Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings

Sharon Jones Finds Success By Learning The Hard Way

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By Jen Zoratti (CHARTattack) June 9, 2010 4:03 pm
Sharon Jones, the estimable frontwoman of Brooklyn, N.Y.'s sizzling soul/funk sensations Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, is a firecracker of a performer. It's hard to believe that massive voice — which sounds like a James Brown/Tina Turner/Mavis Staples hybrid — comes out of that five-foot-nothing frame. Jones, 54, is also one of the hardest...
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Sharon Jones Gets Everyone On The Soul Train

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By Melody Lau (CHARTattack) May 26, 2010 3:19 pm
Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings play music for all generations. Adults adore the warmth and nostalgia that shines through Jones' '60s soul jams, and kids are drawn to the uniqueness of a sound that they don't get every day by just flipping through TV channels and radio stations. This was most evident with a glance at the crowd congregated at the...
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — I Learned the Hard Way

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) April 23, 2010 3:17 pm
You'd think The Dap-Kings would have run out of steam so long ago. Just how far can you go when you purposely chasing a retro sound? But the band and their label, Daptone, have managed to keep things fresh for eight years. Their latest album with Sharon Jones is no different, still adhering to the old-school funk and soul sound that made the...
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' I Learned The Hard Way

Daptone Gold

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) January 20, 2010 5:13 pm
Brooklyn's Daptone Records have quietly made themselves the soul label du jour over the past seven years. Incorporating a modern independent ethos with the classic recording techniques of Stax or Motown, the tiny label hit paydirt in 2007 with Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings' third album, 100 Days, 100 Nights, sparking a soul revival. The...
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Sharon Jones Appearing On... Michael Buble Album?!

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 26, 2009 4:05 pm
In what's probably one of the most unlikely collaborations to surface this year, retro soul/funk band Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings will appear on crooner Michael Buble's new album, Crazy Love, which is due out Oct. 13 through Reprise. Buble recorded the album in Brooklyn, N.Y., Los Angeles and Vancouver over six months. Jones and the Dap-Kings...
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