The late Holyoke drummer Hal Blaine has been recognized as one of history’s most recorded studio drummers. His work with The Beach Boys, The Ronettes and other bands in the 1960s and 1970s earned him ...

Yet Steely Dan stood apart from all of them. The musical alter-ego of bookish New Yorkers Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, Steely Dan, with their broad musical palette, didn’t really fit in anywhere.

You could fill a book with all the shady characters you meet in Steely Dan songs. Quantum Criminals is that book. Journalist Alex Pappademas and artist Joan LeMay take a deep dive into the genius of ...