During his most recent performance at the Sheldon Concert Hall, Randy Newman quipped that, to really understand Paul Simon's songs, you have to know him personally.It was a friendly dig...I think. The two are among the finest American songwriters of the...

Jay O'Brien, who had been a soloist for Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel the last two years, gave a farewell pre-Shabbat service concert earlier this month before leaving for cantorial school in Israel. There was nothing particularly "Jewish" about his choice...