The problem with terrifically talented blues and roots guitarists such as Tom Principato is that they aren't typically terrific songwriters or singers. That's an issue that has plagued Principato throughout a respectable solo career that began in...

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Tom Petty (vocals, guitar); Mike Campbell (guitar); Benmont Tench (keyboards); Howie Epstein (bass); Stan Lynch (drums).
Recorded at Sound City & M.C Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Personnel: Tom Petty...

Personnel includes: Tom T. Hall (vocals, guitar).
Includes liner notes by Todd Everett.
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur (Universal Music Studios East, Edison, New Jersey).
This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium...

Personnel: Tom Tykwer (vocals); Johnny Kilmek, O. Kult (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Johnny Kilmek; Reinhold Heil.
Audio Remixers: Clemek; Lee Spencer; Johnny Kilmek; Tommi Eckhart; Operation Phoenix; Sun Electric.
Recording...

Includes liner notes by George Jones, Johnny Cash, Kurt Vonnegut, Johnny Bench, George Jones, Ralph Emery, Jimmy Carter.
Tom T's songs are stories filled with interesting characters. And, some of his most interesting characters are gathered on...

This is part of Vanguard's Vanguard Sessions Series.
Includes liner notes by Todd Everett.
Personnel: Tom Paxton (vocals, acoustic guitar); Eric Weissberg (guitar, dobro, banjo, mandolin); Steve Goodman (acoustic guitar, background vocals);...

Tom Paxton first made his name in the early 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene with short, sharp, and sly topical songs commenting on the social mores and news stories of the day. Paxton largely abandoned this format and devoted himself to...

Personnel: Tom Paxton (vocals, guitar); Archie Fisher (guitar); Dave Swarbrick (fiddle); Danny Thompson (bass guitar).
Liner Note Author: Tom Paxton.
This is the good stuff, the songs that made Tom Paxton's name on the early 1960s Greenwich...

Personnel includes: Tom Waits (vocals, piano); Harry Bluestone, Israel Baker, Nathan Kaproff, Nathan Ross, Murray Adler (violin); Sam Boghossian, David Schwartz (viola); Ed Lustgarden, Kathleen Lustgarden (cello); Lew Tabackin (tenor saxophone); Jim...

The 1973 album that introduced a young singer-songwriter to the world at large is a far cry from the wonderfully twisted sonic lanscape that would define SWORDFISHTROMBONES a decade later. The Waits of CLOSING TIME was a barroom balladeer too, but...

Recording information: Conference Center at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, UT (12/11/2010-12/14/2010).

Tom Morello's doppelganger the Nighwatchman issues World Wide Rebel Songs hot on the heels of his benefit EP Union Town. Rather than play solo as on previous offerings, he fronts a rock quintet. This is marching music. If you don't like your music...

Audio Mixer: Karl Derfler.
Recording information: Rabbit Foot Studio.
Photographers: Jesse Dylan; Tom Waits.
Bad as Me, Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years, features a stellar cast of musicians, and co-production...

Audio Mixer: Tom Vek.
Recording information: Pallet, London.
Photographer: Sonia Melot.
As reflected in the title of his second album, Leisure Seizure, Tom Vek took his time following up his acclaimed debut We Have Sound. Five years, to be...

Recording information: Blue Cat Studios, San Antonio, TX (02/2010); Brushfire Studios, Los Angeles, CA (02/2010); El Adobe Recording Studio, El Paso, TX (02/2010); Kingsize Soundlabs, Los Angeles, CA (02/2010); True Tone Studios, Nashville, TN...

Tom Zé's first release from 1968 is certainly not as unique as some of his material from the '70s, but it's a far cry from faceless. A true Tropicalia artist, Tom Zé's material on this album runs from traditional Brazilian pop to overly quixotic...

Personnel: Tom Browne (guitar, trumpet, flugelhorn, vocoder, background vocals); Maceo Harrett (vocals, saxophone); Maurice Starr (vocals, piano, synthesizer, drums, background vocals); Siedah Garrett (vocals); Binky Brice (guitar); Alvin "Winky"...

Personnel: Tom Morello (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Carl Restivo (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Jonny Polonsky (toy piano); Chris Joyner (keyboards); Eric Gardner (drums); Dave Gibbs, Anne Preven (background vocals).
Audio...

Bad as Me, Tom Waits' first studio album of all new music in seven years, features a stellar cast of musicians, and co-production and songwriting from Kathleen Brennan. While the trademarks of Waits' 21st century music are showcased in tracks such...

Personnel: Tom Glazer (vocals, guitar); Tom Gibney (vocals, guitar, banjo, autoharp, pennywhistle); Kemp Harris (vocals, piano); Patty Gibney, Pam Goff, Jackie Spector, Eileen Gibney (vocals).
Liner Note Authors: Patrick Warfield; Tom...