NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 1968: Singer/songwriter Laura Nyro poses for a portrait wearing a hat in November 1968 in New York City, New York. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Eli and the ...

Laura Nyro’s solo work never quite hit home with the mainstream. Yet many of her songs hit big via covers by other artists. Interpretations of her idiosyncratic originals cut through the pop clutter ...

Laura Nyro had nearly completed "Angel in the Dark" before her death from ovarian cancer in 1997, at age 49. It was meant to be part of one more reentry into the limelight she'd flitted in and out of ...

Singer-songwriter Laura Nyro may have broken through to the mainstream in the ’60s primarily through covers of her work, but her own fanbase recognized her as a singular artist well worth following.

The experts say she will do for soul pop what Dylan did for folk.” Lillian Roxon’s verdict on Laura Nyro appeared in her ground-breaking 1969 book Rock Encyclopedia, issued before Nyro’s third album ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. From a reader who’s submitted multiple cover songs to our series: I’m ...

Both descriptions demonstrate a unanimity about what Nyro represented: she was creating a form of soul music. But there was another point of agreement. Roxon noted “she wrote ‘Stoned Soul Picnic’ for ...