by Downtown Magazine | Nov 4, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
In this day and age where most people overshare their thoughts without actually saying much at all, there is an absolute shortage of interesting personalities in music. Don’t get me wrong, there have been plenty of great albums released in 2015, but how many of...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 4, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
The youngest person to ever write, produce and perform a number one single, Debbie Gibson first rose to international stardom in 1987. Her debut album, Out Of The Blue, yielded five Top 40 singles – all of which entirely written by Debbie – while her follow-up album,...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 4, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
A staff writer at Chappell Music while still attending Manhattan’s High School Of Performing Arts, Melissa Manchester has been a world-touring, hit-writing musical force for plenty more of her life than not. With multiple Grammy wins to her credit, Melissa...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 3, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
As the frontman and lyricist for Stone Temple Pilots, Scott Weiland was part of more than a dozen major hit singles, as spread out among six best-selling albums. Between the fifth and sixth albums of STP, Scott was the voice of Velvet Revolver, whose 2004 release...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 3, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Described as having a “similar vocal chemistry to Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová but also a real knack for the dynamic bombast of Coldplay” by Popmatters, Jenny & Tyler are not the acoustic duo that their name would suggest. Their new album Of This I’m Sure, as...