It was the ‘70s: hot steam rising off the sweet guitar riffs of Steely Dan, John and Yoko’s bed-in peace protests, and the ...

Session player Elliott Randall stepped in after Donald Fagen and Walter Becker couldn't quite get the sound they were looking ...

Steely Dan was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame as part of its 2024 inductees with Donald Fagen and Walter Becker joining R.E.M. and Timbaland. The ceremony happened last June in New York.

The former Steely Dan guitarist was required to borrow a Danelectro/Coral electric sitar for the job – but he was less than ...

Warren Haynes played Jerry Garcia’s iconic “Alligator” guitar on covers of “Black Peter” and Steely Dan’s “Pretzel Logic” in San Francisco.

Over the course of their first three albums, Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter helped define the sound of Steely Dan, but one song stood out to him as being perfect.

In Spring 2024, High Street Standards became an official student organization. Rosenblatt and Kops started a mailing list, ...

Former Possessed guitarist Brian Montana was shot and killed by South San Francisco police on Monday, the San Mateo Daily Journal reports. The incident occurred after Montana pulled out a firearm ...

How Robert Fripp's prog rock classic 'Exposure' is being recreated onstage for the first time in more than 40 years.

Heavy Metal guitarist from metal band Possessed, Brian Montana, died after he was killed in a shootout with the police in California. He was 60. According to a report in the New York Daily News, the ...

Inspired by Steely Dan and The Brecker Brothers, Derek Frank’s “Barker’s Boogie” is a funk-jazz shuffle tribute to his and his wife’s dog, Bob Barker—featuring punchy bass, soulful horns, and fiery ...

This is FRESH AIR. Guitarist Nels Cline is one of the most versatile players on the music scene today. He's a heavyweight among indie rockers and well known in both mainstream and avant-garde jazz ...