by Downtown Magazine | Jul 23, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Even though The Mavericks are winners of three Academy of Country Music Awards and two Country Music Association Awards – in addition to one Grammy for “Best Country Performance” – they have never been a “country band” by traditional standards. “All Night Long,” the...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 22, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Within the few past years, a number of bands have hit the road for 50th anniversary tours including The Beach Boys, The Who and The Rolling Stones. But of those aforementioned bands, did any of them put out meaningful new material in the 1980s or 1990s? Chicago...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 22, 2015 | Culture, Music
Lucy Woodward is one of those artists that five people may recognize from five different projects. A lot of people would know her for her major label career, having released albums on Atlantic and Verve, which led to appearances on TV shows and concerts stages around...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 21, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
When Wyclef Jean refers to you as “the future” even before your debut full-length album has been recorded, people ought to start paying attention. In Rachel Brown’s case, not only has Wyclef been singing her praises, but rave reviews have come from Okayplayer, The New...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 20, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
A lot of bands have named themselves after a book or a movie, but few bands have found their name co-opted by a top-grossing movie. Although The Devil Wears Prada named themselves after a 2003 book, technically they did form prior to the release of the Oscar-winning,...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 20, 2015 | Culture, Events, Music
Sheppard has the sort of accolades as a band that are amazing, yet are only possible in this day and age. The band’s breakthrough single “Geronimo” is RIAA-certified at the Platinum level (over one million units sold), yet it has over 140 million streams on...
