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

How beloved is Randy Newman by his peers? When noted journalist, longtime L.A. Times pop music critic Robert Hilburn wrote his new biography, A Few Words in Defense of Our Country, on Newman ...

And to cap it off? Dawes opened Sunday night’s Grammy Awards ceremony with a rowdy rendition of Randy Newman’s classic “I Love L.A.” that featured Sheryl Crow, Brad Paisley, John Legend ...