by Darren Paltrowitz | Dec 27, 2016 | Culture, Education, Events, Music
The Church Street School for Music and Art — as located in Tribeca — is the area’s only non-profit school for the arts. The institution has served the downtown and outer community since 1990. On Jan. 4, City Winery will be hosting a fundraiser for...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 27, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
What do the blues, baseball and stand-up comedy have in common? Besides all of these concepts being entertaining to many millions of people, they are all undeniably art forms that originated in the United States. Without the blues there would be no rock & roll,...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 26, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
It’s been more than 50 years since “Satisfaction,” “Get Off My Cloud” and a lot of musical gems by The Rolling Stones first hit the charts. Yet unlike many of the band’s 1960s peers, there is still new music coming out from...
by Darren Paltrowitz | Dec 22, 2016 | Culture, Music, Uncategorized
As the sons of teen idol Ricky Nelson and actress Kristin Harmon and the grandsons of actor and bandleader Ozzie Nelson and actress Harriet Hilliard, Matthew and Gunnar Nelson are the third generation of famous Nelsons. Their debut studio album After The Rain, as...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Singer, songwriter and author Storm Large first found notoriety as a finalist on the singing competition show Rock Star: Supernova. In the 10 years since her reality TV tenure, things have been non-stop for the Portland resident. Beyond touring with Pink Martini,...
by Darren Paltrowitz | Dec 16, 2016 | Culture, Music
Earlier this week, the 2016 Epiphone Revolver Music Awards took place in the East Village’s Webster Hall. Notable attendees included Walking Dead star Norman Reedus, Orange Is The New Black actress Jessica Pimentel, celebrity chef Chris Santos, KISS co-founder...
