The first time I put Laura Nyro’s album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession on a plastic grey turntable of the cheap record player (a toy with a plug), it wasn’t enough time to hear everything the ...

Laura Nyro’s solo work never quite hit home with the mainstream. Yet many of her songs hit big via covers by other artists. Interpretations of her idiosyncratic originals cut through the pop clutter ...

“There’s so much depth and passion and bravery in her work. She was authentic to the core.” --Sara Bareilles “We could build the dream with love.” –from Laura Nyro’s “Save the Country” It’s one of pop ...

Composer/producer Charlie Calello knew he was in the presence of something special when he began working on the landmark Eli and the Thirteenth Confession album with Laura Nyro early in 1968. “I first ...

Scott Simon reminisces about the summer of 1968 through a song. Laura Nyro And The Summer Of 1968 SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We all have songs that bring memories. Fifty years ago, Laura Nyro wrote a song ...

Get all the top news & discounts for Cabaret & beyond. The band and the arrangements brought out the variety, verve, delicacy, and depth of the chosen pieces, never overwhelming the singing or the ...

Doug Peterson and Brad Wilber are back with a bite. By Caitlin Lovinger Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson and Meredith Monk are among the artists who will appear as part of National Sawdust+. By ...

In Monterey Pop, renowned documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker captured the 1967 pre-Woodstock rock festival oozing good vibrations and California sunshine, with celebrity emcees like the Rolling ...

Sound of the City’s search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week. Today, all the remaining contenders in the Uptown division battle it out in the Round of 32. Keep ...

Hilary Jean Watts embodies the musical legacy of Laura Nyro in her London debut performance, Stoney End: The Songs of Laura Nyro. The songbook of this performance is taken from the soulful, vocally ...