Vote: 'Downtown Train' By Bob Seger Or Rod Stewart?
Getty Images/ Frank Micelotta Earlier this week we posted Bob Seger’s new song Downtown Train. It’s the same [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Tom Waits[/lastfm] song [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Rod...
View ArticleNew Class Joins Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
The Class of 2011 (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) [lastfm link_type=”artist_info”]Alice Cooper[/lastfm] came into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a friend…a boa constrictor. The...
View ArticleLast.fm Trends: Is New Tom Waits Material On The Way?
Tom Waits (Scott Gries/Getty Images) Tom Waits, who was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, has posted a picture of some lyrics scrawled on a chalkboard on his official site –...
View ArticleObscure Copyright Law Might Give Musicians’ Copyrights
[photogallerylink id=51154 align=right] An obscure copyright law set in the 1970’s might enable recording artists to regain the rights to their music after 35 years. Termination rights would leave the...
View ArticleSteve Vai Wants To Cast Tom Waits & Pink In Movie Version Of His New LP
Steve Vai is currently on tour for his new record, The Story Of Light, a concept album with a long cast of characters. In a recent interview, Vai told CBS Local that he was “casting” the album even as...
View ArticleBruce Springsteen Nabs Three GRAMMY Nominations; “Springsteen” Gets Two More
Bruce Springsteen nabbed three GRAMMY nominations Wednesday night, and the song that bears his name got two more. Bruce’s “We Take Care Of Our Own,” which opens his latest album, Wrecking Ball, was...
View ArticleThe Rolling Stones’ Guest Stars On ’50 & Counting’ Tour: A Fight To The Death
The Rolling Stones’ 50 & Counting Tour recently spent few weeks as the current highest-grossing U.S. tour, earning just under $8.5 million. Though the average ticket will set you back $340 (roughly...
View ArticleThe Music of ‘Walking Dead’: Music Supervisor Thomas Golubic’s Favorite Moments
Over the course of nearly four full seasons, ‘Walking Dead’ has used a wide range of music from artists that span nearly every genre and era including Bob Dylan, Motörhead, Wang Chung and Tom Waits,...
View ArticleTom Waits Performs New Song ‘Take One Last Look’ on ‘Letterman’
By Jeremy D. Larson As we all steel ourselves for the final episodes of Late Night with David Letterman, Tom Waits makes it even more difficult with his touching, bittersweet new song “Take One Last...
View Article26 Delicious Songs You Can Bring on a Picnic, from A to Z
By Shannon Carlin If you’re going on a picnic, we have a list of some rather tasty songs you should bring with you. Keeping in mind the rules to the classic children’s game “I’m Going to the Picnic,”...
View ArticleTom Waits Writes a Poem about Keith Richards
by Phil Cosores The mutual respect and admiration between Keith Richards and Tom Waits has never been a secret, with the pair working together on a number of Waits recordings. As Rolling Stone points...
View ArticleJoan Baez, Tom Waits Praise ‘Immortal’ Bob Dylan for Nobel Prize Win
By Hayden Wright Yesterday, Bob Dylan’s receipt of the Nobel Prize in Literature triggered fervid debate in the literary community but provoked some full-throated praise from his peers in music. Joan...
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