Don Henley was the ultimate LA artist, but he decided Randy Newman was the man to pen a song about the City of Angels. Read ...

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 last three and a half weeks have convinced Griffin Goldsmith that he might, as he puts it, be “living in a simulation.” On Jan. 8, the drummer of the rootsy Los Angeles rock band Dawes ...

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 ...

Newman has won seven Grammys, three Emmys and two Oscars over a career that began with 1968’s debut album, the self-titled Randy Newman.His string of hits include "Mama Told Me Not to Come ...

In 2014, Newman admitted the song was a love letter to Los Angeles, warts and all. “There’s some kind of ignorance L.A. has that I’m proud of. The open car and the redhead, the Beach Boys ...

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

A day after performing an all-star version of Randy Newman's 1983 pop classic "I Love L.A." to open Sunday's (Feb. 2) 67th annual Grammy Awards, Dawes announced that they are releasing their ...

With his distinctive voice, he has often been described as a whiny singer. But his unconventional humor and gently biting descriptions often bring a smile to one's face. Since he has always ...