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Detroit wunderkind Mark Whalen wants to soothe our souls


Mark Whalen.
At 21 years old, Mark Whalen is an unapologetically huge Steely Dan fan, an admission most people might only make while in their therapist s office or in conversation with a clergy member.
They re probably, like, one of my favorite bands of all time, Whalen says. They write songs that are really out there or strange and sometimes not even enjoyable, yet blend it in a way that is, as a whole, enjoyable. The old joke is that Steely Dan has been giving jazz music to rock fans without them knowing it.
If you haven t guessed by now, Whalen is as far from a typical 21-year-old musician as you can get. He listens to a lot of Donald Byrd and El Michels Affairs, dreams of working with producers like Mike Dean and Mark Ronson, and he doesn t let the fact that he has 73,000 monthly Spotify listeners really get to him. In fact, he thinks the streaming giant is pretty evil and define ....

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