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Garland Jeffreys (born 29 June 1943 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. His music is a mix of rock 'n' roll, reggae, blues, soul and even hip-hop. He began his career performing solo in Manhattan clubs in 1966 after attending college at Syracuse University as an art major, where he became friends with Lou Reed (future co-founder of The Velvet Underground). He spent some time in Italy studying art before coming back to Manhattan to further his education at New York's Institute of Fine Arts while working with several New York bands. In 1969 he...

Gina Jeffreys is an Australian Country Music singer. Gina has had a love for country music and singing since being a young child. First attracting attention by winning the Star Maker Quest at the Tamworth Country Music Festival in 1991, she has gone on to release seven albums. Gina still actively performs and tours ...most recently inconjunction with Sara Storer and Beccy Cole (collectively known as the 'Songbirds'). Gina has won many music industry awards during her career rating her as the best female country vocalist in Australia. .

This is a complete Czechgrind luxury! Roman was kind enough to treat me to this and several other sizeable servings of appetizin' Grind from the BLP menu, allowin' me to contentedly stuff my ears with a three-course feast of contemporary cordon bleu Czechgrind, a lovely spread that also comprised the latest from the adorable Mincing Fury and Guttural Clamour of Queer Decay, and the self titled debut album from the juddering Jig-Ai juggernaut. Sealing off the Vagina by Sewer Lid' is repugnant, decadent Goregrind excellence. The individual seated upon the stool, Burak, has oft spattered his talents about in the...

Garland Green (born Garfield Green Jr., June 14, 1942, Dunleith, Mississippi) is an American soul singer and pianist. Career: Green was the tenth child of eleven born in his family, and lived in Mississippi until 1958 when he moved to Chicago. While working and attending Englewood High, he sang on weekends, and one day while singing in a pool room, he was overheard by Argia B. Collins, a local owner of a bar-b-que chain. Collins agreed to bankroll Green's attendance at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where Green studied voice and piano, and played in local bars and clubs. In...

Largely self-taught, Red Garland established a reputation as a solid post-bop mainstream player in the 50s, playing with many of the most famous jazz musicians of the time. He achieved international fame in the late 50s as part of the Miles Davis quintet. He went on to lead his own groups, but then retired in 1968, a victim the declining demand for jazz. He reemerged in 1976 and performed regularly until his death in 1984. Garland was known for his eloquent middle-of-the-road style. A fertile, often moving improvisor, he developed a characteristic block chord sound by combining octaves with a...