Tom Waits may be one of the most singular artists in music history, but he wasn't shy about hiding his opinions about this ...

Themes of death and darkness have always cropped up in the music of Tom Waits, but even he was surprised when they were ...

Tom Waits is not an easy artist to cover, but he sure is a popular one for others to try to interpret. Best known for his gravelly voice, dramatic persona and very peculiar style of poetic ...

On their relationship to Tom Waits' music: Allison Moorer: I am a major Tom Waits fan. He's one of the few artists whose entire catalog I have in my iTunes. He's a go-to for me. Sponsor Message ...

The best Tom Waits songs play like cult midnight movies, full of wild scenes and strange characters. “Goin’ Out West”, for example, spins the tale of a rough-beast wannabe who’s come to ...

READ MORE: How Tom Waits Made 'Rain Dogs' Into a Boozy, Ghostly Masterpiece This happened to Tom Waits in 1990. In 1988, a commercial for a new product made by the Frito-Lay snack food company ...

Tom Waits, according to the esteemed American critic Robert Hilburn, is clearly one of the most important figures of the modern pop era. Such sentiments are not mere hyperbole; in a career that now ...

Among his many anecdotes on left-field (and not so left-field) recording sessions, one in particular stands out: his experience recording Swordfishtrombones with Tom Waits. “That was very ...

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 ...

To mark the 25th anniversary of both Tom Waits’ Mule Variations and the record label Anti, an unreleased “Spiritual” rendition of the standout “Get Behind the Mule” has been unearthed ...

The vast majority of musicians who end up in court are there for behavioral or musical copyright issues, but when Tom Waits went to court in April 1990, he was going head-to-head with a different ...

Tom Waits’ Reaction By then, Waits was well-known for refusing to license his music and having an aversion to doing deals with brands. In 1981, he did a commercial with Purina dog food and would ...