The trusted keyboard player on his best and most difficult sessions, from the Heartbreakers to that guy Bob from Duluth.

Starting in the early 1970s, the organist, singer and songwriter was a creative anchor for Tom Petty. On a new solo album, he explores what comes next. Credit... Supported by By Bob Mehr Reporting ...

The most famous keyboard sideman in rock is making a rare return to center stage after making it through a life-threatening health scare. The man who is arguably the most famous or legendary ...

Benmont Tench will release a new solo album, The Melancholy Season, on March 7. Produced by Jonathan Wilson, it includes ...

Benmont Tench says that "life" is the reason for the 11-year gap between his two solo albums. With The Melancholy Season out Friday (March 7), the keyboardist says that a heavy work load with both ...

Credit: Getty Images Former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers keyboard player Benmont Tench has given us another insight into Rick Rubin’s sometimes idiosyncratic studio demands, recalling the ...

A handful of songs into Benmont Tench’s recent performance in Chicago, he paused to take inventory before choosing the next number, ticking off the names of the artists on one hand ...

When keyboard player Benmont Tench released his debut solo album in 2014, the founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers had a ready collection of songs to take into the studio.

The Melancholy Season is the Heartbreaker's second solo album. By Gary Graff Benmont Tench says that “life” is the reason for the 11-year gap between his two solo albums. With The Melancholy ...