NME — The singer-songwriter said the country star influenced him from a young age more info

Uncut — "His last name will always be an adjective", says Waits "His last name will always be an adjective", says Waits The post Tom Waits pays tribute to Merle Haggard appeared first on Uncut. more info

Guardian Music — Done It All will chart country singer’s rise from poverty to stardom, based on story by Cinderella Man scriptwriter; meanwhile, Tom Waits pays moving tribute to man who taught him how to write songsAn authorised biopic based on the life and career ... more info

Rolling Stone — Growing up around San Diego, California, Tom Waits was drawn to the far-away sounds of the Delta blues, Motown, Bob Dylan and Frank Sinatra. But another artist from closer to home also made a mark on the singer-songwriter: Merle Haggard, who passed a... more info

Uncut — Waits discusses Bad As Me and his eventful career – plus, Tom's riddles! Waits discusses Bad As Me and his career, and sets some riddles The post Tom Waits: “I always thought songs lived in the air” appeared first on Uncut. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Read new short fiction by Don DeLillo at the New Yorker. Stream Blind Willie Johnson covers by Tom Waits and Lucinda Williams. Stream a new Melvins song. Guernica interviewed author John D'Agata. Aquarium Drunkard shared a Lunar New Year Chinese... more info

The Daily Mail — The power ballad has left a pocket of music fans less than impressed, as Adele has been accused of copying a song by US singer Tom Waits in Hello. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Imagine a homeless street musician with a soulful singing voice that earns him comparisons to R&B great Sam Cooke and, as it turns out, he also writes songs that are lauded alongside those of Kris Kristofferson, Curtis Mayfield and Tom Waits. It woul... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — With a career that stretches back to her 1979 self-titled debut, Rickie Lee Jones has been creating music that transcends the every day while wholly embracing every ounce of its being. Her emergence from the same scene that birthed Tom Waits, Chuck E... more info

Stereogum — David Letterman is doing his last-ever Late Show on Wednesday, and during this final run of shows, he’s had some truly wonderful musical guests, including Tom Waits and Ryan Adams. Last night, for Letterman’s second-to-last show, Pearl Jam frontm... more info