The performance was visceral and devastating. “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.

From 'Toy Story' to 'Monsters Inc' and beyond, Randy Newman has been responsible for some of Disney's best songs.

Randy Newman’s ingenious lyricism earned him devoted fans but not mainstream success. His turn to Hollywood would bring wider ...

Randy Newman is the subject of a new biography, 'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,' from longtime Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn.

The sky was blue, but Randy Newman provided his own clouds of irony and showers of sarcastic wit at the Gentilly Stage this afternoon.I'd come to the Newman concert directly from the dentist ...

He’s one of the all-time great singer-songwriters, but these days, more people probably know Randy Newman for his work scoring animated kids’ films like “Cars” and the &#822… ...

Newman's finely wrought melodies and acerbically observed lyrics eventually found a home at Reprise Records, which in 1968 issued the hopefully titled "Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the ...

Randy Newman Not this time. But Newman, calling from a Philadelphia hotel recently, is familiar enough with Louisiana politics to name-check two of its dynasties without hesitation.

Randy Newman's new album includes a song cataloging American carnage titled, "It's a Jungle Out There," which he says he doesn't really believe. Quite the opposite, in fact. His life is good ...

For the last 55 years or so, you’ve had a friend in Randy Newman, if you have a thing for songs that offer eviscerating, uncompromising, even devastating dissections of the human condition and ...

Music + Concerts Songwriter Randy Newman delivers a powerful performance of a half century of his music at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday Subscribers are entitled to 10 gift sharing articles each month.