JamBase — New Jersey natives Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band offered three tour debuts in Holland last night including a Tom Waits classic. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott has a theory for how his band transcended the limited parameters of everyday hard rock and survived the countless musical trends that have come and gone. "With us, it's like pop rock, and I say that for all the best re... more info

Impose Magazine — Cass McCombs is one of those artists for whom growth is substantial and unending. For McCombs the concept of a stylistic plateau, even after a decade and a half of releases, seems unthinkable. The seasoned rock genre-blender recently signed to ANTI, ... more info

Impose Magazine — Whether its Armand Hammer or Lakutis, a constant in the liner notes of the New York underground community is producer Steel Tipped Dove. In the Greedhead heyday he was right there alongside Hot Sugar, Big Baby Gandhi and Mike Finito as a prolific pro... more info

Popdose — I’ve always been obsessed with songs that mention my hometown of Omaha and it seems songwriters are obsessed with mentioning Omaha in their songs. Waylon Jennings, Tom Waits, Gary Louris, Bob Seger, Moby Grape, John Prine, Counting Crows, They M... more info

MSN Music — A biopic on the late country great is also reportedly in the works. more info

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