Tom Waits is perhaps the quintessential ... a radio hit in 50 years of music making. Waits never became a rock star in the traditional sense, and his albums and tours have become more sporadic ...

These first seven albums constitute the first act of Waits ... were playing psychedelic rock and protest pop, a young Tom Waits was discovering his parents’ record collection of big bands ...

The announcement of Willie Nelson's 76th studio album, Last Leaf on the Tree, comes with good news and better news. The good ...

Since 1973, Tom Waits has released 16 studio albums ... Bone Machine won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, and with good reason. A sentimental ballad about Waits’ wife, Kathleen ...

The same year that he released his most recent album, 2011’s Bad as Me ... Revisit “A Deep Dive Into Tom Waits’ Best Rare and Unreleased Material.” ...

Eric Church will release his new album, the curiously titled Evangeline ... the previously released “Darkest Hour,” a cover of Tom Waits’ “Clap Hands,” off 1985’s Rain Dogs, and ...

So without further pomp and circumstance, here's our introductory guide to the music of Tom Waits: Chameleon doesn't even begin to describe it After getting his start with albums like 1973's ...

Remember that these are songs he decided not to put on any of his albums. Big Time (Island VHS Video 1987) The unfortunate truth about the Tom Waits back catalogue is that live footage is sparse at ...

He appears on the upcoming solo album from the Melvins’ Dale Crover, but his own last album Bad As Me came out 13 years ago. So it’s a treat to hear a new-to-us Tom Waits song. Below, listen ...