We all know that most New Yorkers don’t really like cowboys that much (a little too rough around the edges, and mostly global warming deniers), but put a young girl with a guitar under that hat and suddenly you’ve got a total charmer – not sure if that’s enough to say that sexism has some "better" sides to it, cowboys might not like that. But age and wide-brimmed hat are not the only strenghts Nashville via Brooklyn songstress Michaela Anne has to offer. Her country songs ring genuine, like this video for single "Ease of Mind;" her unaffected voice and simple guitar chords forge sincere songs about love and the uncertain future facing a young cowgirl, in a cow-less city. Which begs the question: would NYC be a better place if it had cows?
Michaela Anne will bring a ray of Nashville sun on February 19 at Rockwood Music Hall.
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