“All those pictures were appearing of him with his ... Perhaps this is one of his biggest statements of all: in Randy Newman’s modern America, even satire won’t do. ‘A Few Words in Defense ...

Randy Newman attends the 92nd Oscars Nominees Luncheon on January 27, 2020 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images Steingraber isn’t just the director of this weekend’s shows; he’s the ...

And to cap it off? Dawes opened Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony with a rowdy rendition of Randy Newman’s classic “I Love L.A.” that featured Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, John Legend ...

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song “Political Science” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The legendary singer-songwriter also played a ...

“Louisiana 1927,” a classic from Randy Newman’s album “Good Old Boys” (1974), could have easily been written any time in the past hundred years. With Hurricane Katrina, history was ...

“Randy’s song was so mysterious,” Dylan recalled. “I never heard a song like that before; it was so cynical.” Newman’s own rendition later stood out to him for “the sadness in Randy ...

As a boy growing up in Beverly Hills, Calif., Randy Newman received an upright piano for his fifth birthday. It was also around this time that his life started to slide sideways. He suffered from ...

Litmus Music has acquired Randy Newman‘s music publishing and his stake in his recorded music catalog, the company announced Thursday. The deal includes both songs and film scores from ...

A FEW WORDS IN DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY: The Biography of Randy Newman, by Robert Hilburn Randy Newman was a nepo baby, a sprig of musical royalty. Three of his uncles were Hollywood film composers.

Since leaving his post as one of the nation’s most well-known rock critics, a job he held down at the Los Angeles Times from the late ’60s through 2005, Hilburn has written four books ...