Randy Newman is a songwriter who has never been afraid to write from the perspective of those who are hard to admire and even harder to trust. This kind of protagonist is the one doing the lovey-dovey ...

His movie songs are filled with memorable melodies; his own albums with unsavory characters. One of the most astute cultural observers is the subject of a new book. By Bob Mehr Around the summer of ...

Randy Newman is releasing an expanded version of his acclaimed 1983 album ‘Trouble in Paradise,’ featuring demos and a rare live performance.

As a boy growing up in Beverly Hills, Calif., Randy Newman received an upright piano for his fifth birthday. It was also ...