The country singer Tom Waits said most others couldn’t match: “The greatest voices of all time”

Tom Waits praised this country legend, saying that he had a voice and talent that none of the others in the genre could live ...

The DIY attitude that led to Tom Waits’ greatest album

Waits’ gritty Rain Dogs depicted a dark vision of New York’s underbelly, and was shaped by its ‘junkyard orchestra’ of ...
American Songwriter

The Tom Waits Lyric That Equates a Run-Down Building to a Lack of Love

Tom Waits reached back to his classic ballad style for "House Where Nobody Lives". The 1999 classic highlighted his album 'Mule Variations'.
Yahoo

‘Rain Dogs’ turns 40: Celebrating Tom Waits’ greatest album - and his unparalleled discography

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 ...

The one essential solo jazz album, according to Tom Waits

Martha' singer Tom Waits is an icon who straddles the worlds of folk, jazz, and a plethora of others. But there is one solo ...
Rolling Stone

Tom Waits Shares Rare Performance of ‘Tom Traubert’s Blues’ in Italian Documentary

Tom Waits has released his performance of his 1976 song “Tom Traubert’s Blues” for the Italian docuseries Il Fattore Umano (The Human Factor), which aired earlier this year. Waits participated in the ...
Variety

Tom Waits Pays Tribute to Playwright-Director Robert Wilson: ‘His Vodka Paintbrush of Absurdity, Vaudeville, Heartbreak and Forgiveness and Imagination of the Infinite ...

Whenever Tom Waits and his wife and longtime collaborator Kathleen Brennan pay tribute — or write seemingly anything — it is in the unique tone that has been a hallmark of his and their creative work ...