Since leaving his post as one of the nation’s most well-known rock critics, a job he held down at the Los Angeles Times from the late ’60s through 2005, Hilburn has written four books, including the ...

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

“Randy hadn’t been singing or recording,” Batiste says. “I was very honored our friendship inspired him to get back into it again. Our musical connection is very special — which could make for a ...