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June 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Menahan Street Band: The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band

Menahan Street Band The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band Daptone Records It’s been a cruel double blow to Daptone Records – losing both Sharon Jones and Charles Bradley. For they were not only the voices but in a way the faces of the label; the front-people. And the bands behind them – The Dap […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Charles Bradley, Daptone, Daptone Records, Instrumental, Menahan Street Band, Menahan Street Band: The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, Sharon Jones, The Dap Kings, The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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October 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In)

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In) Daptone Records It was such sad news that Sharon Jones died at just the age of 60. She was such a vital performer and her music – and the way she presented it – was all about joy. One […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Compilation, Covers, Daptone Records, Funk, Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), Sharon Jones, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Was In), Soul, The Dap Kings, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Soul of a Woman

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Soul of a Woman DAPTONE Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings were, to me, first and foremost a live act – an incredible live act – and she (and expert soul-stylists, The Dap Kings) were never quite able to capture that sort of magic in the studio. She was […]
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November 20, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Sharon Jones

It was sad to hear the news over the weekend, that Sharon Jones has died. She was 60. She died of pancreatic cancer. Jones didn’t find anything resembling fame – or much of a career – until she was 40. Her 2002 debut full-length album, Dap Dippin’ with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings was my […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Dap Dippin' with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Eulogy, R.I.P., R.I.P. Sharon Jones, R'n'B, Retro, Sharon Jones, Soul, Soul Time!, The Dap Kings, What Have You Done For Me Lately ·

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November 25, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #171 – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Wellington, 2010

People seem to want to treat Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings like some second coming, as if it’s the closest – in this lifetime – they’ll get to seeing Aretha or Ella or Etta or whatever…and no, she’s not that great. I come and go with Sharon Jones really, can’t be bothered much at all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2010, Aretha Franklin, Art Vandelay, Charles Bradley, Dominion Post, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Funk, Gig Review, Live, Live Gig, Opera House, Sharon Jones, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Soul, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #171 – Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The Dap Kings, Wellington ·

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February 13, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings: Give The People What They Want

Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Give The People What They Want DAPTONE It’s unlikely that the fifth album by Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings shares anything in common with the eighteenth album by The Kinks (apart from a title) but anyway, here we go, we’re three lines into a review now and I […]
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November 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Menahan Street Band: The Crossing

Menahan Street Band The Crossing Shock You know the hardworking Menahan Street Band, if not from their previous album then for their work with Charles Bradley and Lee Fields and Amy Winehouse – and the horn section doubles for The Dap-Kings so you’ve heard these players in a variety of contexts and they are sharp. […]
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