Bone Machine - The Music of Tom Waits

A concert titled Bone Machine - The Music of Tom Waits, presented by the act Bone Machine at MOTH Club in London, devoted to the songs of the American singer-songwriter Tom Waits.

Tom Waits, born in 1949 in Pomona, California, began recording in the early 1970s with the albums Closing Time and The Heart of Saturday Night, and went on to make a body of work that moved between jazz-tinged ballads and raw, percussive experiments. His later records, including Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs and Bone Machine, which won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album, are closely associated with his collaborations with his wife Kathleen Brennan and with his use of unusual instruments and found sounds.

This evening is built around the repertoire of Tom Waits rather than original material by Bone Machine, so the songs themselves, with their storytelling and their mix of tenderness and grit, form the core of the programme. The performers are presented as a tribute, and the stage is given over to reinterpretations of his music.

MOTH Club hosts concerts and shows in London, and the evening suits listeners who already know Waits's records and want to hear them performed live in a club setting.