Newly Found Waits Site
The owner of this nice Tom Waits trading site just sent me an email about his site. Worth checking out if you trade live performances:
Waitswatcher’s Trading Pages
More Broadway Waits Covers
Another thrilling, Tony Award-winning actress, Betty Buckley, will open her newest show, A Time for Love, March 1 at the Cafe Carlyle. Buckley will hold fort at the posh club through April 9. Backed by Kenny Werner on piano, Tony Marino on bass and Jamey Haddad on percussion, audiences can expect to hear Buckley wrap her inimitable voice around such tunes as “Good Night, New York” (Julie Gold), “Where Time Stands Still” (Mary Chapin Carpenter), “Day In Day Out” (Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer), “A Time for Love” (Johnny Mercer and Paul Francis Webster), “On the 4th of July” (James Taylor), “New Coat of Paint” (Tom Waits), “Midnight Sun” (Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke and Johnny Mercer) and “You Are There” (Johnny Mandel and David Frishberg). Call (212) 744-1600 for reservations; visit www.thecarlyle.com for more information.
New Tom Waits Site
At 7:00 PM tonight (in whatever time zone the Netherlands is in), a new Tom Waits site will open called the Dutchdogs Diary.
[Via: The Eyeball Kid: Duchdogs Diary]
Meaningless Statistics
In my absense, Google has bumped up my ranking under the term “Tom Waits” to page two of their listing and with the term “Tom Waits Blog” to the top of the list. I find it a little weird since I haven’t updated this site for such a long time. However, that does explain the flood of email I’ve been recieving. Not to beat a dead horse, but it does feel good to know that people are reading this thing.
More Waits Cover Songs
Broadway performer Luba Mason will be performing at least one Tom Waits song in her show at Masquer’s Cabaret in New York City on Thursday evenings through March 10th:
Also expect songs by modern composers such as Van Morrison’s “Moondance,” Lou Reed and Ruben Blades’ “The Calm Before The Storm”, Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now” and Tom Waits’ “Take Me Home.”
[Via: Playbill News: Luba Mason Pieces Songs Into “Collage” Cabaret in L.A., Through March 10]
Korea Music Festival to Feature Works by Tom Waits
Some works of Tom Waits will be features at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in Tongyeong, South Korea:
Korea Festival Ensemble will perform on March 21 pieces by Yun and Korean contemporary composers while Ictus Ensemble from Belgium will give fresh interpretation of works by Kurt Weill and Tom Waits at a concert on March 22.
Tom Waits Tribute Show
There will be a Tom Waits Tribute Show in Capetown, South Africa this Friday featuring many local area artists. Full details here.
Via: Acullis
American Roots Interview
Tom Waits and Dave Brubeck are the features on this week’s American Routes’ Cool Ivories show. Check it out, it is very much worth a listen.
[Via: The Eyeball Kid: American Routes interview]
I’m Back
Over the past month, I’ve received about 10 personal emails from people requesting that I start this service again. Well, who am I to argue with the public. So, I’m back in the news service. Please send me any articles, updates, rumors you receive and I’ll be glad to post them. You can reach me at nathan[at no spam]radicalwacko.com.
The news has been a bit light as of late. As far as I can tell, the US concert is off. We were supposed to get some news about dates after the New Year, but still nothing. Hopefully, they are just working out the details, but I’m starting to lose hope.
Also, while Tom Waits was up for another Grammy this year however, he didn’t win. Well, there’s no accounting for taste. However, he did win a Plug Independent Music Award.
That’s the really short update list. Please check back and I promise to post the news as it comes in.
