Can New York get in a country groove?

Given its place in pop-music history—punk in the ’70s, hip-hop in the ’80s and ’90s—New York would probably check the latter box if Donny and Marie posed the question: Are you a little bit country or a little bit rock ’n’ roll? With the exception of last year’s questionable cowboy-hat trend and this year’s equally questionable cowboy-boot trend, New Yorkers like to think of themselves as setting the bar for urban chic—that means Dolce & Gabbana, not dungarees, and Hummers, not Hemis.