by Downtown Magazine | Jul 16, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Manhattan native Emily King isn’t yet 30 years of age, but she is a certified music business veteran. She got her first record deal (with J Records) in 2004, a few years after dropping out of high school to pursue her music career, although her debut album East Side...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 15, 2015 | Culture, Music
John Davis first came into prominence as the voice and songwriter behind the Knoxville, Tennessee-based band Superdrag. Superdrag had one of the most memorable rock hits of 1996, “Sucked Out,” which put them on the expected circuit of MTV and radio festivals. The band...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 15, 2015 | Culture, Music
I first learned about Joe McGinty as the leader of Loser’s Lounge, which has been going for more than 20 years. From there, I learned of his work with the likes of The Ramones, Nada Surf, Spacehog, Ryan Adams and The Psychedelic Furs. Then I learned about his...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 14, 2015 | Culture, Movies
Filmed in Utah over a 20-day period, Ami Canaan Mann had a lot of work cut out for her as writer and director of Jackie & Ryan. However, in being an experienced creative mind within both TV and film (e.g. Texas Killing Fields, Friday Night Lights, NYPD Blue), Ami...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 13, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Steve Lukather – known to fans and friends as “Luke” – is as unique as they come in the music business. He has played guitar on thousands of commercially-released albums while spending nearly 40 years in Toto. No matter the trends of the Top 40, he has been working...
