Tom Waits - Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards by Jeff Vrabel One of his most skillful-ever blends of beauty and horror, only one with the pleasant effect of being three times as long It’s kind of been a rough winter for house-cleaning box sets: The Doors have been the subject …
A good home: Three discs carry themes that fit well for 54 songs Orphans is the name of Tom Waits' sprawling new album, and it's a serious misnomer. It implies that these songs, 54 of them collected on three discs, are castoff B-sides or the unwanted runts that couldn't find …
PUBLIC DEMANDS MORE ‘ORPHANS’: TOM WAITS’ 3-CD SET FLYING OUT OF STORES; PAPERBACK VERSION RUSHED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 5-STAR REVIEWS SHINING BRIGHT FOR THIS “CAREER-DEFINING CIRCUS ACT” WAITS MUSIC AND INTERVIEW TO BE BROADCAST ON NPR’S WORLD CAFÉ DECEMBER 15 In response to the stellar reviews and tremendous demand for …
Whiskey and Tom Waits Go Together Like Puppets and Cardboard Castles - By Christopher O'Keeffe Have you ever ended a long-term relationship in order to give a great break-up album proper context? (Yeah, me, too.) Often in life, pairing certain items improves both. The same is true with music. Sometimes …
Freeze Frame: Tom Waits’ Video Highlights Rock Photographer’s Talent As an artist who is used to shooting legendary music icons such as Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Bruce Springsteen and Tupac Shakur, photographer Danny Clinch is becoming a legend in his own right. His work has appeared in Rolling …
Tom Waits will be the guest on NPR’s World Café on Friday, December 15th, 2006. This is a special edition of the show, as they will be airing live concert audio, provided by Tom Waits himself, from his recent Orphans tour. The audio will be accompanied by a full interview …