A spirited Mavis Staples cover of Tom Waits‘s “Chicago” gives us reason to muse on music, migration, and our city.

Metallica frontman James Hetfield is among the defining figures of American metal, but there is pat of him that wishes he ...

Plenty of musicians have transitioned into acting, but many are fine making cameos in movies, whether as themselves or ...

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

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 ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

This past February, Tom Waits appeared in the final episode of The Human Factor, a documentary about homelessness in the American South, produced by Italian public TV channel RAI3. Titled “The Last ...

Tom Waits has released his performance of his 1976 song “Tom Traubert’s Blues” for the Italian docuseries Il Fattore Umano (The Human Factor), which aired earlier this year. Waits participated in the ...

The ascent of Nigerian music to global dominance is no longer a conversation about potential. It has now been etched into the annals of music history. This week, American pop culture custodians, ...

Parade aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Maps” recently had a moment on TikTok, despite being ...

If there’s anything that defines music in the 21st century, it’s constant change. We live in an era when your next favorite song could come from anywhere — all over the stylistic map, all over the ...