The Burlington indie-pop band’s promising debut LP is full of twangy laments, observational songwriting and echo-laden guitar.

A Bostonian by birth, musician Tom Pevear became a Tulsan by choice when he and his wife settled here almost five years ago.

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 ...

In his new memoir, “Heartbreaker,” Mike Campbell recalls an afternoon in the early ’70s when Tom Petty — Campbell’s bandmate in a Gainesville, Fla., cover band called Mudcrutch — played one of his ...

For Tom Petty, the '80s began on complicated ground. Just before the new decade started, a significant conflict was struck up when Petty lost his publishing rights as the result of his original label, ...

BUDDY HOLLY: (Man, 18-25, White) Dynamic and charismatic with excellent guitar skills and the desire to lead the company and thrill audiences as the world’s first rock & roller. Baritone. JERRY ...

Equity actors for roles in Cape Playhouse's 2025 Season (See breakdown). The Cape Playhouse is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. We do not discriminate ...

Richard Petty, 86, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. He was born on April 12, 1938, in Oklahoma City, to R. M. (Pat) and Jennie Petty. He grew up in Clovis and Portales, New Mexico. After ...

But Petty didn’t just lead a band called The Heartbreakers. They were Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. Petty’s name was already on every album he’d ever released, so casual listeners would be forgiven ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Tonya Mosley. If you've been watching the Apple TV+ series "Bad Monkey," you've heard some great covers of Tom Petty songs, like this one. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I WON'T BACK DOWN ...

Petty's classic album is being rereleased as Long After Dark Deluxe, including seven previously unreleased songs. Petty, who died in 2017, spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his influences.