Tom Waits’ work may be timeless, but it hasn’t stopped time from catching up to the songwriting legend. Today, 50 years into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Song Writers of All Time and a 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Waits is one of the most innovative artists in popular music. His ...

Because Waits doesn't have the requisite war-horse hits that people long to hear every single summer or the sort of rock-band overhead that makes touring obligatory, there's an eventfulness that comes ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: David Corio/Redferns, Aaron Rapoport/Corbis/Getty Images On its surface, a Tom ...

Allison Moorer and producer Warren Zanes discuss making the tribute record Come On Up To the House, which also features Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash... On A Tom Waits Covers Album, Women Transform A ...

The album is 19 songs long, and there’s not one that’s a throwaway. Let’s dig deep into Rain Dogs and check out the five finest songs. (Or at least our humble opinion of them). Waits hits on just ...

Nope, it was not a tour that Tom Waits mysteriously teased in a series of cryptic emails to every music journalist in America over the last week. Nor was it a cruise, a new album, or an Internet ...

The James Hetfield influences are plentiful and they don't all come from metal, with the Metallica frontman recently crediting a legendary gruff-voiced singer-songwriter as "a master craftsman" ...