Avenue A Records
There’s something happening down on the Lower East side of Manhattan that has the NYU intellectual types pushing their horned-rimmed specs back up their noses and the downtown cowboys dancing in the isles (dancing’s illegal in NYC bars though, so please don’t tell!). There’s an Americana scene emerging just blocks away from where Dylan first showed up with his acoustic guitar and where Joey Ramone tore through CBGB’s, that somehow embraces the spirit of both yet has the down-home feel that only the world’s biggest small town can provide. Listen to the music of Bethany Saint Smith, Brian Molnar and Joe Cassady and feel that spirit of change kick up its heels once again.