by Downtown Magazine | Dec 30, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Undoubtedly one of the most versatile American bands of the last 50 years, NRBQ — short for the “New Rhythm & Blues Quartet” — formed in 1966. While NRBQ never had a Top 10 hit in the U.S., the band has always had friends in high places....
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 29, 2016 | Culture, Music
20 years is a long time for anything, especially a rock band. Red Wanting Blue celebrated its 20th anniversary earlier this year, commemorating it with RWB20, a live album/DVD filmed at the Lincoln Theater. Further to its credit, Red Wanting Blue has released 10...
by Downtown Magazine | Dec 28, 2016 | Culture, Movies
Academy Award-nominated actor Woody Harrelson will direct and star in an unprecedented live feature film event, Lost In London. Harrelson, who wrote and co-produced the feature film, will also co-star with Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson. This first-of-its-kind film...
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...
