Today, Donald Fagen, one half of legendary '70s rock outfit Steely Dan, releases his fourth solo album. It's called Sunken Condos, and if you're a fan, you know what to expect: bitterly ironic lyrics, ...

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 ...

This essay is adapted from Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay’s “Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan. A few months after Steely Dan co-founder ...