Tom Waits and Charles Bukowski are literary brothers, and Waits' song "Franks Wild Years" is a testament to their shared ...

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A deep dive into the songwriting style of Tom Waits, guided by the man himself, as he explains the core elements of his craft ...

When Tom Waits came onto the music scene in the ... and funny. Another song from Waits’ 1976 album Small Change, this track is again about the subject of drinking. For those who know Waits ...

Although the majority of the albums that bear his name were recorded ... there are new-wave flecks and touches of Tom ...

3. “Falling Down” (Big Time, 1988) This was the only studio cut on Waits’ ’88 live album. Here, Scarlett sounds very like Liz Frazer, which is effectively the vocal setting she operates in ...

To date, Tom Waits has recorded five lavishly praised studio albums, one concert LP and a 56-track triple-disc of deep-cuts ...

The album sounds like an eclectic blend of ’70s folk, Tom Waits, Dylan and Weird Al Yankovic. Where did the musical inspiration come from? “Well, I had a traumatic childhood, you know ...

His new record — the 76th studio album in a recording career dating back to 1962 — is mostly composed of covers, helmed by his musician son Micah Nelson. The title track is a Tom Waits song in ...

It opens with Tom Waits’ title song, with producer and multi-instrumentalist Micah Nelson, Willie’s son, ensuring that Trigger, Nelson’s much-travelled guitar, gets plenty of room to roam. The sound ...