American Songwriter

David Byrne Recalls Steely Dan’s Backhanded Reaction to This Iconic Talking Heads Cut

Talking Heads frontman David Byrne recalled hearing a not-so-subtly backhanded comment about one of their most iconic songs from Steely Dan.
People

Steely Dan Shares New Vault Track — a Long-Lost Schlitz Beer Jingle

The song comes from the archive of Steely Dan's longtime engineer Roger Nichols Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in ...
NPR

50 years later, Steely Dan's 'Pretzel Logic' still sounds fresh

This is FRESH AIR. Rock critic Ken Tucker has noticed that there are a number of significant albums that are celebrating their 50th anniversary. And he's decided to devote a summer series to ...
NPR

The eternal paradox, and 'Quantum Criminals,' of Steely Dan

This interview originally appeared in NPR Music's weekly newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. Steely Dan is a paradox. As writer Alex Pappademas puts it, it's a "cult band whose catalog ...