Tom Waits is an exemplary songwriter ... that they could be on the bill together in you,” Waits once said of his wife and co-creator (quote via Far Out Magazine). He credits Brennan as the ...

To mark the 25th anniversary of both Tom Waits’ Mule Variations and the record ... murder ballad lyrics penned by the singer and his wife/collaborator Kathleen Brennan. “Reaching the 25 ...

The third act of Tom Waits’s glittering career began when his wife went to the dentist. Waiting her turn to open wide, in 1994, Kathleen Brennan happened upon a story in a reception-room copy of ...

The album was written and produced by Waits with his wife and long-time collaborator Kathleen Brennan and is released in the UK on Tuesday 21th November 2006. * * * Its been just over 30 years since ...

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan have shared a moving ... Instead, the husband and wife tried to conjure his “wise and reckless” spirit, expressing gratitude for a man who was “more than ...

The late musician’s wife, Victoria Clarke ... Now, fellow musicians like Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave, and Bono have taken to their platforms to pay tribute.

Following 1985’s seminal and career-defining Rain Dogs (considered by many, including this writer, to be some of his very best work), Tom Waits and his then new collaborator and wife Kathleen Brennan ...

Tom Waits and RuPaul. Joan Baez and Mojo Nixon ... Lou Curtiss,” a long-gestating labor-of-love documentary by husband-and-wife filmmakers Yale Strom and Elizabeth Schwartz.

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 works entirely on his own terms. Since 2011’s Bad As Me, he’s been extremely selective in his public appearances and new material; we’re lucky to get an anniversary reissue or film ...