Steve Knopper

Long before Charlton Heston made his stand in the 1959 "talking" version, 1920s producers were wringing their hands over numerous cast and director changes, an extra year of filming and...

Coco Montoya Suspicion (Alligator) The Blues Guitar Hero Hall of Fame desperately needs new members--Stevie Ray Vaughan and Luther Allison are long gone, Buddy Guy and Otis Rush are coasting,...

Sam Lay Blues Band Rush Hour Blues (Telarc) Veteran Chicago drummer Sam Lay is a famous behind-the-scenes blues and rock character--he played with the great Howlin' Wolf in the '60s,...

It's politically incorrect these days to refer to certain openly Christian performers as "gospel musicians." Rather, Fernando Ortega is a "contemporary Christian storyteller" while Shawn Colvin channeler and one-time Lilith...

MAGICAL PERFORMANCE: Jeff Fredriksen has so many balls in the air, it's a wonder he has time to perform this weekend in Chicago. (With luck, the jokes he tells in...

St. Patrick himself, the big-hatted bishop who drove the snakes from Ireland, hasn't been around to comment on people's green outfits or the legions of Bass-hoisting drinkers since he died...

Why just wear green today when you can live an entire green lifestyle? A list of our Top 10 favorite green things: (Honorable mentions: bashing the Green Bay Packers and...

To create the delectable one-day-only dish of beef and Guinness stew, the chefs at Carmichael's Steak House contacted the owner of Sheila's in Killarney, Ireland. As bagpipers, spoons players and...

How do St. Patrick's Day parade sponsors transform a one-mile stretch of the Chicago River from unidentifiable blue-black to Irish Kelly green every year? It's a secret. The formula involves...

St. Patrick's Day celebrants hate it when their favorite day of the year falls on a Friday. They can't hold weekend parades, dance to uilleann pipes or hoist Guinness on...