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- ↑ Heinrich, Katherine. "A singing storyteller Hoboken singer-songwriter Kate Jacobs releases her fourth album", The Hudson Reporter , April 8, 2004. Accessed January 21, 2018. "Jacobs, a Hoboken resident since 1981, has just released her fourth album – a project that was six years in the making. The disc, You Call That Dark, has many Hoboken connections. Released by the Hoboken-based label Bar/None Records, produced by Schramm and recorded in part at the Jolly Roger studio, the album also features several local musicians, including Schramm, Paul Moschella, James MacMillan, Joe Ruddick and Andy Burton."
- ↑ Testa, Jim. "Hoboken singer/songwriter Kate Jacobs releasing new album, returning to live performance", The Jersey Journal , November 5, 2010. Accessed January 21, 2018. "It’s been six years since singer/songwriter Kate Jacobs released her last album, time she’s spent raising two sons in her Hoboken apartment.... Jacobs recorded four albums for Hoboken’s Bar None Records, the last in 2004, but Home Game will be released on Small Pond Music."
