Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to Release Third LP This Fall

Apparently, something about Augusta, Georgia breeds boundless energy in the few successful musicians connected to the golf-centric city. Sharing the zeal of late former resident James Brown’s paramount, sweaty-browed workaholism, native Sharon Jones, and her band the Dap-Kings have played 267 shows in 14 countries since the release of 2005’s Naturally.

Jones and the Dap-Kings will release their third Daptone Records full-length, 100 Days, 100 Nights on September 25. The dedicated soulstress has been a staple of the New York funk scene since she moved to Brooklyn as a teenager during disco’s prime years and began back-up work for gospel and blues artists.

Since her first full-length with the Dap-Kings in 2002, a spectrum of artists with seemingly little-else in common have called her up to collaborate (Rufus Wainwright, They Might Be Giants), sample (Jurassic 5, Kanye West) and tour (Lou Reed).

Jones claims if you can’t feel her music, “you must be a dead ass!” Fans and newcomers can check their pulses at the American Roots Festival in Brooklyn on July 14 and the Cisco Ottowa Bluesfest on July 15.

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