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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
November 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman