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Tom Waits :: Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour (Spoken Word)

5486 days ago
Aquarium DrunkardFor freaks like myself, the below pairing of Tom Waits guesting on Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour is like manna. The following five tracks find Waits calling in to Dylan’s show, commenting on various subjects, reveling in the everyday bizarre.... more info

Mates Of State Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) Info, Girls Cover

5492 days ago
StereogumMates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner’s Crushes…, their first album since 2008’s Re-Arrange Us, includes covers of 10 fairly diverse artists. There are links between a couple — say Tom Waits and Nick Cave — but the jump from Girls to the Mars... more info

Mates of State Cover Girls, Belle and Sebastian, Death Cab on Covers Album

5492 days ago
PitchforkPhoto by Crackerfarm This summer, the married indie pop duo Mates of State will release their very own "The Spaghetti Incident?". Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), their album of covers, was recorded and produced by Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselv... more info

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Recent Listening: Kirk Knuffke

5492 days ago
All About JazzKirk Knuffke, Amnesia Brown (Clean Feed). Knuffke's trumpet tone is notable for softness, fullness and evenness. The audacity of risk in his improvisational concept would be the envy of the Flying Wallendas. The contrast between his sound and the con... more info

Herb Cohen obituary

5498 days ago
Guardian MusicCombative label boss and manager of Frank Zappa and Tom WaitsHerb Cohen, who has died aged 77 of complications from cancer, did not elicit much affection from the artists he managed, but he played a pivotal role in shaping the music of the California... more info

Readers recommend: Songs with great opening lines

5505 days ago
Guardian MusicLast time was all about the joys of noise. This week we're after songs that grip you from the offHello all. I hope this finds you in rude health. It's been quite a week here at Recommend Towers, one which has been filled with the odd-ball, the theatr... more info

David G Cox

5505 days ago
The Music FixCapsule Review: Intriguing debut which is bound to invite comparisons to Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits.Alongside releasing his debut album, David G Cox is completing a PHD in Black American Folklore and Gospel. Perhaps this academic interest explains ... more info

What does it mean to be 'big in Japan'?

5508 days ago
Guardian MusicIt's always been a rock in-joke. But these days making it in the far east is nothing to be ashamed of'I got the sheets but not the bed/I got the jam but not the bread/But, heh, I'm big in Japan." So sang Tom Waits in 1999's Big in Japan, his nod to t... more info

MUSIC INDUSTRY: 'Bones' Howe and Tom Waits the Odd Couple?

5512 days ago
All About JazzWhen label boss David Geffen teamed respected engineer 'Bones' Howe with an unknown and very strange songwriter called Tom Waits, he set in motion one of the great artist-producer partnerships. PHOTO: Bones Howe, Crystal Gayle and Tom Waits during... more info

OBITUARY: Herb Cohen Label Operator Introduced Mothers of Invention, Tom Waits

5512 days ago
All About JazzHerb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the '60s and '70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77. After beginning his professional... more info

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