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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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FESTIVAL CITY

Free Forming Jazz Meets Punk

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Zorn, Reed, Anderson, PdA

by Julia Vyse
03.07.2010

Place des Arts doesn’t often host punk shows, but tonight, the old drunk bellowing YEAH LOU at the top of his lungs, first in the bar, then from his seat, wasn’t totally alone. A few well-funded rockers brought their overpriced beer in with them and there was more than one `hawk in the crowd. Last [...]

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DANIEL WEINSTOCK

Why Not to Like WAT

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26.05.2010

One of the most worrying popular music trends in recent years has been what I will heretofore call the Whole Album Tour (or WAT, for short). A WAT occurs when a band or artist, usually well past their prime, announces in advance of a tour that rather than doing what rock musicians have done in [...]

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