beacon Theatre, with the next show in the stretch scheduled ...
Steely Dan: Can't Buy A Thrill [Reviews]
Release Date: 1972 Label: MCA Genres: Album Rock, Soft Rock, Pop/Rock, Jazz-Rock Number Of Tracks: 10 Walter Becker and Donald Fagen were remarkable craftsmen from the start, as Steely Dan's debut, Can't Buy a ...
Donald Fagen's Freddie Washington
Morphin' Cat Donald Fagen's Freddie Washington By Greg Olwell March, 2006 "The composer always wants to hear what he wrote first," says session veteran Freddie Washington.
Guitar hero: Music fans 'in the know' know about Frank Vignola
“The hard part for me is developing a routine”
Years ago, as a young musician, Frank Vignola walked into Michael's Pub in New York City and approached the owner. via Poughkeepsie Journal
Singer Ronnie Hawkins is 73. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie McCovey is 70. Singer Scott McKenzie is 69. via The Cincinnati Enquirer
'The Nightfly' Still Lives at 25
“Spandex jackets, one for everyone.”
One of pop music's sneakiest masterpieces has turned 25. Often, an album rises from regular best-seller to classic status because it captures the temper of its times. via OpinionJournal
“We are planning to go out with Steely Dan in the summer (playing live) and maybe next fall (2008) I'm hoping to go out with my band ...We are having a lot of fun in our old age.”
Steely Dan is setting its sights on a new album, followed by a summer 2008 tour. via CFRB
Donald Fagen: Nightfly Trilogy
I feel like I completely understand the weirdness of Donald Fagen. In the fall of 2007, on a truly strange Saturday night, I visited the campus of Bard College - 'the place that inspired the ire of "My Old ... via Art Voice