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Been Around the Block? He is the Block

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Brooklyn rock'n'roll/soul man Garland Jeffreys on just about anything - from Jackie Robinson to Lou Reed to Sonny Rollins - you ever wanted to know about everything

by Shayne Gryn
17.11.2011

Garland Jeffreys isn’t known for pulling his punches. The Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter, who’s been recording since the late ’60s, made a name for himself by painting honest, and sometimes bleak, portraits of the world around him. From the anthemic Wild in the Streets to the intimate and personal Spanish Town, Jeffreys has sung about murder, racial [...]

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