by Downtown Magazine | Feb 3, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Jean “Django” Reinhardt was a Belgian-born French jazz guitarist. While he passed away over 60 years ago, Django remains one of the most popular guitarists of all time as many of his compositions have become jazz standards. The list of guitarists he...
by Downtown Magazine | Feb 2, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Ninet Tayeb has done almost everything there is to do in her native country of Israel. She first came into prominence as the winner of Israeli Idol about a decade ago. Her four studio albums have sold platinum; her debut reached platinum status on its day of release,...
by Downtown Magazine | Feb 1, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
A lifelong New Yorker, Talib Kweli first turned heads in the late 1990s as one half of the hip-hop duo Black Star. Talib’s first solo album, Quality, was not released until 2002, as featuring appearances by Kanye West, DJ Quik and comedian Dave Chappelle. Just a...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 30, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Steve Hackett first came into prominence as the guitarist of the legendary rock band Genesis, whom he played with until 1977. Prior to leaving Genesis, Steve had released his first solo album, Voyage Of The Acolyte, in 1975. His solo career has continued steadily ever...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 25, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Originally from Helsinki, Finland, 21-year old indie-pop songwriter Peppina is a recent New York transplant. While still in high school, she uploaded her music to hitRECord — a collaborative artist forum — which captured the attention of hitRECord’s...
by Grace Capobianco | Jan 25, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment
During the holidays, I had the pleasure of meeting Ray DeForest at my dear friend Nick’s holiday party. Ray and I talked for most of the evening about his acting career, personal life, living downtown and family. Before the evening was over, he had invited me to...
