Garland Jeffreys with Special Guests Deena & The Laughing Boys – February 13

Rent Party Productions presents Garland Jeffreys and Deena & the Laughing Boys on Friday, Feb 13th in Maplewood.

Date: Friday, February 13th, 2015
Address: The Woodland; 60 Woodland Road, Maplewood
Cost: $25, Get Tickets Here
All proceeds help fight hunger in our community.

Forty years into his storied career, Garland Jeffreys is enjoying the kind of creative second wind most artists can only hope for the first time around, earning a swarm of critical accolades and experiencing his most prolific stretch in decades. ‘Truth Serum,’ his second album in two years, is a cri de cœur, a stripped-down tone poem from an artist taking his rightful and hard-earned place in the musical pantheon.

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 recordwhich featured an appearance by old pal Lou Reedearned raves from The New Yorker to USA Today and led to a performance on Letterman, as well as appearances onstage with everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Levon Helm. The experience fueled a creative revitalization for the rocker, whose ebullient, late-stage creative energy colors every note of ‘Truth Serum.’

We are thrilled to welcome Garland to our new home at The Woodland!

Deena began her music career as co-founder of The Cucumbers, a leading band in the 80s indie pop scene in Hoboken, NJ, with reviews in Rolling Stone and People Magazine and videos on MTV.

Deena’s songwriting has been called “direct and artful,” by the New York Times, her voice “incredible: kidstuff and wisdom merged,” by the Village Voice. Her songs have been recorded by Jackson Browne and Dar Williams and featured in films and on network TV.