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Articles tagged "randy newman" PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008 FeatureThe Best Singer-Songwriter Albums of 2008by Michael Keefe[10.Dec.08] :. Former (or current) members of the Dream Syndicate, Fleetwood Mac, and the Wallflowers are just a few of the best singer-songwriters stepping out on their own this year. PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2008  NewsRandy Newman pops up again with first new album in nine yearsby Dan Deluca [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)][24.Sep.08] :. Randy Newman and pop music weren’t exactly made for each other. “It’s like I fell in love with a woman who wasn’t my type,” says the sardonic songwriter, whose caustic... PopMatters PickMusic ReviewRandy Newman: Harps and Angelsby Ron Hart[5.Aug.08] :. The bard of piano pop makes a triumphant return to songwriting with a scathingly political album that makes the new Nas album sound like a campaign PSA for John McCain.  Music FeatureMacGuffin Popby Zeth Lundy[23.Feb.07] :. Randy Newman's latest Academy Award nomination makes it easy to forget how truly deceptive his songwriting really is. His music, which rarely wanders far from New Orleans R&B, ragtime, or Brill Building pop, is the stuff of familiarity and comfort, an unassuming foundation of Americana into which subversive (confrontational, even) ideas can be planted. |
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