“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 ...

“Randy Newman’s Faust,” the only musical comedy ever written for the stage by the dean of barbed American singer-songwriters, has never been produced in its creator’s hometown before.

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 ...

What is a favorite Newman song of yours? “Marie,” that’s a great song. And people often ask, what’s your favorite Randy Newman song? It’s so hard. But if I were naming five, one I would ...

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.

So while I hope people take a little bit more away from it than this, if you want to just look at this as a concert, as a compilation of Randy Newman songs, there’s not gonna be one ...