Music prize nominee

The Shortlist lists Tom Waits as one of the ten finalists for the Shortlist Music Prize, ,,a peer-selected award that recognizes the most creative and adventurous albums of the year''. The ten finalists are:

Band of Horses
Beirut
Bonnie Prince Billy
Cat Power
Girl Talk
Hot Chip
Joanna Newsom
Regina Spektor
Spank Rock
Tom Waits

The winner of this year's Shortlist will be announced in May.

Rolling Stone, in the meanwhile, has Tom Waits at the top of its ,,most underappreciated artists''.