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 ...

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” ...

Blues musician John Hammond has spent his entire career covering the works of great American songwriters like Chuck Berry, Willie Dixon and Mose Allison. For his latest project, Wicked Grin, Hammond ...

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 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. When the list arrived of this year’s nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall ...

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 ...

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 ...