Thirty-eight long years ago, Elvis Costello and Steely Dan both made records that proved to be landmarks. That was Costello’s first, “My Aim Is True,” which brought a writerly sensibility to the ...

Steely Dan always used ringers, in the non-pejorative sense. For co-founders Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, it was always about the song – not the singer, the music, not the player, though they ...