“New York, New York”  is a song written and performed by American alt-country musician Ryan Adams.  It appeared on his 2001 album Gold.  The song earned Adams a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal, and the single reached #53 in the UK charts in December 2001.  In 2009, the song was included in The Guardian’s “1000 Songs Everyone Must Hear”.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

Together with Ryan Adams, Jesse Malin co-founded a hardcore punk rock band in 2002 called The Finger.  Ryan Adams (not to be confused with Bryan Adams) has been active in music since about 2000.  I remember well a music video for his song “New York, New York” that was filmed just 4 days before September 11, 2001, showing the World Trade Center in the background.