This review focuses on the quality of a new prestige-format vinyl pressing of Wildflowers. For this writer’s retrospective assessment of the songs on the album, search illinoisentertainer.com for the ...

Tom Petty is still leaving a positive impact on the world. The daughter of the late rock legend took to Instagram ahead of the holidays this year to remind fans about her dad's lasting legacy, ...

In 1981, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks released duets with one another on their respective albums. Nicks had long wanted Petty to write her a song and, to her delight, he wrote two duets for them. Petty ...

Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks were some of the biggest artists of their generation. They were also big fans of one another. Nicks, in particular, was a massive fan of Petty and the Heartbreakers, and she ...

How much does it cost to live like Tom Petty? In this case, not a song. The Wall Street Journal reports Petty’s longtime Malibu, California home has sold for $11.2 million. That’s a pretty penny, but ...

The music world is incredibly small, which is how a rock legend most associated with a West Coast band spent his teen years working with and mentoring Tom Petty, who built a musical legacy on his ...

Among Tom Petty’s impressively large catalog of hits, one song stands out as a universal anthem of resilience and defiance: “I Won’t Back Down.” More than just a catchy tune, this track from his debut ...

NEW YORK − Sam Smith is returning to their roots in spectacular fashion. The first time this reporter saw Smith perform live, it was at Manhattan’s Hammerstein Ballroom in fall 2014. Smartly suited ...

The Tom Petty hit has a rich cinematic legacy that Paul Thomas Anderson draws on for the closing moments of his tale of radical revolutionaries. By Esther Zuckerman This article contains spoilers. At ...

SO looking forward to the Tom Petty Birthday show! We went in 2017. It was on 10/29 that year. The year we lost him. We usually miss it, because the hubs and I always go the Tom Petty Weekend at ...

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 ...

Image by Takahiro Kyono from Tokyo, Japan - Tom Petty & Steve Ferrone, CC BY 2.0 As we prepare for The Tom Petty 6th annual tribute show at Skipper’s Smokehouse on October 4th, let’s dive into the ...