Tom Waits’ First New Music in 15 Years Is a Chilling, Macabre Protest Song

Boots on the Ground,” recorded with Massive Attack, targets “federal pricks ... sittin’ in a room full of army posters” ...
Yahoo

The DIY attitude that drove Tom Waits’ finest album

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The artist Tom Waits called the “high watermark” for songwriting

While his style might not be to everyone's tastes, there aren't many people more qualified to talk about songwriting prowess ...

Massive Attack and Tom Waits just released the most powerful protest song in years

The first new music in over a decade from both the Bristol trip-hop group and the US singer-songwriter is a potent anti-war ...
American Songwriter

3 Eternal Songs From the Compelling Artist Tom Waits That Will Play Forever

When Tom Waits came onto the music scene in the early 1970s, he was a golden-voiced, handsome piano player/crooner who wrote poetic songs that mixed lyrics and style like a bartender mixes spirits and ...
BroadwayWorld

Tom Waits Shares Previously Unheard Rendition of 'Get Behind The Mule'

Included in Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Song Writers of All Time and a 2011 inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Tom Waits is one of the most innovative artists in popular music. His ...

Is Tom Waits returning to music with Massive Attack collaboration tomorrow?

Massive Attack have appeared to tease the return of Tom Waits, who looks set to feature on their new single 'Boots on the Ground' released on April 16th.

'Boots On The Ground': Massive Attack and Tom Waits team up for powerful ICE protest song

"Across the western hemisphere, state authoritarianism and the militarisation of police forces are fusing again with neo-fascist politics." Massive Attack have teamed up with Tom Waits for a haunting ...

Massive Attack’s first song in six years features Tom Waits

“Seen within the American emergency, this track contains pulses of callous impulse and abandoned mind,” the duo says of “Boots on the Ground” ...
Stereogum

Massive Attack & Tom Waits – “Boots On The Ground”

Today is an historic occasion: There's a new Tom Waits song in the world. "Boots On The Ground" is Waits' first new original release since 2011's Bad As Me, though he released a "Bella Ciao" cover ...
Long Island Press

Eddie Skuller brings Tom Waits’ ballads to life at My Father’s Place

“I’ve always admired Tom Waits’ music, but I wasn’t ready to take on a show like this until now,” Skuller said. “Maybe it’s just being older or living through more things in life, but the songs struck ...
American Songwriter

The Tom Waits Lyric Capturing the Magic of the Weekend

Tom Waits took us all out with him as he went “(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night.” That title hints at what we should expect. It doesn’t promise we’ll find what we’re seeking, which means ...