NEW YORK – It’s 8,504 miles from the island of Manhattan to the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands, but now anyone in the Big Apple can experience this underwater treasure and a host of other nautical wonders right in their own backyard by visiting National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey. Located in Times Square, this 60,000-square foot […]
NASHVILLE – Being located in the heart of America’s country music capital, it’s only natural that The Belonging Church would count quite a few musicians as congregation members. On any given Sunday, the music that resonates through this former-warehouse-turned-house-of-worship rivals an arena concert. The lightshows that accompany these performances are equally impressive, because as it […]
LOS ANGELES – There are times when an essential scenic element in a theatrical production poses special challenges for a lighting designer. Such was the case recently when Daniel Ionazzi was creating the lighting design for the world premiere of the Alena Smith comedy Icebergs, which is currently running at the Gil Cates Theater at […]
NASHVILLE, TN – With his distinctive heartfelt vocals, Tyler Farr sounds like he was born to be a country singer, but the popular star’s career path started out on a far different track. Long before he reached the top of the country charts last year with his single “A Guy Walks Into A Bar,” the […]
TULSA, OK – Last year Aaron Watson made history when his album “The Underdog” debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It marked the first time that an LP that was self-released, as well as independently distributed and promoted, accomplished that extraordinary feat. Despite this commercial success (26,000 copies of the […]
LOS ANGELES – Acclaimed film director Nick Redman once said of composer Alfred Newman: “He was a true musical force, and one that cannot in any sense be replaced.” It was only fitting then that the University of Southern California named its acoustical gem of a recital hall after this film scoring icon, who won […]
SUNRISE, FL – When it comes to naming albums, Lettuce is a band of few words. Following the success of its two previous releases, “Rage!” and “Fly,” the group came out with its latest record “Crush” in November 2015. Living up to its mononymous moniker, “Crush” is a pile driver of thunderously crushing grooves. Since its […]
NASHVILLE – Aside from being blessed with huge helpings of musical talent, Madison Marlow and Taylor Dye, better known as the chart-topping country act Maddie & Tae, are also incredibly resourceful. How else to explain two high school girls who managed to become close friends and collaborators despite living over 400 miles apart, moved to […]
NASHVILLE – Dan + Shay wanted to do something out of the ordinary for their “Just The Right Kind Of Crazy” tour. It was, after all, their first headlining tour, and the rapidly rising country duo — who made their Grand Ole Opry debut only a year earlier — were looking for a design that […]
LAS VEGAS – Any company that makes Inc. Magazine’s list of the fastest growing privately owned businesses six years running must be doing a lot of things right. For 4Wall Entertainment, which has made this prestigious list every year since 2010, one of those things has been the commitment to maintain an inventory that includes […]
BALTIMORE, MD – Back in the 1950s, noted psychologist BF Skinner grabbed headlines by using controversial behavioral modification techniques to teach pigeons to play ping pong. Today Pigeons Playing Ping Pong is making waves again, not with psychology, but with psychedelic riffs along with some funky rock and extended jams that are attracting an ever-expanding […]
Red-hot rapper Machine Gun Kelly lives up to his name with a rapid-fire delivery and crackling stage presence that, in the words of one of his trademark songs, get crowds to “lace up,” for a spiky, hard-edged experience. Any lightshow at a concert by “MGK,” as the lanky rapper is affectionately known to his legion […]