Tom Petty thought he was just making another solo album. Instead he ended up performing open-heart surgery on himself, ...

What is dad rock? You know it when you hear it, so listen to 10 songs from Wilco, the Grateful Dead, Steely Dan and more. By Lindsay Zoladz Tom Petty, Patrice Rushen, Billie Eilish and more. By ...

If you’re going to be labelled one of the finest songwriters, you better be able to write about lost love. After all, that’s a topic that never quite goes out of style, since just about everybody has ...

A 1982 profile helmed by music journalist-turned-filmmaker Cameron Crowe about Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers has in 2025 resurfaced from obscurity to stream on Paramount+. Well, maybe not obscurity: ...

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 ...