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October 12, 2006

Online Exclusive: Randy Newman at Carnegie Hall

The Great American Songwriter proves his enduring relevance in a stunning set
September 22, 2005

New Orleans' Best Recordings

From "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" to "Shake Ya Ass"
December 13, 2004

U2 to Enter Rock Hall

The Pretenders, O'Jays, Guy, Sledge also to be enshrined
December 9, 2004

Sail Away

Randy Newman

Bad Love

Bad Love is the first album of new songs both written and sung by Randy Newman in more than a decade, and, at fifty-five, this satiric master is still in fine form. Much better, in fact, than the contemporaries he skewers over a Stones-Kinks riff in "I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It)": "Each record...

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Randy Newman writes mordant, ironic, concise songs with chromatic twists worthy of George Gershwin and Kurt Weill. He sings in a deep drawl and accompanies himself on piano (Fats Domino was an early hero) and often tours alone. Newman tends to write lyrics about characters usually bordering on the pathological: bigots, perverts, slaveship captains, ELO fans. While this practice tends to limit his ...

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