Laura Nyro: The Hidden Visionary Behind Modern Songwriting

Rolling Stone profiles Laura Nyro, tracing how the Bronx-born songwriter fused jazz, pop, R&B and Broadway to craft a singular, influential body of work—from Eli and the Thirteenth Confession to Monterey Pop—her pivotal alliance with David Geffen, and a long-underrecognized legacy now being revived by reissues, tributes, and a forthcoming documentary.