To a large swath of people, Randy Newman is known as the man responsible for the bouncy soundtracks of famous animated movies like Toy Story and many others. And there’s no doubt that his work on ...

Though the song, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” is an all-time classic, the artist has done a lot more in his career than sing about friendship for cartoon movies, including writing songs for other ...

In the recently recorded "Randy Newman Songbook," the famous musician provides listeners a fresh, stripped-down perspective on his songs, played only on piano. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Newman about ...

Also, get reviews of the latest from Dan Wilson and others. — -- In this week’s reviews, Randy Newman returns with his twelfth proper studio album, former Semisonic leader Dan Wilson records ...

HOLLYWOOD -- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson Lopez return to familiar territory this Oscar Sunday. They won the Oscar in 2014 for Frozen's "Let It Go"; and again in 2018 for "Remember Me" from "Coco ...

While he’s most known for his work with The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger also released songs of his own. Notably, pop singer Randy Newman played on one of Jagger’s solo songs. While Jagger released the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When we last left off with Randy Newman, he was musing about the fact ...

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 ...

Randy Newman is weighing in on the presidential election, and he's playing the race card through a song he wrote called "I'm Dreaming." The piano tune features the refrain: "I'm dreaming of a white ...