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As a successful musician for decades, Steve Stevens has a lot of claims to fame. As Billy Idol's long-time guitarist, he co-wrote most of the Idol anthems still regularly heard around the world. He won a Grammy for his work on the "Top Gun Anthem" from the hit Tom...

Downtown had the pleasure of interviewing Guitar Mash's musical director Mark Stewart to preview last year's event at City Winery. After hearing how well the event did, and that the 5th Annual edition of Guitar Mash was booked for a Dec. 11 return to City Winery, it...

Formed by award-winning producers Tonya Lewis Lee and Nikki Silver, the New York City-based ToniK Productions creates, develops and produces films and television programming. ToniK's 2013 production The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 was adapted from the novel in...