Adele's New Hit 'Hello' Accused of Plagiarizing Tom Waits' 'Martha'
Does Adele's massively popular new hit "Hello" borrow a little too heavily from the Tom Waits songbook?
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How Tom Waits Made 'Rain Dogs' Into a Boozy, Ghostly Masterpiece
His career can pretty much be divided into everything before 'Swordfishtrombones' and everything after.
Tom Waits Pens a Poem in Honor of His Old Buddy Keith Richards
Tom Waits has published a poem in honor of his long friendship with Keith Richards for a special issue of Rolling Stone dedicated to the legendary guitarist.
Tom Waits and Elvis Costello Join David Letterman's Last Shows
David Letterman will be leaving his late-night talk-show chair for good on May 20.
Groundbreaking 'Tom Waits for No One' Film Seeks Funding for 35th Anniversary Restoration
It languished in obscurity for decades before finally finding an audience on YouTube.
Rolling Stones Joined by Tom Waits at Oakland Concert
Tom Waits took the stage unannounced to help Mick Jagger sing 'Little Red Rooster' during Sunday night's Rolling Stones concert in Oakland, Calif. The rarely-seen singer/songwriter was in top form trading verses with Jagger. It's rare someone steals the spotlight from the legendary frontman, but that's what took place at the Oracle Arena.
Keith Richards and Tom Waits Record ‘Shenandoah’
A new collection of songs of the sea brings together Keith Richards and Tom Waits. Compiled in part by actor Johnny Depp, 'Son of Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys' will be released on Feb. 19 and features the two grizzled stars together for a rendition of the traditional folk song, 'Shenandoah...
Tom Waits Reschedules ‘Letterman’ and ‘Fallon’ Dates For July
Television appearances by Tom Waits are few and far between. That's why we were upset back in April when the publicity-shy songwriter postponed his slots on 'The Late Show with David Letterman' and 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' for unspecified reasons. However, Waits has announced that the dates have been rescheduled.
Tom Waits 101: A Guide to His Music
Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Tom Waits turns 62 today (Dec. 7). While we have no idea how Tom will spend the big day -- the notoriously publicity-shy singer is the last person in the world we'd expect to share his plans -- we thought it would be a good time to go over some of the highlights of his career. We'...
Tom Waits on Keith Richards: ‘There’s Nobody In the World Like Him’
Tom Waits reveres Keith Richards -- "there's nobody in the world like him," the eccentric singer-songwriter says of the Rolling Stones guitarist -- so when Waits began to pen songs for his new album, 'Bad as Me,' he recruited Richards to co-write some tunes. None turned up on the final product, though -- perhaps because neither could actually remember the music that they had improvised t