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

"Is it really fall, if you don’t take pics like this?!" Cuoco captioned the carousel Kaley Cuoco and fiancé Tom Pelphrey are embracing fall activities with their little one. On Thursday, Oct. 16, the ...

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 ...

It’s funny then, that I am drawn most to “Downtown Train,” arguably the straightest part of Rain Dogs. Ribot and Richards don’t play on it; Waits, Robert Quine, and G.E. Smith layered three guitar ...

Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their creative work ...

Kaley Cuoco and Tom Pelphrey’s daughter Matilda is the star of the show on her dad’s birthday The couple welcomed the toddler in March 2023 Matilda appeared in several adorable photos for her dad's ...

Protest songs take on a variety of forms. Songwriters can go the direct route and call out the issues that they want to tackle in their lyrics. The tricky part with this method is that the emotions of ...

Celebrities do deals with companies all the time. Normally, the brand and the celebrity work together such that both parties are satisfied with the result — contracts are signed, payment is agreed on, ...

Tom Waits works entirely on his own terms. Since 2011’s Bad As Me, he’s been extremely selective in his public appearances and new material; we’re lucky to get an anniversary reissue or film cameo ...

It's been several years since Tom Waits last performed in public, but now the legendary musician makes an appearance in an Italian docuseries. The eighth episode of The Human Factor is centered on ...

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 ...