With his long blond hair and high cheekbones, Tom Petty looked like a central-casting rock star. The nasal whine of his voice, propensity to pick fights with the music industry, and loyalty to the ...

When Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers first started making albums in the late ’70s, they were not the well-oiled machine they ultimately became. “There was a lot of trial and error,” Petty later said ...

Tom Petty managed to stay in the music spotlight throughout his career without ever sacrificing his artistic integrity. As a result, you won’t find too many catalogs as inspected or respected as the ...

Thanks to Petty’s great songwriting and some interesting stylistic twists and turns, Southern Accents ended up a big hit and holds up as a classic today. But one still can’t help but wonder what might ...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ Long After Dark will get the deluxe treatment this fall with a new reissue that pairs the original 1982 album with an additional disc of unreleased music from the era.

Anyone who listens to music regularly enough knows that listening to an album on vinyl versus on a computer are two entirely different experiences. There are, naturally, pros and cons to each in terms ...

Tom Petty’s been gone for seven years, but he seems as ubiquitous as ever in 2024. The concert film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, directed by Cameron Crowe and aired on MTV just once in 1983, ...