Soul Sides —
Here’s the deal: this song changed my life. It wasn’t the first hip-hop song I ever heard but it was the first one that really made me want to find everything I could that sounded like. It was my gateway drug into hip-hop which would irrevocab... more info
Topix — Walter Becker, left, and Donald Fagen of U.S. rock group Steely Dan perfom in the Stravinski Hall stage at the 43nd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, Saturday, July 4, 2009. more info
Starpulse — Cranky Steely Dan star Donald Fagen has blasted Bob Dylan and his Dukes of September tourmates Michael Mcdonald and Boz Scaggs in a new Rolling Stone magazine article. The 65-year-old rocker revea... more info
Impose Magazine — There's something fantastically incongruous about meeting up with Big Star drummer Jody Stephens at the Village, a hallowed Los Angeles recording studio. This is, after all, the site where some of the greatest monuments to the cocaine era – includi... more info
Mercury News, California — Catherine Russell is the daughter of pianist Luis Russell, who was Louis Armstrong's music director, and bassist/singer Carline Ray, who played with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm during World War II. She also has spent years singing backup ... more info
Chorus.fm — 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 (Straylight Run, Envy on the Coast, Coldplay, Paul Simon, Steely Dan ). The album i... more info
Totally Fuzzy —
Work Drugs is an American dream pop duo from Philadelphia. Self-described as a band that 'makes music specifically for boating, sexting, dancing, yachting, and living' or 'Philadelphia's premier Bat Mitzvah and Quinceanera party band... more info
Starpulse — 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 Janet Jones (1961) Actor Eva... more info
Guardian Music — Next week is the 37th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's legendary London debut at Hammersmith Odeon. Here's Simon Frith's report for Creem, courtesy of Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalismSo you're scared and you... more info