Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Today, December 7, is Tom Waits’ seventy-fifth birthday. What better way to honor ...

Regarded by many as one of the finest songwriters in the American canon, and a distinctive urban storyteller beyond compare, Tom Waits has long been hailed for his chronicles of the dispossessed, and ...

They didn’t have to come from behind. Sure, they trailed at points, but not by much. Matthew Knight Arena was on its feet, but not for any... Over the course of the past 30 years, singer/songwriter ...