Iconoclast Tom Waits was inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame by Neil Young at the ceremony Monday night honoring his vast and storied musical career spanning four decades. Waits accepted this honor with humor and heart, stating: "Thanks, everybody, this is very encouraging. Songs are really just …
Ahead of the general December 21 Rhino retail release, TOMWAITS.COM is offering limited edition 180 gram red vinyl versions of Closing Time, The Heart of Saturday Night, Nighthawks at the Diner and Small Change. Those who pre-order by December 18 should have their packages arrive by December 24. The red …
"I don't know how they talked me into doing this. All I really wanted to do was drive the forklift," Tom Waits In this legendary issue, Waits discusses the following with Hank Williams III: reconciling musical personalities; how to create "a death metal hillbilly invasion;" meeting Minnie Pearl; haunted houses; …
Tom Waits has teamed up with The David Lynch Foundation to help launch DLF Music and their 'Download for Good' campaign on PledgeMusic. DLF Music will be releasing exclusive tracks, like Waits' haunting live recording of "The Briar & The Rose," as well as works from 16 other artist including …
Peter Gabriel performs Tom Waits' song "In the Neighborhood" as part of The Voice Project, a music based initiative to raise awareness and support for the war torn areas of Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, Eastern Congo and CAR. Artists have been recording cover songs as links in musical chains that …
We here at Anti-/Epitaph Records are pleased to lend our enthusiastic support to the April 17th celebration known as Record Store Day. The purpose of this annual commemoration is to emphasize the unique and vital culture surrounding independently owned record stores. As Anti artist Tom Waits says, "Folks who work …