Guardian Music — (Abstract Logix) New York's Wayne Krantz may have worked with Steely Dan, but in his own ventures he's the diametric opposite of an all-purpose session guitarist. Devoted to the heat of the moment, Krantz became a cult legend for a sequence of powerf... more info

ContactMusic — 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 coming weekend 24-25May11 The trio will join stars like Justin Long and comedia... more info

Guardian Music — This Canadian duo's debut album is so sleek you can see your reflection in the shiny surfacesHometown: Guelph, Ontario.The lineup: Geordie Gordon (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Evan Gordon (bass, backing vocals, production).The background: The Magic ar... more info

Guardian Music — She's a little bit country, a little bit rock'n'soul, with echoes of the Real Thing, yet Jessie Baylin still manages to sound freshHometown: Nashville.The lineup: Jessie Baylin (vocals, guitar).The background: Please don't be put off by the fact that... more info

Impose Magazine — I was expecting Ramona Gonzalez, the lead singer and songwriter behind the Nite Jewel moniker, to have the air of someone who could tell you which '70s studio musicians ended up on which Steely Dan albums if you gave her a drink and a few seconds... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsStevie Wonder to headline Sunday night at Bestival 2012My Bloody Valentine to release new editions of classic albumsSteps and Bananarama to play gig in honour of Stock, Aitken and ... more info

Guardian Music — Cynicism concealed by sweetness – Steely Dan knew how to smuggle their worldview into smooth AM pop music Steely Dan's later jazz-flavoured works undeniably verged close to MOR. But in the mid-70s they turned out a series of records that stand comp... more info

Guardian Music — (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 album for big-band fans. An inspired choice of material from Count Basie's Moten ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The new Warren Haynes Band DVD/CD Live From the Moody Theatre with is available for pre-order. The show was recorded live in Austin, TX 2011/11/03. The 2.5-hour show, shot in HD and recorded in 5.1 audio, features several cuts from Haynes' GRAMMY-... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance comes from Joe Gooch's post-Ten Years After band Hundred Seventy Split. Even if you had a problem with Ten Years After without Alvin Lee - like I did - Gooch is a fine guitar player in his own right... so if you like... more info