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Sharon Jones appears on new Daptone compilation
Perhaps you haven’t heard, but funk and soul are back. Oh, you say that they never left? Well, you’re probably right, but just in case you had any doubts about their livelihood, the Daptone 7 Inch Singles Collection, Vol. 2 should leave you comforted. The digital-only compilation, which will be released on June 3, features 13 new hits from the Daptone roster, including notable bands like Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra and really notable bands like Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, who appear on the album with a cover of Kenny Rogers’ "I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSharon Jones and the Dap-Kings continue touring into 2008
Last time we checked in on Miss Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings, they were heading out to perform a fairly hefty set of gigs. Now, the authors of this year's excellent 100 Days, 100 Nights (Paste's #45 album of the year, no less) are...heading out to perform another set of gigs. Pay attention, Floridians: Many of them are in your fair state. You too, Texas! Eventually, the new-soul crew might rest, but not for the next couple months. What can we say? They work hard for the money. So hard for it, honey: January 3 - For Lauderdale, Fla. @... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSharon Jones & Dap-Kings surprise with pre-tour show
New Yorkers and regional citygoers who need a musical pants-kicking would be smart to dip into their lifeless, uninspired pockets for upcoming shows with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - one a free-with-album-purchase gig at Union Square's Virgin Mega-store on Oct. 2, the other at Harlem's Apollo Theatre on Oct. 6. We've been heralding this soul maven and her stellar Daptone house band for a while now, even as they parted ways to collaborate and tour hither and thither with Amy Winehouse, Lou Reed and others seeking authentic analog and/or attitude. Hopefully these bits and pieces have gradually amassed themselves... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBehind-the-scenes peek at Daptone Studios
Let your eyes linger on the seductive soundboards, spinning tape and meticulous self-preening of Brooklyn’s Daptone studios in this three-minute glimpse into the making of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' 100 Days, 100 Nights, out October 2 on what else but Daptone Records. Sadly, this video lacks substantial tomfoolery. “Playing with Amy is cool, but playing with Sharon is an experience,” the Dap-Kings told Spinner after working with tabloid-ubiquitous British soulstress Amy Winehouse. “There is a lot spontaneous stuff going on with Sharon. You never know where she is going to go with a tune, so the band has to... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSharon Jones to sing on the silver screen
Self-proclaimed “Soul Sister No. 1” Sharon Jones is slated to make a big screen appearance in Denzel Washington’s upcoming Christmas-day film, The Great Debaters, an underdog drama based on a college professor in the 1930’s who inspired his students to form his African American institution’s first debate team and challenge Harvard. Jones will not be among those swapping rhetoric with preppie scum, however. Performing as juke joint singer Lila, she has a speaking part and is featured singing Lucille Bogan classic “That’s What My Baby Likes,” one of several songs she recorded for the soundtrack. Sharon Jones and the Dap... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSharon 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... read more
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