Music
***1/2 LAURA NYRO “Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro” Columbia/Legacy “I’m interested in art, poetry and music,” Laura Nyro, who died Tuesday of ovarian cancer at the age of 49, is quoted as saying in the booklet that accompanies this new, two-CD anthology.
April 11, 1997
Laura Nyro, singer and songwriter who in her teens ironically wrote the circle-of-life anthem “And When I Die” popularized by Peter, Paul and Mary and Blood, Sweat and Tears, has died at age 49.
April 10, 1997
Entertainment & Arts
From its official beginning in 1966, Laura Nyro’s career has been marked by an unintended tug-of-war between personal art and big-numbers commerce.
Aug. 6, 1991
In the year of the comeback, the touted returns of Brian Wilson and Patti Smith are no more startling than the re-emergence of Laura Nyro, who plays Los Angeles this weekend as part of her first national tour in 10 years.
Aug. 11, 1988
During the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, Laura Nyro was a Garbo-like figurine, caught in a maelstrom of self-obsessed imagery that rode on a helter-skelter melange of classic R&B;, pop, jazz and show-tune melodies.
Aug. 21, 1989
In her salad days 20-plus years ago, Laura Nyro was a gifted songwriter and a singer with limited tonal range.
Nov. 15, 1993
Few in the audience were surprised Friday night at the Mayfair Theatre in Santa Monica by the standing ovation Laura Nyro received when she walked on stage.
Aug. 15, 1988
Laura Nyro might not have made it to Woodstock, but she does have the distinction of being practically the only performer to get a negative reception at the seminal Monterey Pop Festival two years earlier in 1967.
Aug. 23, 1989
Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, absent from the stage for a decade, is coming back . . . because she quit smoking, she says.
June 10, 1988
* * * Laura Nyro, “Walk the Dog and Light the Light,” Columbia.
Oct. 31, 1993