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 ...

Mule Variations from 1999 is a fan favorite album from Tom Waits. “Take It With Me” is just one standout track from that album. This song is a divergence from the typical Waits song.

It’s been several years since Tom Waits last performed in public, but now the legendary musician makes an appearance in an Italian docuseries. The eighth episode of The Human Factor is centered ...

"I am an individual who is deeply concerned with the inequities as we all are, but ill equipped to solve any of them," Tom Waits explained. By Tyler Jenke Tom Waits has added his talents to the ...

Although Lead Belly was indebted to the blues for most of his life, his song ‘Goodnight Irene’ is half the reason ... becoming a favourite of legends like Johnny Cash and Tom Waits in the years that ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, fellow musicians like Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave, and Bono have taken to their platforms to pay tribute. “Ah, the blessings of the cursed. Shane McGowan’s torrid and mighty ...

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 ...