Garland Jeffreys - The King of In Between

Garland Jeffreys - The Rolling Stone "Best New Artist" award is a distant memory as New York's acclaimed street poet returns with his first new album in more than a dozen years...a contemporary of Lou Reed from the mid-60's, Jeffrey's particular brand of irreverent and political music -- spanning reggae, anthemic rock and blistering folk -- directly (or indirectly) has influenced a couple of generations of scruffy urban troubadours // Release: The King of In Between (June 7) // Quote: “These songs were written over a few years and it wasn’t until the album was finished that I realized they all talk about disenfranchisement, of feeling marginalized in some way or another..." // Sounds like: a recharged, rootsy jolt in lead track "Coney Island Winter" -- two chords and half-spoken vocals haven't sounded this compelling since the heyday of Lou Reed or Jim Carroll (or Jeffrey's own '77 Ghost Writer // What we like: King's rich, organic sound thanks to co-producer/multi-instrumentalist Larry Campbell and mixer Roy Cicala (Dylan, Springsteen)...guest shots from Reed, Duncan Sheik and Jeffrey's fourteen-year-old daughter Savannah...

Garland Jeffreys - "Coney Island Winter" (from The King of In Between)

Photo Credit: Claire Jeffreys