For contemporary music fans, the song “Waltzing Matilda” likely conjures up recollections of singer Tom Waits playing the piano with passion and emotion, wearing a newsy hat, and singing the chorus: ...

THE $15 million film about Waltzing Matilda will not only be filmed at the song's Winton birthplace, but a tourism experience will also be created. Producer Bill Leimbach halted plans to use Broken ...

“That’s a nice song,” I said. I was shooting whiskey with rogue warriors from Australia in a makeshift bar in the dusty Vietnamese village of Phuoc Tuy. “Thanks mate! It’s our national anthem,” Capt.

BRISBANE, Australia — Of all the sounds that might charm an ear on a sidewalk at a pub window near a midnight, here came a ripper. It flowed from inside a half-full bar called the Cauldron, up the ...

Tom Waits turns 72 today, but don’t expect him to mark the occasion in any sort of public way. The cult favorite singer-songwriter has kept a very low public profile during the past decade and has ...

Journey to a place where the billy boils and the myths burn, writes Michael Turtle. Driving down the Landsborough Highway, through the sun-baked landscapes of Outback Queensland, I spot a pub by the ...