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- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Laura Nyro: the Gothic genius who transformed Sixties pop – then quit
When Laura Nyro gathered her musicians in the studio, rather than talking about tempo, chord structures or mood – play it mellow, play it cool – she would talk about colours, shapes, “sensory things and abstractions”.
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My Laura Nyro Confession
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 music was doing. I had to play the record every day for a week or more to learn how…
- EntertainmentHello Giggles
The Jewish female songwriter who connects me to my late mother and gives me permission to be strange
May is Jewish American Heritage Month. To celebrate, an HG contributor remembers '70s singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, whose eccentric confidence reminds her to be in control of her art and life, no matter how weird she may seem.
- NewsEsquire
The Shameful Legacy of McConnell's Silencing Tactic
Let's travel back in time well over a hundred years.
- NewsThe Atlantic
Track of the Day: 'Eli's Comin' '
From a reader who’s submitted multiple cover songs to our series: I’m going to be contrary with this pick. Laura Nyro was a brilliant songwriter, as evidenced by the many, many people who had huge chart successes with her songs. Sadly, the one person who didn’t have that success was Laura herself. That is one of the music industry's great mysteries. “Eli’s Comin’” was a top ten hit for Three Dog Night, but it can’t hold a candle to the original. In addition to lead vocals, Laura plays all the ke
- NewsVariety
Laura Nyro’s Heartbreaking Spirit Summoned by “Map to the Treasure” LP
For many people weaned on the music of the ’60s/’70s, Laura Nyro was one of those ungraspable artists — someone they knew of but didn’t follow or know much about. She was idolized by David Geffen, who signed her as his first big client, but he couldn’t elevate her to commercial stardom as a solo artist. To this day there are debates about her set at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, when she was still in her teens: Was she booed off the stage or embraced as a revelation?
- EntertainmentHuffPost
'I Don't Need The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame'
When this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony airs on HBO Saturday night,?Rush, Heart, Public Enemy, Donna Summer and Randy Newman, among others, will be seen joining those already enshrined in the Cleveland museum. The Huffington Post asked lead singer Paul Stanley if there's hope of a reprieve. "Well, it depends on who lives longer, us or Jann Wenner," Stanley said, referring to the Rolling Stone editor-in-chief who co-founded the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in the mid-1
- NewsThe Daily Beast (RSS)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Sucks!
The Beastie Boys and Laura Nyro are in, but Chicago and KISS are out?! No way, writes journalist/musician Jamie Reno.
