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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tom Waits is an exemplary songwriter, but he hasn’t always done it alone. For decades, Kathleen Brennan has not only been his partner in life but she’s also been his songwriting partner ...

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 marks the upcoming 20th-anniversary reissues for his Alice and Blood Money by unearthing a pair of unreleased performances of songs from those 2002 LPs. The flamenco-flavored spin on ...

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 ...