Randy Newman is celebrated in a new bio by noted journalist Robert Hilburn. I spoke with Hilburn about the book, ...

Randy Newman received an upright piano for his ... no gentle breezes and birdsong. In “Short People” (1977), he sings: They ...

His sunny postcard is too pretty to be entirely believable, especially compared to his description of New York (“all the people are dressed ... studio albums, Randy Newman has not shied away ...