Topix — Randy Newman is weighing in on the presidential election, and he's playing the race card through a song he wrote called "I'm Dreaming." The piano tune features the refrain: "I'm dreaming of a white president." It is full of satirical, sarcastic -- an... more info

Guardian Music — It takes a while to get to grips with Randy Newman – the lovely music is tempered by the singer's vile narrators I have a complicated relationship with Marie. Randy Newman is a really interesting artist, as his narrators can be quite funny, but the... more info

Guardian Music — Detroit? Manchester? LA? Norwich? Name the city that has produced the best musicA question reaches us via Twitter from Kate Melsom:@guardianmusic You are on a desert island & only take 1 City's music which city would you pick? #Bestmusiccity— Kate ... more info

Popdose — Randy Newman helps out in the first in a series of weekly middle fingers to the world more info

Guardian Music — Are you a hopeless sinner? Don't worry, salvation is at hand courtesy of the curmudgeonly blues duoPain at the realisation that Randy Newman was in London this week and I managed to miss him has been alleviated by the memory and subsequent rediscover... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonAs the interval in his two-and-a-half-hour show nears, Randy Newman encourages the audience to sing along to I'm Dead (But I Don't Know It). It paints a deeply unsympathetic portrait of a rock star long past his prime, stil... more info

Guardian Music — Take a look at the gigs our writers will be reviewing this week, and tell us about live music you've seen recentlyEach week we publish a list of concerts our writers will be covering in the next few days, and we invite you to tell us about the shows ... more info

Guardian Music — This was never going to be a year to branch out. These days the record industry's shindig has an eye for commercial successEarlier this week, a blog called Yes It's Number One spotted that an enterprising soul had uploaded the 1989 Brit Awards in the... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Twenty-three track radio session Randy Newman cut while in New York City in August of 1971 for WPLJ FM. Stripped down, solo piano. The session serves to both highlight material culled from Newman’s first two albums (1968′s s/t and 1970′s 12 Son... more info

Guardian Music — Celtic Connections festival, GlasgowCeltic Connections, long a catalyst for unlikely collaborations, surpassed itself with this union of Cream demi-god Jack Bruce and virtuoso folk trio Lau.A dapper figure of engaging humility and wry humour ("It's ... more info