By George Lang NewsOK.com Sunken Condos Donald Fagen Warner Bros. The first three albums of his solo career were separated by more than a decade, but Donald Fagen lives in his own hermetically sealed, meticulously crafted bubble of style. He does not respond to musical trends, and to test whether this is true, load everything […]
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Donald Fagen: Sunken Condos
By Jim Beviglia AmericanSongwriter.com Donald Fagen Sunken Condos (Reprise) Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 Calling Donald Fagen a singer/songwriter is a somewhat limiting description of what he actually delivers, both as frontman of Steely Dan and on his occasional solo albums. His latest, Sunken Condos, is a typical multi-tasking effort: He not only wrote […]
‘Sunken Condos’ Both Familiar and Still Fresh
By Elysa Gardner USA Today One of the perks of having a truly distinctive musical voice is that you don’t have to constantly refresh your sound to stay relevant. For 40 years, with and without Steely Dan, Donald Fagen has delivered a lithe, urbane, instantly recognizable hybrid of rock, jazz and funk. So while Fagen’s […]
New Music Review: Sunken Condos, Donald Fagen (Reprise)
By Bernard Perusse Montreal Gazette Donald Fagen Sunken Condos Reprise Rating: 4 stars If there’s an opposite to smoke and mirrors, Donald Fagen continues to hunt for it on his fourth solo album in 30 years. There’s plenty of space here for all instruments to find a spot, with no players crowding the others out […]
Donald Fagen Mulling Solo Tour To Support ‘Sunken Condos’ Album
By Gary Graff Billboard After a three interconnected solo albums, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen wanted his upcoming “Sunken Condos” to stand on its own. “(2006’s) ‘Morph the Cat’ concluded what was a sort of autobiographical trilogy, although it didn’t start out to be that, so this is kind of new,” Fagen tells Billboard. “I just […]
‘Not the Same’ Shows Fagen’s Evolution
By Abigail Prendergast DigitalJournal.com Steely Dan lead singer and keyboardist, Donald Fagen is set to release latest solo work, “Sunken Condos” on Oct. 16. The first single from it, “I’m Not The Same Without You,” is being considered some of his best work yet. Steely Dan frontman, Donald Fagen’s fourth solo studio album, Sunken Condos, will be […]
Omartian: Working with Steely Dan Could Hardly be Considered ‘Fun’
From Yuzu-Melodies.fr Michael Omartian has contributed his talents to albums and CDs that have sold over 350,000,000 copies worldwide as a producer, composer, arranger, artist or musician. This impressive number shows the importance of this musician in the history of American pop music. He has been kind enough to answer to my questions about his […]
Review: Winwood steals Steely Dan show
By Amy Shanks Hawkes Bay Today HAWKES BAY, New Zealand — American rock/jazz stars Steely Dan were in Hawke’s Bay on Saturday for the last performance on the final leg of their world tour, but for all the hype surrounding them the atmosphere fell flat when they took the stage. Vocalist Donald Fagen, dressed casually […]
Steely Dan in KC
By Timothy Finn Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thursday night was musician appreciation night at Starlight Theater. Steely Dan was in town, and more than a celebration of the vaunted music catalog of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, the two-hour concert before a crowd of more than 6,500 showcased the musical precision and […]
Need a Fresh Education on Steely Dan? Start Here
By Rashod Ollison The Virginian-Pilot Steely Dan’s eternally hip, gloriously complex sound becomes more alluring with repeated listens. Sure, the cryptic lyrics, which Donald Fagen often sang with a dollop of sarcasm, still leave you scratching your head after all these years. But more than four decades since Steely Dan’s pop heyday, its meticulous synthesis […]
