Old Music News of article 300793 for 2006-11-21

Randy Newman: cynic finds balance with balladeer

Reuters - Life is a battle between inner dreams and outer reality. Some artists and songwriters devote the bulk of their work to the first half of the equation, puffing up the good feelings and placing reality in a haze. Others focus on the anarchy of the world at large and squelch the dreams with heaps of anger.

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