Born in Milwaukee, WI and currently located in Chicago, the 23 year old singer/songwriter Lili K. began performing in church and school choirs and started writing original material when she had turned 10. As a […]
Tag: Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
If you’ve been following this site since the beginning, you would have come across several posts about the Brooklyn-based ensemble, Superhuman Happiness. Led by the boyishly mischievous Stuart Bogie, the band was originally comprised of a septet […]
Founded by Eric Foss, the Minneapolis, MN-based label Secret Stash Records has focused on compiling and reissuing obscure 60s and 70s soul, African and Latin music. As Foss has explained “It’s really about putting a […]
Sonny Knight and the Lakers at The Knitting Factory 10/16/14
Sonny Knight and the Lakers The Knitting Factory October 16, 2014 Soul music has seen quite a resurgence in popularity over the past decade or so, as a number of contemporary acts have revived and […]
Unless you’ve been living in a cave over the past ten years or so, you’d likely know that soul music has seen quite a resurgence in popularity as contemporary acts have revived and taken up […]
I receive a number of emails from bands, PR firms, labels, artists and band managers from all over the world but recently I received an interesting email from a fan of the Joy of Violent […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life Charles Bradley, Lee Fields, and […]
With the release of his first recorded output back in 1969, Lee Fields has had an incredibly prolific 45 year career in which he’s toured with the likes of Kool and the Gang, O.V. Wright, […]
Named after a beloved Nigerian funk album, the members of the Brooklyn-based septet Ikebe Shakedown features members of the touring bands for the likes of the incredible Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, the larger-than-life […]
http://teamcoco.com/embed/v/76134 Originally slated for release last August, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings’ forthcoming effort Give the People What They Want had been indefinitely delayed when Jones received a grim diagnosis of Stage 2 pancreatic cancer. But after […]
https://scache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=QMBZ91328521&playerType=embedded Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings have not only been at the forefront of a soul music revival movement, they’ve also put the Brooklyn-based label, Daptone Records on the international stage as the primary purveyor of all […]
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort at the Bell House 11/23/13
JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound and Escort The Bell House November 23, 2013 With the end of the year quickly approaching, I’ve been attempting to catch up with as much as I humanly can […]
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are not only at the forefront of the soul revivalist movement, and the act that put Daptone Records on the international stage as the primary purveyor of all things contemporary soul and […]
Over the past decade or so, soul music has seen an amazing resurgence in popularity as there have been a number of contemporary bands making new original soul music – using the retro soul sound […]
Album Review: Sky Hi Funk Band’s Reality Check EP
Sky Hi Funk Band Reality Check EP G.E.D. Soul Records Release Date: May 7, 2013 Track Listing 1. Reality Check 2. Numero Uno 3. Funk ‘til Dawn 4. Plan B 5. Your Body […]