by Downtown Magazine | Mar 28, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Dream Downtown recently unveiled a new hip-hop photography art installation, underscoring the brand’s commitment to being a destination for local and global travelers to experience the New York City art scene. A throwback installation, as curated by famed music...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 28, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Based out of Los Angeles — and supposedly originally from Outer Space — Mac Sabbath is a mash-up of fast food and the assumed originators of heavy metal, Black Sabbath. Part of a “dinner rock revolution,” Mac Sabbath is certain to entertain...
by Downtown Magazine | Mar 24, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Bob Gruen is not only one of the most famous rock photographers, but one of its most prolific as well. If you’ve seen a photo of John Lennon wearing a “New York City” t-shirt, Bob took it. If you’ve seen a photo of Led Zeppelin standing in front of an...
by Darren Paltrowitz | Mar 20, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Chris Shiflett has been the lead guitarist of Foo Fighters — one of the world’s biggest rock bands — for over 15 years. Prior to joining Dave Grohl and company, Chris played guitar in No Use For A Name and Me First & The Gimme Gimmes....
by Darren Paltrowitz | Mar 20, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
While James McCartney notably played on the acclaimed Flaming Pie and Driving Rain albums of father Paul — also co-writing two songs on the latter studio release — 2010’s Available Light was his first crack at recording his own solo effort....
by Darren Paltrowitz | Mar 17, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
There are a lot of interesting facts about the band known as Occurrence. One such thing is that the duo, Ken Urban and Cat Hollyer, live in different states and trade demos via Dropbox; Ken is in Manhattan while Cat is based in Kansas. Another factoid is that Ken is a...