Early on in his headlining appearance at the Greek in Los Angeles, Father John Misty offered his closest equivalent to an ...

Fort Macon witnessed its first battle at the start of the Civil War. Two days after the conflict began in April of 1861, ...

Songwriter Tom Lehrer, who died July 26, was once considered the sharpest voice in political satire. Why did he stop writing?

Popular song satirist Tom Lehrer, who abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and other universities ...

Randy Newman wrote with no filter even when addressing his personal life. "I Miss You" address his first marriage with honesty and heart.

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song “Political Science” on Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. The legendary singer-songwriter also played a ...

Randy Newman returned to late-night television with a performance of his 1972 song "Political Science" on 'Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney.' ...

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 ...

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 has fun getting under such people’s skin. The irony about this virtuoso of political irony is that his best-known works are entirely apolitical.

Randy Newman has fun getting under such people’s skin. The irony about this virtuoso of political irony is that his best-known works are entirely apolitical.

The acerbic musical commentator Randy Newman gets a big book of his life - and "Short People" is just a tiny part of his story.