Garland Jeffreys — Dónde escucharlo en la radio

Garland Jeffreys es un artista de american, singer y soul originario de Sheepshead Bay, Estados Unidos, activo desde 1943. ArtisFind ha detectado 1 reproducción de Garland Jeffreys en 1 emisora de radio (Austria), la más reciente en ORF - Radio Tirol hace 155 d. La canción que más suena en la radio es «Matador».

Garland Jeffreys (born 1943) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as part of a distinct, mid-1970s New York rock sound that included artists like Bruce Springsteen, Southside Johnny and Willie Nile. Hallmarks of Jeffreys's music are autobiographical songwriting and an eclectic, hard-to-categorize style that embraces rock-and-roll, reggae, soul, doo-wop, blues, jazz and folk. His songs revolve around signature themes: race and inclusivity, New York City and urban life, romance and family. Critics contend that Jeffreys's category-defying music and multiracial identity often perplexed American record labels, radio stations and audiences, hampering the marketing and reach of his work. Rock writer Kurt Loder described Jeffreys as "a unique voice in American music—a racial and cultural outsider with a first-hand, hard-knocks knowledge of all the various Big City scenes and scams, and a striking ability to render even the grittiest incidents concisely into songs."

Jeffreys sustained a following in New York from the 1970s forward, however his broader fan base grew more strongly in Europe than in the United States. In the US, he is best known for the albums Ghost Writer (1977), Escape Artist (1981) and The King of In Between (2011), and the widely covered underground single, "Wild in the Streets"; in Europe, he is also known for the album American Boy & Girl (1979) and hit single "Matador." In 2023, a documentary on Jeffreys's life and career came out, Garland…