Tom Waits News

Norah Jones switches from mellow to angst-ridden on her fourth album, with spectacular results, says Neil Spencer What can Norah Jones mean by that title? Is The Fall a reference to the season of mellow fruitfulness or does it imply something darker, a fall from grace? One might suspect the former.

Jason Ricci shatters blues stereotypes. He's openly gay and likes to skateboard.

' new album, "Balm in Gilead," feels like an attempt to answer questions from a Taoist text.

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The sultry jazz chanteuse has recruited the rock and hip-hop boffins to bring their blips and bloops to her gentle coo Norah Jones's The Fall gets the remix treatment ... but sadly not by Mark E Smith.

Bob Dylan still had a few tricks up his sleeve for his Halloween show at the Aragon Entertainment Center in Chicago last night .

Genre: Singer, songwriter and twotime Grammy Award-winner, Rickie Lee Jones has composed and performed folk, rock, jazz, soul, R&B, spoken word and pop.

The fate of yet another historic New York diner is uncertain: the Empire Diner, on Tenth Avenue and West 22nd Street, is up for lease.

Scott H. Biram is a self proclaimed dirty one-man band that throws together blues, hillbilly and country with some raucous punk and godless metal to create a gritty sound similar to Waylon Jennings and Tom Waits.

It's the last show of the year for us. We're in a good mood -- ready to rock and have a good time." Alone with an acoustic guitar, dressed in black from porkpie hat to leather jacket to jeans tucked into knee-high motorcycle boots, she looked a little, it must be said, like Tom Waits circa Closing Time.

Jack Kerouac 's writing has strong musical ties. Jazz musicians provided the beat for his words.

In his 25th screen role, Tom Waits is the Devil - a part that director Terry Gilliam says he was born to play, writes Xan Brooks in London.

To rock and rollers around the globe, the legendary Steve Conte is probably best known as the lead guitarist, songwriter/and backing vocalist in the New York Dolls .

Friday, October 16, 2009 - A bluesey surprise. A welcome change of pace. LISTEN TO THE KINK MORNING SHOW INTERVIEW MONDAY AT 7A Norah Jones distancing herself from the doctor's-office waiting-room and venturing into darker waters.

Singer Tom Waits is gearing up for the release of a new album, Glitter And Doom Live , on November 24th.

Tom Waits is releasing a live album documenting his 2008 'Glitter And Doom' tour.

Oh dear, even the title screams "Terry Gilliam". Lay on the rococo wackiness; gild all available lilies; let a thousand fantastications bloom.

NORTHAMPTON _ Less than 48 hours after appearing as the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," pop chanteuse Regina Spektor graced the stage at the Calvin Theater turning in an 85 minute, Monday night performance in front of a sold-out house.

Tom Waits has said that he is embarrassed by many of his earliest songs. The singer-songwriter told The Guardian that he was still finding his way in the music industry with his albums prior to 1983's Swordfishtrombones .

Latest in an occasional series... Morphine, "Wishing Well" Typically moody and lush, the kind of tune that Mark Sandman could practically toss off in his sleep back then.