With Tom Waits, it begins with the voice. Descriptions of his vocal instrument usually invoke an ear, nose, and throat doctor’s nightmare: the sound of a man who has gargled drain cleaner or smoked ...

November 22 will see the release of Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, a Tom Waits covers album featuring contributions by Iris DeMent, Aimee Mann, Patty Griffin and many others. Ahead of the ...

Hal Willner, Saturday Night Live’s longtime sketch music producer and star-studded concert and tribute album assembler, died last week of complications from coronavirus. This weekend’s at-home episode ...

Wait's two lyrical concept albums, Blood Money and Alice, are being reissued on vinyl for their 20th Anniversary. We listen back to archival... Tom Waits says some songs just demand to be sung in a ...

Allison Moorer and producer Warren Zanes discuss making the tribute record Come On Up To the House, which also features Aimee Mann, Rosanne Cash... On A Tom Waits Covers Album, Women Transform A ...

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 ...