MUSIC
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 [...]
[...]
FESTIVAL CITY
Rock pioneer Wanda Jackson brings sassy and brassy living history to the Montreal Jazz Festival
by Jamie O'Meara
03.07.2011
Over the phone from her Oklahoma home, Wanda Jackson – nearly 60 years after breaking the first hard ground for women in rock – still has that lovely and sexy mid-western accent, with just a trace of playfulness, that likely laid waste to hundreds, if not thousands, of hearts back in the nascent days of [...]
[...]
