Steve Knopper

Ringo Starr's 25-year-old All Starr Band is more like a shambling musical carnival than a meticulously organized machine. Superstar rockers — Joe Walsh, Peter Frampton, Dr. John, the late John...

Just as James Brown had to spend his old age attempting to do the splits, 40-year-old Twista has to remember and recite lyrics that once made him the fastest rapper...

Just as James Brown had to spend his old age attempting to do the splits, 40-year-old Twista has to remember and recite lyrics that once made him the fastest rapper...

Before moving on to trivial matters like Trisha Yearwood's deep and rich career in country music, let's get one thing straight: Garth Brooks will not show up at her concert....

Not long ago, country singer Aaron Lewis decided he didn't like a hit song he'd heard on the radio. He viewed "Redneck Crazy" by Tyler Farr, with its passive-aggressive narrative...

For nearly six decades, Bernadette Peters has been methodically building a show-business resume thick enough to block armor-piercing bullets. At 3 years old, she appeared on TV's "Name That Tune,"...

No longer is Scotty McCreery the country-music star who finds time for a full load of college classes. "That was tough," says the 2010 "American Idol" winner. "It took a...

If not for the headaches, Joe Rogan might not be a stand-up comedian today. When he was 13, he began practicing martial arts; by 19, he was a black-belt taekwondo...

Sandra Bernhard makes a correction. She did not cry the first time she tried stand-up comedy at The Improv club in Los Angeles in the late '70s. "I cried once...