Benmont Tench, “The Melancholy Season.” A case could be made that the world has become much more terrible since Tom Petty died in 2017. It’s also hard to believe we’re closing in on a decade since the legendary singer-songwriter’s passing. Life goes on. For Benmont Tench, the keyboardist in…

Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs, “Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits.” While it’s been almost seven years since Tom Petty left us for the great wide open, Mike Campbell & the Dirty Knobs continue rocking in his wake. Campbell is the longtime Heartbreakers guitarist whose legendary collaborations with Petty date…

Tom Petty in New York in 1976. Photo: Richard E. Aaron/Redferns. For all the problems with 2020—the never-ending barrage of disasters, each worse than the last, unrelenting in their pace and scope, a perpetual hurricane with no eye, bad news crashing in on you one after another with no…

OAKLAND — During its heyday in the ‘70s and ‘80s, Fleetwood Mac was nearly as famous for drama as for music. Despite big egos, love triangles and a penchant for indulgence, the band managed to crank out hit after hit and establish itself as true rock-pop royalty. Following a widely publicized…

Photos: Celine Teo-Blockey PASADENA– Arroyo Seco Weekend proved a success, delivering a multi-generational music festival with something for everyone. Held in the shadow of the Rose Bowl on June 24 and 25, its slant toward jazz and funk brought out the Pasadena locals, armed with their deck chairs and picnic…

Pasadena’s inaugural Arroyo Seco Weekend festival will forego EDM in favor of jazz and funk during its two-day, 30-act lineup. Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, New Orleans torchbearers the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Meters share the bill with headliners Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and Mumford & Sons, along with indie rock…

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers perform at BottleRock Napa Valley in Napa on May 28, 2017. NAPA — Tom Petty may have largely stuck to the hits at BottleRock Napa Valley Saturday, but the sheer quantity of those familiar songs spoke volumes about Petty’s amazing songbook. After opening with…

The producers of the BottleRock Napa Valley music and wine festival today announced the lineup for the 2017 incarnation of the event, which will take place May 26 to 28 at the Napa Valley Expo. The 80-plus artist lineup will be headlined by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Foo…