Regarded by many as one of the finest songwriters in the American canon, and a distinctive urban storyteller beyond compare, Tom Waits has long been hailed for his chronicles of the dispossessed, and ...

To celebrate 40 years of 'Rain Dogs', here are four must-know tracks from an Americana masterpiece by Tom Waits.

Tom Waits might be an acquired taste for many, but even he knew the greatest tunes of all time have that same starting point.

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 ...

The newest CD by the gravel-voiced singer/poet Tom Waits. I'll forever recall a wine-soaked conversation with a friend in the early '90s, at the tail-end of a midnight crawl, which culminated -- as ...

On its surface, a Tom Waits/Keith Richards collaboration – let alone multiple, stretching across decades – seems a bit improbable. Though beloved by critics and his ever-loyal cult following, Waits' ...