Jaan Uhelszki

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Editor-at-Large at Relix

Editorial Director at CREEM Magazine

A founding editor at Detroit’s legendary Creem Mag and the only journalist to have ever performed in full makeup with Kiss. Now she only wears Nars eyeliner.

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Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker

1 week ago | loudersound.com | Jaan Uhelszki

On March 18, 2025, the day Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker came out, he posted the opening sentence of the book on his Instagram account: “You don’t know about me without having heard a band by the name of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.”And he’s right. But that’s about to change.
Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Jaan Uhelszki

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Sheva Kafai/PressOn March 18, 2025, the day Mike Campbell’s memoir Heartbreaker came out, he posted the opening sentence of the book on his Instagram account: “You don’t know about me without having heard a band by the name of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.”And he’s right. But that’s about to change.
“I had no inkling Tom would go so early. I always wondered who would go first. I’m still grieving”: Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker | Flipboard

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Jaan Uhelszki

The musician that had the Traveling Wilburys record in his kitchen: “It wasn’t soundproofed or anything”There are two types of people in the world. Those who roll their eyes at stupid hypothetical questions, and those who slam their fist on the table …
“I will retire before I become a human-jukebox caricature of myself”: How American guitar icon Bonnie Raitt helped carry the blues into the 21st century

3 weeks ago | loudersound.com | Jaan Uhelszki

Bonnie Raitt is an American blues icon, one with a string of hugely successful albums, a shelf-full of Grammys and collaborations with everyone from John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy to Jackson Browne and Little Feat to her name. In 2016, as she prepared to release her 17th album Dig In Deep, Classic Rock caught up with one of music’s great survivors. It’s two weeks before Christmas. But, in the sleek modern lobby of the Hotel Amarano in Burbank, California, you would be hard-pressed to know that.
How American guitar icon Bonnie Raitt helped carry the blues into the 21st century

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jaan Uhelszki

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Marina Chavez/PressBonnie Raitt is an American blues icon, one with a string of hugely successful albums, a shelf-full of Grammys and collaborations with everyone from John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy to Jackson Browne and Little Feat to her name. In 2016, as she prepared to release her 17th album Dig In Deep, Classic Rock caught up with one of music’s great survivors.
Tom Petty: runnin' down a dream

1 month ago | uncut.co.uk | Jaan Uhelszki

From Uncut’s September 2016 issue [Take 232]: TOM PETTY gets the old gang back together. That is, his doomed first band, MUDCRUTCH, a mix of Heartbreakers and guitar teachers reunited for a long-awaited turn in the spotlight. Uncut meets a reborn Mudcrutch in New York, and explores with them the lost hinterland of a rock superstar. Tom Petty came to success in a very roundabout way.
Rod Stewart: "You’ve got flair or you haven’t..."

Feb 27, 2025 | uncut.co.uk | Jaan Uhelszki

From Uncut’s November 2015 issue [Take 222]. Jaan Uhelszki visits ROD STEWART at home in Beverly Hills…Rod Stewart was never, it seems, a natural songwriter. “I was too busy,” he says, “having a good time.” In autumn 2015, the good times continue unabated for British rock’s most storied playboy. On the eve of a new album and that long-awaited Faces reunion, Rod The Mod opens up his LA mansion to Uncut and, uncharacteristically, reveals all.
Loretta Lynn: "If you're good to the ghosts, they'll be good to you"

Jan 2, 2025 | uncut.co.uk | Jaan Uhelszki

From Uncut’s March 2016 issue (Take 226). We meet the Queen of Country in her haunted Tennessee mansion and look back on her spectacular career…Welcome to Hurricane Mills, the second-most-haunted house in Tennessee and, for the past 50 years, home of the supernaturally gifted Loretta Lynn. Here, the Queen Of Country Music looks back on her sparkling career, her wayward spouse, her legendary friends — from the Cash family to Jack White — and the spirits that surround her to this day.
Joanna Newsom: arc of a diver

Dec 12, 2024 | uncut.co.uk | Jaan Uhelszki

It’s time for breakfast in LA with JOANNA NEWSOM. In this extract from Jaan Uhelszki’s interview with Newsom in Uncut’s November 2015 issue (Take 222), she prepares to reveal the mysteries of her magical fourth album, Divers…East of the Hollywood sign and a mile and a half straight downhill from the three imposing Art Deco orbs of the Griffith Observatory lies Los Feliz.
The MC5: Heavy Lifting and the rock revolutionaries' last stand

Nov 25, 2024 | loudersound.com | Jaan Uhelszki

Einstein’s First Law of Thermodynamics asserts that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed from one form to another. Apparently that applies to high energy, too – in the form of the MC5. Fifty-three years after their third album, High Time, the legendary Detroit rockers have just released the hardly-hoped-for follow-up, Heavy Lifting.

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Articles

Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker

Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker

“I had no inkling Tom would go so early. I always wondered who would go first. I’m still grieving”: Mike Campbell on life as Tom Petty’s right hand man and the highs and lows of being a Heartbreaker | Flipboard

“I will retire before I become a human-jukebox caricature of myself”: How American guitar icon Bonnie Raitt helped carry the blues into the 21st century

How American guitar icon Bonnie Raitt helped carry the blues into the 21st century

Tom Petty: runnin' down a dream

Rod Stewart: "You’ve got flair or you haven’t..."

Loretta Lynn: "If you're good to the ghosts, they'll be good to you"

Joanna Newsom: arc of a diver

The MC5: Heavy Lifting and the rock revolutionaries' last stand

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