I like them in small doses but Sharon does the damn thing and their live shows are epic. I liked at first Amy Winehouse but that crap of crowning her the new face of soul music really galled me. She was just trend jumping like a lot of other singers do and she blew up.
Good recommendations from your e-mail. I'd add Soulive, Jamie Lidell, Joss Stone(especially her work with Raphael Saadiq) and Cee-lo Green as folks you might want to seek out. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@...> wrote: > > Enjoy! I got the following from a lady in response to the e-mail: > > FYI they have been around for quite a while...The Dap Kings moonlight as the > band for Amy Winehouse as well. If you like them and that retro soul feel, > also check out Raphael Saadiq, Rahsaan Patterson, and this young funky white > kid Mayer Hawthorne... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@...> > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Friday, September 3, 2010 2:20:02 PM > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Waayyy OT: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings > > > > > > > Thanks, Keith! I'll have a look/listen as soon as I clear my table here and > pay some bills. > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@... > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm always searching for "real" music that's outside of the standard > hip-hip/finger poppin'/dance heavy stuff played on commercial radio (how many > times in one day can one stomach Beyonce Knowles, Lady Gaga, or Bieber???) A > while back I heard an interview on "Fresh Air" with a group called Sharon > Jones and the Dap-Kings. This group is amazing, with a sound that hails back > to the days of good old soul and funk. Jones has that rich, raspy voice that > lends itself to heartfelt, even painful renditions, and her band sounds like > something straight out of Stax records. They use old-fashioned methods to > record: real tapes, hand editing, actual acoustics caused by the recording > room instead of computer manipulations. Very, very good stuff. Albums are on > iTunes: I bought two straightaway after listening to the NPR interview. > > Go to their web site to be treated to a listen to some of their latest songs, > which start playing automatically. The first song up is "I Learned the Hard > Way", which has a real old feel to it. Other recent songs you have to seek > out are "Humble Me" and the awesome "100 Days, 100 Nights", which sounds as > if it came straight off an actual record from the 60s. > > Two links below. The first is to their website, where you can hear some of > their songs. The second is to a great NPR SXSW showcase in Austin where > Jones' group was the headliner. There you can hear the entire gig they > performed, which is close to an a hour long. Highly recommended!! > > > http://www.sharonjonesandthedapkings.com/ > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124091931 > > > > > > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >
