It is Friday. It is the end of a fantastic week. Here is our (well, technically my) Spotify playlist which soundtracks all of what has been on the site this week... Tom Waits 'Martha' If, somehow, you ...

Few musicians have captured the emotional complexity of being an American in the 20th and 21st centuries with as much elegance and nuance as Tom Waits. Blending blues, jazz, rock, and experimental ...

For readers who are new to Waits, here’s my recommended playlist of songs (in chronological order of release) to check out. It leans heavily toward the two albums I consider his best: “Rain Dogs” ...

Accompanying the story is an exclusive playlist of Jar has compiled, titled ‘Songs that swallow me up’, an eclectic collection features Hudson Mohawke, Kara Jackson, The Marias, Tom Waits and more.

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The singer-songwriter, whose new album is called ‘Bad as Me,’ talks ...

Nick is a writer who works and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has previously written for Indiewire, The Playlist, and Little White Lies. It makes all the sense in the world that Tom Waits has ...

Tom Waits' Grammy-winning Bone Machine was released 25 years ago this week — here's an exhaustively annotated track-by-track breakdown to celebrate. People will tell you Tom Waits’ best album is Rain ...

Tom Waits recorded his new album Bad As Me, his first collection of all-new studio recordings in eight years, in his studio, which he calls "Rabbit Foot" for good luck. The space, a converted ...

Tom Waits sat at a table at Pete’s Henny Penny in Petaluma last week talking about his forthcoming release, “Bad as Me.” The 61-year-old singer, songwriter, actor and roustabout calls record promotion ...

The terrain traveled by Tom Waits is riddled with dreamers and the schemers, fractured beauties, snake oil salesmen, two-bit criminals and that guy who sleeps in his car parked in an alley. His mostly ...