Brooklyn Voices – April 2010

April 7, 2010 by

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2010 is already shaping up as a banner year for Jay Z. The Bed-Stuy born rapper picked up his 9th and 10th Grammy Awards in January, won Best International Male Solo Artist at the Brit Awards last month and graced the cover of the February issue of Interview magazineCitizen Cope’s first new album in four years, The RainWater LP, is now available in stores on CD and vinyl. His concert at the Brooklyn Bowl in February sold out in three days…We Both Live in Brooklyn, Babe is the signature song from Frank Hoier‘s well-reviewed CD Making Lovers & Dollars, which NPR calls “a memorable collection of Americana songs with a rock and roll energy”…Dana Fuchs  has just finished mixing 15 tracks at Cowboy Technical Studios in Williamsburg with engineer Tim Hatfield ….Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings new album, I Learned The Hard Way, comes out this month.…Notable Quote: “You don’t have to live the blues to play the blues. “ – Brooklyn-born jazz legend Herbie Mann.

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