New documentaries about Tom Petty, Demi Lovato, and Charli XCX will have their world premieres at the 2021 South by Southwest Film Festival. The festival will run March 16th through 20th and will take place virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The three films comprise the festival’s “Headliners” category. Demi …
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All but one of the tracks on Bob Dylan‘s new album Together Through Life are co-written with Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. It’s the most help he’s ever had on a single album, but hardly the first time Dylan has written with a partner. Over the past 45 years he’s …
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“Of course, you’re shocked,” Bruce Springsteen said two days after he dedicated the first preview performance of his New York solo residency, “Springsteen on Broadway,” to the late Tom Petty. “Tom’s only 66,” Springsteen went on, “and he had just played a week ago.” In our interview for Rolling Stone‘s …
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Producer Rick Rubin wasn’t a Tom Petty fan growing up. “I usually liked more edgy music,” he tells Rolling Stone. But he fell in love with the singer-songwriter’s first solo outing, 1989’s Full Moon Fever, after “Runnin’ Down a Dream” entranced him. “The consistency and quality of songwriting on the …
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