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Chic: 'Everybody needs a little Friday night'

4776 days ago
Guardian MusicNile Rodgers and Chic play Camp Bestival in Dorset this weekend, so we're visiting the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – for this NME interview from January 1979. In it, the band's late ba... more info

What's the best ever guitar solo?

4781 days ago
Guardian MusicReaders make their case for their favourite fancy fretworkEarlier this week we asked readers to nominate their favourite guitar solos.The response has been astonishing. Here's a brief selection of the emails we received – and, given we didn't want ... more info

PopSpotsNYC Gives Classic Album Covers a Modern Twist

4781 days ago
The NewsroomBob Egan has created PopSpotsNYC.com, a blog where he documents the locations of iconic album covers. From Bob Dylan to Steely Dan to the West Side Story soundtrack, Bob superimposes the original photograph over an image of what that location looks l... more info

Wayne Krantz: Howie 61 – review

4837 days ago
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

Steely Dan - Donald Fagen & Fab Moretti To Headline 2012 Dylan Fest

4839 days ago
ContactMusicSteely 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

New band of the day – No 1,268: The Magic

4851 days ago
Guardian MusicThis 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

New band of the day – Jessie Baylin (No 1,236)

4896 days ago
Guardian MusicShe'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

(Bothering) Nite Jewel

4897 days ago
Impose MagazineI 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

Sleeve notes: Bestival 2012 lineup looking Wonderful

4899 days ago
Guardian MusicMusic 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

Old music: Steely Dan – Dirty Work

4901 days ago
Guardian MusicCynicism 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

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