Sharon Jones

The band hit the ground running, playing their first shows to packed houses with the likes of Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las, the Reigning Sound and the Mooney Suzuki. Read More

NJ's Starland Ballroom is running a sale of 50% off all December shows . Read More

Brooklyn venue Southpaw has two Daptone Records -related shows in its future. Read More

And Marlene Adolph dished up plenty of it early Saturday morning for the Magic Minutes Club's annual craft fair held at St. Onge Community Hall. "I made the sour-cream-raisin pie," Adolph said. Read More

This is the first I've heard of "Dinner With The Band" from IFC, but I could watch Sharon Jones perform all day long. Read More

Fresh off her recent performance with Phish at the Phab Four's Festival 8 in California, soul singer extraordinaire Sharon Jones and her powerhouse nine-piece band, the Dap-Kings, strut their stuff at the Higher Ground Ballroom on Friday, Nov. 20. Read More

I love the whole neo-soul movement (and it's cousins neo-funk and neo-blues) but this track from LA based Fitz and The Tantrums is one of the best I've heard in the past few years. Read More

Stationed outside Madison Elementary School passing out candidate campaign literature Tuesday, Kate Wojtowicz and Gary Ference were mostly talking to each other due to low voter turnout and people who seemed to have their choices already made. Read More

Daptone Gold is a compilation of rare ditties, classics and unreleased tracks from genius musicians like Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens, Sugarman and Co and more. Read More

Stationed outside Madison Elementary School Tuesday passing out candidate campaign literature, Kate Wojtowicz and Gary Ference were mostly talking to each other due to low voter turnout and people who seemed to have their choices already made. Read More