Randy Newman is a songwriter who has never been afraid ... in “Marie,” one of the classics off Newman’s acclaimed 1973 album Good Old Boys. The song, featuring a gorgeous melody that ...

Tom Waits said that "all songs are strange, when you're strange", and he would know better than most. Here are ten of the ...

As she moves up to co-lead vocal and songwriting duties for Black Country, New Road, Tyler Hyde selects 13 records that ...

This was also true of Friedman’s last two records, but the contemplation of loss and mortality cuts closer to the bone on ...

Black Country, New Road share a new single titled "For the Cold Country". The track comes ahead of their new album, "Forever Howlong", which is due out April 4th on Ninja Tune.

Benmont Tench has not really been out of sight for any truly extended stretch since the Heartbreakers necessarily went their ...

Dean Friedman, known for hits like "Ariel" and "McDonald's Girl," revisits U.S. audiences with a mix of fan favorites and new ...

There are tributes and then there are tributes this week. Sixteen Connecticut bands gather to perform the songs of local ...

Today in Music History for March 25: ...

This week I decided to take a crack at what I think are the 10 most misunderstood – or at least misinterpreted – songs ever. Now, this is coming from someone who believes once a song – like a poem, ...

Once out of the Army, he was hired by the State owned 'Melodia' Studio Ensemble in 1989 and proceeded to record more than 40 albums with them as well as ... pianist-composer, Randy Klein engages in ...