A documentary about Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted singer-songwriter Laura Nyro is in the works. Nyro’s son Gil Bianchini will serve as an associate producer on the still-untitled film, which ...
CAMBRIDGE — There's no such thing as a casual Laura Nyro fan. An archetypal singer-songwriter with a cult following, she tends to inspire deep devotion among admirers, many of whom still remember when ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many people weaned on the music of the ’60s/’70s, Laura Nyro was one of those ungraspable artists — someone they knew of but ...
Commentary by CBS News Sunday Morning Contributor Bill Flanagan of VH1. I want to talk for a minute about Laura Nyro. There was a moment in the late 1960s when Laura Nyro was one of the most important ...
When it comes to acknowledging the finest, most influential singer-songwriter debuts, names like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Carole King and others typically get the nod. But somehow ...
Kate Ferber in "One Child Born: The Music of Laura Nyro" at the Oberon. (Alex Lowy Photo) Your take on “One Child Born: The Music of Laura Nyro,” Kate Ferber’s one-woman show at Oberon, likely depends ...
A few weeks later, Nyro was invited to dinner at Ian's home. "That was very strange," Ian said. "Laura always wore these long black outfits and bright red lipstick. I opened the door, and there she ...
Over the years, Laura Nyro has not been short of admirers. There was David Geffen, of course, who managed her. And Clive Davis, who signed her. Peter, Paul and Mary, Barbra Streisand, and Three Dog ...
“Who?” This was not the answer I wanted or expected from my mother. After all, I had spent my single-digit years rifling through my parents’ old vinyl and found Nyro’s pen to be behind many a ...
Before Laura Nyro became the dark poetess of singer-songwriterdom – New York’s answer to the Ladies of the Canyon – she made this, an album of crafted Brill Building pop arranged in the big, blousy, ...
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 ...