Tom Waits

Who Are You: Tom Waits and ‘Lowside of the Road’ by Barney Hoskyns

By Robert Loss

02.Sep.09

Waits is a deconstructionist vaudevillian with a heart who rails against cynicism; a furious bluesman blaring unabashedly about the soul-- his words and music stretch into a bizarre land, where the light is slanted, eerie.

Tom Waits - “Mule Variations” Video Collection (video)

By Sarah Zupko

22.Apr.09

The Innovators

By PopMatters Staff

30.Jul.08

Sometimes changing the course of modern music can be surprisingly easy. Though their names may not be laced in the stars right next to Sinatra and Dylan, these mavericks will always be remembered for breaking boundaries, stretching the definitions of genres, and rewriting what the very notion of a "pop song" is.