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Radio
Show Travel Expert, Stephanie Abrams, Discovers Country-Western
Bands in Brooklyn Attracting Big Apple Visitors
NEW
YORK, April 29, 2005 (PRIMEZONE)
-- You don't have to give up jug bands, honky-tonk, rockabilly,
or western swing when your travel plans take you to The Big Apple,
says the host travel expert of "Travel WITH Stephanie Abrams!"
on the Business TalkRadio(tm) Network, "Just hustle over to Brooklyn
where you'll find audiences lovin' what they're seein' and hearin'
-live country-western music!"
Between
the Manhattan skyline and rows of brownstones, a burgeoning country
music scene is attracting a new generation of fans from all over
the world who are musically sophisticated, aware of the genre's
deep history, and attracted to all the human emotion that 'roots
music' keeps close to its heart. You'll find New Yorker's and
visitors to the Big Apple making their way to hear bands like
The Crevulators, "Which lean towards the edgy side," Abrams explains.
"Their debut EP (available on their web site, www.crevulators.com)
reveals an outlaw sound, with tight 3-part harmony, upbeat swing
rhythms, and almost as much of the Rolling Stones as Johnny Cash.
But, remarkably, it's bands like this one that are bringing NYC
visitors to Brooklyn!"
Asked what
makes "the Brooklyn scene" unique, Ross Jacobs, a founding member
of The Crevulators, a fixture in the Brooklyn 'Country Circuit',
explains, "It's different here from the places down South and
out West, because the people here aren't really influenced by
what's going on with Top 40 Country Charts or the idea of 'making
it big in Nashville.' The bands that play in Brooklyn and the
people we play for are truly all about the music. So much of it
is about authenticity. And when the music strays, it goes to more
of an edgy feel rather than a pop feel."
Venues in
Brooklyn and neighboring Manhattan foster the community with prime
spots for great country-western sounds in Brooklyn's Freddy's
Backroom on Dean Street, Hank's Saloon on Atlantic Avenue, and
Manhattan's famous Rodeo Bar. In July, the Backroom will host
the second annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival, an eight-day
extravaganza featuring NYC's best. Alex Battles, the organizer
of the event and lead singer/banjo player of Brooklyn-based band,
The Whisky Rebellion, sums up the enthusiasm of the community:
"You wanna know how important traditional country music is to
Brooklyn? We're having an eight day country music festival in
a city that doesn't even have a country music radio station!"
The 2nd
Annual Brooklyn Country Music Festival will take place July 21st-31st
at Freddy's Backroom, 485 Dean St., Brooklyn. For more information,
visit http://www.brooklyncountry.com.
"Leave it
to Brooklyn to come out with something as extraordinary as on-going
country-western performances and a Country Music Festival! You
have to hear it to believe it," Abrams concludes.
Travel WITH
Stephanie Abrams, syndicated nationally, is heard Sundays in the
7pm -- 9pm ET timeslot and simulcast on the Internet. Visit Abrams'
award-winning website at www.sabrams.com.
Contact:
Ross Jacobs, member: The Crevulators. Ross666y@yahoo.com |
