Tom Petty

Emmylou, Steve Earle et al pay tribute to Tom Petty – Watch

October 6, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

And so these clips keep coming in and deservedly so. RS reports: “Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and Patty Griffin teamed for powerful cover of Tom Petty’s “Refugee” during a benefit show in Seattle, Relix notes. Petty died Monday at the age of 66 after […]

Springsteen, Fleet Foxes, Wilco and more pay tribute to Tom Petty – Watch

October 5, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Various tribute performances coming in for Tom Petty this week. Firstly RS report that Bruce Springsteen opened his debut performance of Springsteen on Broadway with a tribute to Petty: “The singer-songwriter dedicated the first of his […]

RS: Tom Petty’s music can be heard in an entire genre – americana

October 4, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Very interesting piece in Rolling Stone Country this morning about Tom Petty’s relationship with country music, how big an influence he was on the whole americana genre and why he never took up Chris Stapleton’s offer […]

Tributes pour in to Tom Petty, dead at 66

October 3, 2017 Mark Whitfield 5

Very sad news from the States yesterday (in a day of sad news for the States yesterday) with the death of Tom Petty who is about as near to a living americana icon as you get. Rolling Stone […]

Stereogum premieres new Tom Petty cover by Chris Hillman

August 11, 2017 Mark Whitfield 0

Stereogum are previewing a track from the country-rock pioneer Chris Hillman, a founding member of both the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, who is putting out his first album in over a decade next month. […]

Convinced Friend “On Fire” – get the extinguishers

July 17, 2026 0

You may be wondering what a Convinced Friend is – and it’s a good question that Austin Wilson made some sense of on the debut self-titled album by the band he fronts: here were a set […]

Video: Stephen Wilson Jr. “Gary”

July 17, 2026 0

Compelling with just his guitar and low, understated storytelling voice, Stephen Wilson Jr. delivered a fine solo version of his single Gary at CMA Fest recently. The recording featured on the ABC primetime special ‘CMA Fest […]

Interview: What Taylor Bickett is shooting for

July 16, 2026 0

Nothing I Can’t Undo is such a deeply earnest, empathetic and personal album that captures exactly what a solo debut is supposed to be by introducing us, in full, to Taylor Bickett, a 20-something singer/songwriter from […]