Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings announce 'I Learned the Hard Way' - their 4th studio album

On Sharon Jones' birthday this year [May 4th], the band will release I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth full-length on Brooklyn's independent Daptone Records. The record marks a bold step forward for a band who almost singlehandedly stewarded today's return of soul music to its more traditional sound.

I Learned the Hard Waywas produced by Bosco Mann and recorded on an Ampex eight-track tape...

New Artist: Gizelle Smith and The Mighty Mocambos

Ever since their first collaboration on the “Mocambo Funk Forty Fives” compilation, things have gained momentum for the “Golden Girl of Funk” and the much respected Hamburg-based label and live band. Their first single “Working Woman” became an overnight smash and a prime-time club favourite of funk & soul DJs from all over the world. Initially released on the Finnish private press label Old...

New Album: Silhouette Brown - 2 (Release 2010)



Silhouette Brown delivers its long-awaited second release two featuring the unmistakable vocal sounds of Philadelphia's Lady Alma. Alma's distinctive soulful voice brings a vivacious energy the various sounds introduced in the album. Her past projects include countless club classics from Sylk130's “When the Funk Hits The Fan” to Soul Dahmma’s “Happy” and 4hero's “Hold it Down.” In two,...

New Album: Trizonna McClendon

Confident vocals, extremely catchy choruses and very well written lyrics laid over groovy yet poignant live instrumentation is the catalyst of Trizonna McClendon’s sophomore release, NewFamiliar. An R&B album at heart, NewFamiliar takes the listener through an eclectic mix of Soul, Funk, Jazz, Dance and Country, allowing each genre’s sound to fit comfortably in the sequence of the record. Without...

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