Tom Waits is perhaps the quintessential cult artist, despite recording for large labels alongside successful commercial acts for his entire career. Widely regarded as one of America’s finest ...

Tom Waits already made Uproxx‘s “Best Vinyl Releases Of March 2023” list, but the storied singer-songwriter wants more. On Wednesday, July 12, it was announced that five albums he released via Island ...

I was eight years old when I experienced my first Tom Waits song. It was like nothing I’d ever heard before. Granted, at the age of eight, that wasn’t saying a lot, but the statement continues to ...

Tom Waits has announced plans to reissue a series of his Island Records albums from 1983 through 1993, capturing a decade-long chapter of the musician’s recording career. The release cycle begins on ...

“No, thanks” might not have been the exact words executives at Elektra/Asylum, Tom Waits’ original label, communicated to their “prestige” artist when declining to release Swordfishtrombones (1983) ...

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 ...

Top Of The Hill; 2. Hoist That Rag; 3. Sins Of My Father; 4. Shake It; 5. Don't Go Into That Barn; 6. How's It Gonna End; 7. Metropolitan Glide; 8. Dead And Lovely; 9 ...

Album Preview Tom Waits: Glitter and Doom Live Glitter and Doom Live is a collection of the best of the best tracks from Tom Waits' sold out, highly-acclaimed Glitter and Doom tour of the US and ...

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Bad As Me and the new 4 cd set of Chester Burnett, better known as Howlin’ Wolf (1910-1976). It’s called Smokestack Lightning: The Complete Chess Masters. The two singers, though separated by a ...

Some months back, I saw Tom Waits on Leno and he just blew me away. First off, I never knew that he was the crackpot scientist from "Mystery Men". Second, I never knew he was such a good musician. His ...