The singer, songwriter, and composer Randy Newman had a fascination with the legend of Faust that approached obsession. Beginning around 1981, he worked for some 15 years on an original retelling ...

The L.A. band Dawes, whose members were seriously impacted by the Eaton fire, on what it meant to perform Newman's early-'80s ...

Feb. 2, Dawes’ Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith helped commence the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards by leading a prestigious lineup of ...

And if you didn't recognize that track, it's actually a killer Randy Newman song from 1983. That song is "I Love L.A." which was the first track on Newman's album Trouble in Paradise.

But he makes it clear that, while being proud of his work, those songs probably wouldn’t make it on to a Randy Newman solo album. “You think I’d write You’ve Got a Friend in Me?

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 ...