Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings
Prepare yourself for an epic danceathon. If the world had a backing band, this would be it. If the world’s backing band required the ultimate frontperson, they got it. All the way from Brooklyn New York City, via 1964, it’s the thick thick funk and soaring soul of SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS. Party machines don’t get built any better than this. The new album “I Learned the Hard Way” drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. Sharon’s raw power, rhythmic swagger, moaning soulfulness and melodic command set her firmly alongside Tina Turner, James Brown, Mavis Staples and Aretha as a fixture in the canon of soul music. “Once you get moved by the Spirit, you just gotta let it out and share it with the people,” Sharon says. And share it she does.
