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 the ...

The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s classic.

Randy Newman is often cited by many artists as a guiding light for songwriting. For Paul McCartney, one song in particular was an aim to emulate Newman.

If you're going to skewer the world as all great satirists do, you first have to look it straight in the eye. Randy Newman's gaze has been as firm as any.

The singer, songwriter, and composer Randy Newman had a fascination with the legend of Faust that approached obsession. Beginning around 1981, he worked for some 15 years on an original retelling ...

Randy Newman’s father-in-law started out as a script supervisor on films including ‘Mutiny on the Bounty,’ ‘How the West Was ...

A month after all-star "I Love L.A." performance at Grammys, country star and indie-rockers collaborate on new single ...

Two Academy Awards, six Grammys, 200,000 (by his own, admittedly shaky, estimation) devoted fans, Randy Newman thoroughly deserves the title of musical legend. Combining biting wit with his own ...

As Goldsmith says, “How do we make sure we’re honoring this moment? There’s, like, an edginess to Randy Newman songs that would draw more attention to it in a way that would just not be helpful.

Originally published in Uncut's Take 178 It might surprise you to learn that Randy Newman has only ever bought “around 50” pop records in his life. “Most of my collection is classical ...

They surprised Mičetić with a rendition of the Randy Newman classic “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” Mičetić said last week’s burglaries – in which intruders drilled through a deadbolt ...