Eight years ago, the world lost a rock icon when Tom Petty died at age 66 on Oct. 2, 2017. Petty first rose to prominence in ...

Tom Petty’s story is one of rock and resilience, from his Elvis-inspired start to his final Heartbreakers tour and the ...

On October 2, 2017, the world lost one of the greatest rock icons of all time, tragically, right after his 40th tour wrapped.

Day 1 of Evolution Festival this year found Langenberg Field dry and under warm, sunny skies, a pleasant change after last year’s mudfest. Structurally, the event saw some reorganizing of GA and VIP ...

Even if the whole point of heartland rock is for it to come from the heart, Tom Petty admitted some of his albums weren't worth the attention.

There’s an array of colors, shapes and forms in the list below of the Top 40 Drug Songs, just as it is with the substances themselves. You’ll find celebrations, experimental insights and cautionary ...

As Stevie Nicks prepares to launch her latest solo tour, the only album she ever released as a member of Buckingham Nicks, a California folk-rock duo that also featured future Fleetwood Mac guitarist ...

I am obsessed with the songs I remember the best. The songs whose lyrics immediately come to mind upon the ring of the first chord. The songs I first heard many years ago, and continue to listen to ...

Tom Petty’s 1993 Greatest Hits compilation may have been a fan-pleasing collection of prime cuts, but as far as Petty was concerned it was a contract breaker and nothing more. Eager to leave MCA ...

Tribute bands can be polarizing, but they're undoubtedly popular. Canton Rep entertainment writer Ed Balint ranks the five top tribute acts who perform in Ohio. Standouts include Smells Like Nirvana, ...

Denial can be a powerful character trait to highlight in a song. A narrator who’s broken inside but is putting up a brave front makes for some fascinating emotional terrain. All the better when that ...

It should really come as no surprise that Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker (448 pp. $32. Grand Central Publishing) is really as much about his bandmate Tom Petty as it is about him. It’s no wonder.