VIDEO PREMIERE: Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt "Flatbush Sunset"

Since teaming up in 2014, the Philadelphia-based singer-guitarist Aaron Nathans and the Cincinnati-based cellist-vocalist Michael G. Ronstadt have managed to record four full-length albums. The latest, Hello World, contains a song that should warm the hearts of baseball fans and lovers of New York City history. The New Folk Initiative is very pleased  to present the exclusive video premiere of "Flatbush Sunset." Aaron explains:

"Flatbush Sunset" was inspired by an essay by Rory Costello of the Society for American Baseball Research about the last days of Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. There is a myth that the Dodgers played their final game there at the conclusion of the 1957 season, and the famous baseball-painted wrecking ball swung shortly thereafter. But in fact, the park continued to host events for two more years, until it was razed at the start of 1960. This song celebrates the four-man crew, led by longtime Dodgers employee Babe Hamberger, who stayed behind in Brooklyn as the team headed to Los Angeles. They kept up the storied ballpark as it hosted events like the circus; an auto thrill show; soccer; and high school, college, and Negro League baseball. This video incorporates some of these activities, but it mainly relies on old public domain photos of America’s most fondly remembered baseball club and its ballpark.