In that way, Heartbreakers Beach Party helps to shed new light on Long After Dark, which has sometimes undeservedly felt like one of the odd records out in Petty's catalog. But heard from ...

Dylan and Petty toured together in 1986, with the Heartbreakers backing both singers. The band’s next album led off with a song co-written with Dylan, but “Jammin’ Me,” a goofy topical ...

You don't need to be a NASCAR fan to recognize a Petty car. Going all the way back to the 1950s when Lee Petty raced in a distinctive blue Plymouth, the family's stock cars have always been ...

Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Tom Petty has been gone for more than half a decade, but the music he left behind is still reaching new audiences and performing well.

In the film Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party, there is a scene in which Petty and director Cameron Crowe shoot the breeze in the singer’s home in Encino, California, at 2am. In a basement in ...

Before he made Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe directed a wild documentary about rising singer-songwriter Tom Petty and his band, The Heartbreakers. Cameron Crowe, left, with Tom ...

According to a press release, the lost documentary will screen in cinemas around the world on Oct. 17 and 20 for what would ...

Had he not died of an accidental drug overdose in 2017, Tom Petty, the prolific guitar rocker whose radio hits include “Refugee,” “American Girl,” and “You Got Lucky,” would be ...

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This week I attended a 30th anniversary screening of “Speed” as part of Beyond ...

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 ...