http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-2809-tom-waits/topic-rss.do Tom Waits RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23772352-cds-of-the-week-rihanna-lady-gaga-and-50-cent.do What our critics made of Rihanna, Lady Gaga and 50 Cent's new album. 2009-11-20T11:29:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23766476-the-geeky-girl-solo-artists-descending-on-the-music-scene.do Kookiness is what sells music these days and these opinionated artists have it in spades, says Jasmine Gardner 2009-11-09T08:48:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23759652-the-lives-and-loves-of-paloma-faith.do Paloma Faith, actress, singer, magician's assistant and burlesque dancer, is a startling talent. Hermione Eyre meets the inventive eccentric who always knew she would be famous 2009-10-22T09:29:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23757548-terry-gilliams-flying-circus.do There are plenty of wild ideas in Terry Gilliam's latest epic — The Imagination of Doctor Parnassus - but his flights of fancy don't really lead anywhere. 2009-10-15T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23740354-cds-of-the-week.do Jamie T's new album is witty, gritty and well worth the wait and Charlie Wilson is, in many ways, a musical throwback. 2009-09-04T10:24:52Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23683654-deliciously-deranged-songs-from-tiger-lillies.do Never mind Hilaire Belloc, here are The Tiger Lillies; the junk-opera trio of Martyn Jacques, Adrian Stout and Adrian Huge. 2009-04-29T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23680632-cds-of-the-week.do Bob Dylan returns with his 33rd studio album, The Enemy reinvent themselves as rock gods and the Handsome Family get mellow. 2009-04-24T15:10:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23677432-off-the-record-do-try-this-at-home-kids.do Roll over Barney the Dinosaur and tell Big Bird the news — in Ziggy Marley, the under-fives have a new kind of musical idol. 2009-04-17T10:39:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23667365-eliza-carthy-fizzes-with-energy.do Fairport Convention headlined a night of folk with strong supporting musicians, all of whom played for free for the Teenage Cancer Trust. 2009-03-26T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23623359-well-i-got-blanket-coverage-in-nyc.do Barack Obama is set for a tumultuous, relieved and heart-lifing welcome today, not least in New York where Time Out has a whole section devoted to where you can celebrate the end of the Bush years and the must-have gadget is a clock that counts down the seconds to the arrival of St Barack 2009-01-20T09:09:40Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23563471-cds-of-the-week.do Noel Gallagher has allowed Liam more songwriting input than ever before on their seventh album and Jolie Holland is worth investigating. 2008-10-03T14:29:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23551398-cds-of-the-week.do Joan Baez continues to keep her hand in with protest songs, Metallica won't gain new fans and Glasvegas bring out the debut album of the year. 2008-09-05T12:03:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23551158-the-next-big-thing-calexico.do An American duo - singer and guitarist Joey Burns plus drummer John Convertino - who have spent the past 12 years seeking most of their musical inspiration down Mexico way. 2008-09-04T21:37:19Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23488595-off-the-record.do My Morning Jacket perform a gorgeous new song in the back of a cab and the Connaught has a musical makeover. 2008-05-30T10:30:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23453368-shooting-star-scarlett-johansson-makes-her-directorial-debut.do Scarlett Johansson's acting has won her many plaudits, but now the ambitious star has stepped behind the camera to maker her directorial debut 2008-03-12T16:29:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23434732-stepping-out-the-shadows.do Once a humble supporting act, singer-pianist Liane Carroll finds herself back at Ronnie Scott's a fully-fledged star. 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23433170-off-the-record.do With album sales falling and EMI in trouble, David Smyth says its time we got our big names out for a Brit Awards ceremony to remember. 2008-01-18T14:38:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23422465-staggeringly-awful.do Wristcutters: A Love Story is a rubbish film that features Patrick Fugit entering an afterlife reserved for suicides. 2007-11-22T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23418564-mavericks-of-malignance.do The 10 plagues visited upon Egypt revisited the Barbican in song form, making for an unparalleled evening of pestilence. 2007-10-29T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23410462-cds-of-the-week.do New albums from Hard-Fi, Kano and Spike Wells are among the top CDs of the week. 2007-08-30T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23405144-jonis-dark-twin.do Rickie Lee Jones may look like a distressed grandmother but she remains tack-sharp as a performer 2007-07-19T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23403194-off-the-record-david-smyth.do It's official - music can be deafening. But is it too late for our pop critic to save his hearing? 2007-07-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23398909-the-nobody-who-won-a-novello.do David Smyth this week looks at guitarist-turned-singer Scott Matthews, some downloadable White Stripes and Kanye West's latest eclectic offering. 2007-06-01T09:10:25Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23393123-indifferent-anarchy-from-punk-posturing-peyroux.do Folksy jazz warbler Madeleine Peyroux showed an almost wilful indifference to intonation or melody at her lacklustre Hammersmith Apollo gig. 2007-04-17T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23385501-the-future-is-bright.do American bands Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Cold War Kids both have promising futures after a mesmerising display at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, says John Aizlewood. 2007-02-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23378235-a-singer-on-holiday.do Madeleine Peyroux's fans have been warned there is a temperamental artiste lurking beneath her unglamorous exterior but there was no evidence of volatility on her visit to the Barbican. 2006-12-14T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23374782-cds-of-the-week.do There's a new Beatles album out that will make purists fume, Tom Waits releases 30 new songs on three exquisitely packaged CDs and former Busted boy Matt Willis goes solo with mixed results. 2006-11-17T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23369840-the-hottest-new-downloads.do From country music via Tom Waits and a new singer-songwriter to a site that's more indie than indie, David Smyth checks out the week's best downloads. 2006-10-05T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23366875-critics-choice-top-five-gigs.do Texan singer-songwriter Jolie Holland plays the Roundhouse, the Scissor Sisters play free in Trafalgar square and Mekon are at Fabric. David Smyth selects the cream of this weekend's gigs. 2006-09-15T11:28:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23366893-really-milking-it.do Determinedly whimsical French flick My Angel shows that when the French do sentiment, they are sometimes worse than the Americans. 2006-09-13T23:00:00Z