Steve Knopper

For nearly 35 years, singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett has been explaining to people that he leads a Large Band, which is entirely different from a big band. "I named a record...

After Tony! Toni! Tone! released its first single, “Little Walter,” in 1988, D’Wayne Wiggins was working on his Mustang in front of his Oakland home. He had no idea the...

After Taylor Swift co-wrote and sang on Sugarland's recent song "Babe," the pop megastar reached out to singers Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush and said, "OK, we're going to do...

For those with a few drops of energy left after broiling in Grant Park all day, this weekend's Lollapalooza festival scatters and resets every night around 8 in nearly all...

The Vans Warped Tour has been around so long that members of this year's headlining bands can recall wandering the searing parking-lot blacktops when they were teenage fans. After former...

Mike Scheidt sings and plays doom metal pretty well for a guy who recently nearly died from diverticulitis, endured nine hours of surgery, lost 10 inches of his large intestine...

In addition to making one of the year's best albums, a sprawling, Prince-like rumination on sex and politics called "Dirty Computer," and continuing her side career as an actress in...