Tom Petty

Interview: AMAUK CEO Stevie Smith teases AmericanaFest 2021 artists

November 13, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

We are fast approaching the highlight of the UK americana community’s year when the Americana Music Association UK (AMA-UK) hosts AmericanaFest UK 2021 from 26-28 January 2021. While the UK has been struggling under COVID constraints, AMA-UK […]

Interview: Road Dogs Great Peacock talk Tom Petty and existential songwriting

November 3, 2020 Martin Johnson 0

Great Peacock are a perfect example of a group of Southern musicians making music they love in the current challenging times in America. They are well respected on the touring circuit and are classic Road Dogs. […]

Classic Americana Albums: Tom Petty “Wildflowers” (Warner Bros.,1994)

October 22, 2020 Keith Hargreaves 0

Tom Petty’s first studio album for his new label Warner Brothers found him escaping the uber-producer Jeff Lynne whose hand had influenced every musical decision on his previous 3 outings; twice as a Heartbreaker and once […]

Songs for the apocalypse: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Walls”

October 21, 2020 Mark Whitfield 4

It would have been Tom Petty’s 70th birthday yesterday and although a lot of the focus at the moment is on his 1994 solo record ‘Wildflowers’ due to its rerelease (we have a lovely piece on […]

Listen to an unreleased track from Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers”

October 2, 2020 Mark Whitfield 0

You’ll have seen previously that Tom Petty’s ‘Wildflowers & All the Rest’ collection will be out soon, but before that the singer’s estate has shared one of the five previously unreleased tracks from the ‘All the […]