by Downtown Magazine | Oct 21, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music, Out On The Town
One of the biggest compliments for me as a writer is when someone reads one of my “Really Busy People” columns and offers a suggestion of a great interview subject. This is how I found out about Jen Lyon, and after hearing about her career, I was disappointed in...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 20, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, The Dear Hunter began as a side project for Casey Crescenzo in 2004 while there was downtime from his band The Receiving End Of Sirens. A few years later, after parting ways with TREOS, The Dear Hunter became his primary musical...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 20, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Formed in Edinburgh in 1995, 2015 marks the 20th anniversary of influential Scottish rock band Idlewild. With a string of gold albums in the U.K., the band finds themselves in a unique position of playing major festivals and theaters in most of the world, yet playing...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 19, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Sports
89 years after their 1926 founding, The Harlem Globetrotters are still touring the world as much as ever. With over 20,000 exhibition games played in well over 100 countries, the Globetrotters predate the NBA by over two decades. The legendary basketball team’s...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 16, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Much like Dashboard Confessional is the project of Chris Carrabba or Alison Sudol is A Fine Frenzy, Cœur de pirate is the nom de plume of Béatrice Martin. Cœur de pirate – which is French for “pirate’s heart” – has been widely successful throughout Europe and her...