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Artist: Tom Waits

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Tom Waits shares loving tribute to late friend Hal Willner

by Julia Lo Surdo

Tom Waits and wife Kathleen Brennan have written a long and heartfelt tribute to music producer Hal Willner following his passing earlier this month. Their…

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Wondering what on earth Tom Waits listens to? Here’s his 20 favourite albums

by Happy

Making your way through Tom Waits discography, you’ll be guided through scenes of seedy night clubs, pubs, and bars inhabited by drunks, poets and a…

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10 records to introduce you to the world of art-rock

by Luke Saunders

For the most part, art-rock is an undocumented musical niche. A small fragment under the oversized umbrella of rock, that exists as a translucent concept…

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Revealed: science says Tom Waits fans are ‘open’, The Smiths fans are ‘neurotic’

by Stanley Widdison

A study that was done in 2015 by Stanford University and Cambridge University Psychometrics Centre has been dredged up in the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal,…

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From the underground to the avant-garde: the 10 best albums of Tom Waits

by Luke Saunders

Born in the back of a cab in a parking lot at Pomona hospital in California, Tom Waits has confounded and allured listeners in equal…

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A guide to Asylum Records in 5 essential albums

by Luke Saunders

In the psychedelic ’60s the Sunset Strip was soaked with LSD, counter culture rhetoric, and free loving ways. Iconoclasts of the movement will say it’s…

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Tom Waits has penned a poem about Keith Richards

by Happy

Last week, legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards (miraculously) reached his 76th birthday. To celebrate the occasion, Tom Waits has penned a new original poem…

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Pour yourself a whiskey and dive into this 24-hour playlist of Tom Waits’ entire discography

by Happy

Get well acquainted with one of the most distinctive voices in music with this 24-hour long, career spanning playlist of Tom Waits. Attempting to immerse…

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Songwriting tips from the greats: Rilke, Cohen, Cave and Waits

by Luke Saunders

How to write a song. As someone with almost no authority on the subject I won’t attempt to lecture you from my pinched and narrow…

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The best (or worst) trainwreck interviews of all time

by Happy

Rock stars: is there anything they can’t do? Pampered, preened and often many hours without sleep, what’s a humble rock star to do but ruin…

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An all-female Tom Waits tribute album is coming in November

by Patti Burton

Phoebe Bridgers, Aimee Mann, Angie McMahon and Patty Griffin have been named as just a few of the artists who will feature on an all-female…

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Tom Waits makes rare appearance at Jack White show, allegedly steals his watch

by Happy

In recent years, Tom Waits sightings have become a rare occurrence. Though on Thursday night, Waits stopped by Jack White’s show at the Bill Graham…

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Tom Waits has been cast in the new Coen Brothers film

by Happy

The Coen Brothers have shared some details for their upcoming movie, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, and it’s set to star Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Root,…

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