by Downtown Magazine | Jul 21, 2016 | Events, Music
15 years after forming in Vancouver, rock quartet Marianas Trench has won just about every award that a band could win in its native Canada. Beyond a Juno for Group Of The Year, there’s been a SOCAN No. 1 Song Award and honors from MuchMusic, INDIES.ca, and the...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 20, 2016 | Business, Featured, Music, Technology
For three decades, Jamie Lincoln Kitman has been the President of The Hornblow Group USA, an artist management company currently based in Nyack. He has guided the careers of multiple artists that have won Grammys and sold millions of albums. Clients past and present...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 19, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Music, Travel
In the 40-plus years that The Allman Brothers Band was active, the group accomplished just about anything that a rock band would hope to accomplish. Many millions of albums were sold. Hit singles (e.g. “Ramblin’ Man,” “Melissa,”...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 14, 2016 | Featured, Music
Over the past 30-plus years, Simon Wright has played with a good number of hard rock’s essential artists. After playing in some bands in his native Manchester, Simon wound up joining AC/DC in 1983 — he had responded to a simple local newspaper ad that...
by Grace Capobianco | Jul 8, 2016 | Dining, Events, Music
Created by the founders of La Nuit en Rosé –- the world’s first event series dedicated to rosé wine -– PINKNIC will gather over 16,000 wine and food lovers for the ultimate New York City festival experience this season. One admission ticket will treat guests to...
by Darren Paltrowitz | Jul 8, 2016 | Culture, Dining, Events, Music
Ray Wylie Hubbard first became a prominent artist when Jerry Jeff Walker recorded his song “Up Against The Wall, Redneck Mother” in 1973. This cover led to a record deal with Warner Bros. Records and a series of critically-acclaimed albums. Ray took a...
