Garland Jeffreys

He's been called an edgy urban poet, the sound of New York, a confessional singer-songwriter, and an explorer of the links between rock, race and rebellion whose work should be taught in schools. More than a dozen years had passed without an American album from Jeffreys when he came roaring back into the spotlight with 2011's The King of In Between. Hailed by NPR as "as good a classic roots rock record as you're going to hear from anybody," the record earned raves from The New Yorker to USA Today and fueled a creative revitalization for the homegrown rocker, whose ebullient, late-stage creative energy colors every note of his next records, Truth Serum (2013) and 14 Steps to Harlem (2017). With songs covered by artists as diverse as punk pioneers The Circle Jerks ("Wild in the Streets") the neo-folk band Vetiver ("Lon Chaney") and jazz great Randy Brecker ("Ghost Writer") Garland Jeffreys is truly unclassifiable. Long known for his amazing roster of supporting musicians, with names su