Tom Waits was a standout in The Old Man and the Gun, a movie that would be Robert Redford’s final film as lead.

Regarded by many as one of the finest songwriters in the American canon, and a distinctive urban storyteller beyond compare, Tom Waits has long been hailed for his chronicles of the dispossessed, and ...

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 ...

When Tom Waits came onto the music scene in the early 1970s, he was a golden-voiced, handsome piano player/crooner who wrote poetic songs that mixed lyrics and style like a bartender mixes spirits and ...

Tom Waits took us all out with him as he went “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night.” That title hints at what we should expect. It doesn’t promise we’ll find what we’re seeking, which means ...

The legendary singer-songwriter, composer and actor has not signed with an agency for over 20 years. By Billboard Staff Tom Waits Performing - H 2014 For the first time in more than two decades, Tom ...

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 ...

“I’ve always admired Tom Waits’ music, but I wasn’t ready to take on a show like this until now,” Skuller said. “Maybe it’s just being older or living through more things in life, but the songs struck ...

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 cameo ...

Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan have shared a tribute to their friend and frequent collaborator, Robert Wilson, the renowned theater director, playwright, and artist, who died late last month at the ...

Scot and Jeff discuss the first part of Tom Waits’s career (1973-1982) with Damon Linker. Introducing the Band: Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest ...