Singer-songwriter Afton Wolfe is arguably the most conceptually artful troubadour that we have heard since Tom Waits. The ...

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

Highlights include holiday celebrations Light the Way and Winter Carnival, Mavis Staples, Christian Nodal and comedian John ...

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

When the news seems an unending doomscroll of bad news and darkness, one palliative virtually guaranteed to lighten the soul's burden is to put on Waits' "Mule Variations" and ride it all the way to ...

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 ...

1955 - James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24. Dean dies around the same time rock and roll comes alive (the No. 1 song the day he dies: Pat Boone's cover of "Ain't That A Shame"). 1965 - ...

The 40th anniversary of Tom Waits’ ninth studio album will be celebrated with a show at The Potato Shed next month. 10 Years of Tom is a homage to the legendary American singer-songwriter and his ...

“I’ve always admired Tom Waits’ music, but I wasn’t ready to take on a show like this until now,” Skuller said. “Maybe it’s just being older or living through more things in life, but the songs struck ...

Over 40 years of loving Bob and still he astounds… his vodka paintbrush of absurdity, vaudeville, heartbreak and forgiveness and imagination of the infinite is still wet and painting backdrops ...

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 ...