Counting down five perfect albums to accompany your next dinner party, including masterpiece albums by the likes of Tom Waits ...

During a bout of prolific songwriting in 2012, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong penned a tribute to a singer who he felt came and went far to quick.

After making her mark as an interpreter of songs by Billie Holiday, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan and others, Peyroux released her first album of all self-penned material last year, the fetchingly eclectic ...