Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...

Tom Waits praised this country legend, saying that he had a voice and talent that none of the others in the genre could live ...

When Tom Waits came onto the music scene in the early 1970s, he was a golden-voiced, handsome piano player/crooner who wrote poetic songs that mixed lyrics and style like a bartender mixes spirits and ...

Back when Tom Waits released Real Gone, I used the concept of the essential nature of a pair of bluejeans to illustrate how that record could be used to get at what Waits' music is all about—an ...

The post Tom Waits to Co-Host BBC Radio Special with Iggy Pop appeared first on Consequence. Tom Waits is set to reunite with Iggy Pop next month when they co-host a two-hour special on BBC Radio 6 ...

Martha' singer Tom Waits is an icon who straddles the worlds of folk, jazz, and a plethora of others. But there is one solo jazz album that has inspired him.

Bad As Me and the new 4 cd set of Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf (1910-1976). It’s called Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters. The two singers, though separated by a ...

Imagine Shakespeare words mixed with Tom Waits music and Penn & Teller magic. That’s the dazzling conceit of “The Tempest” at Round House Theatre in Bethesda. “This is Shakespeare’s most magical show, ...

Beginning July 31, subscribers to Tom Waits' email list began receiving a series of cryptic messages. Each comprised only a photograph (Waits with eye patch and scimitar; Waits with floating ...

The latest solo album from the 86-year-old legend is collection of 10 songs that pulls from 70 years of a great musical ...

The music of Tom Waits has inspired many for generations, and local vocalist Madeline McNeill will be looking to do him justice at the Hamilton Studio Listening Room this weekend. McNeill, with her ...