
Great Googa Mooga (May 17-19, 2013) Photo : D. Caplan The second annual Great Googa Mooga starts tonight in Prospect Park with a paid concert by The Darkness, The Flaming Lips and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings , who were supposed to headline Sunday's show, are being replaced by Kool and the Gang due to " an urgent family matter ." I'm sure that will be a disappointment for both concertgoers and Sharon Jones alike, who last [...]

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Last week Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings announced the release of new album, Give The People What They Want , on August 6 on Daptone Records . It's a welcome return for the soul singer who sounds in classic form. Listen to the song below. "

Brooklyn eight piece SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS are best recognised for their big sound infused with a combination of soul and funk elements. They released their debut record Dap Dippin' With Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings in 2002, and have since released an extra three full length records. With that in mind, August will see the fifth installment as the group will be releasing their new album, Give The People What They Want ! A title very attuned to the band, it celebrates the shared appreciation from both the audience and the [...]
What a beautiful day! And what colorful album art to accompany it. Now that's the way to start a weekend. Well, that and this fabulous selection of free music you see below. To start, NPR has got the first track to Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' latest album, which can't ...

My week has been going fine, but it really got a nice boost when Daptone announced that Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings have readied a new album . I can almost guarantee the release will end up dominating a large portion of my 2013. The properly titled Give The People What They Want is due out on August 6. Below you'll find the first single. Enjoy. : Sharon Jones And The Dap-Kings - Retreat : As much as I love it when Sharon uses that perfect voice of hers to deliver [...]

Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings performing at the Treefort Music Festival / photo by Alex Crick Brooklyn soul revivalists Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings have announced a new album, Give the People What They Want , and have released a new track from it. Funky and everything the people wanted from a follow-up, "Retreat!" is also sassy - "live with me and you'll play with fire." Check it out. [ Pitchfork ] [...]
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Portada del álbum 'Give The People What They Want' de Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings. Este año llegará la sexta entrega discográfica del conjunto de funk y soul Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings . Con el estreno de "Retreat!" , sencillo el cual pueden escuchar abajo, podemos tener un adelanto del álbum Give The People What They Want mismo que llegará a las tiendas el 6 de agosto a través de Daptone .

The soulful sounds of the great Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings return with Give The People What They Want , the new album which will see the light of day August 6 via Daptone Records. The announcement comes with an appropriately funky new single in "Retreat!" -- streaming below. SJ's dates this summer are rather limited thus far, but you can catch the singer next weekend in Brooklyn at the sold-out The Great GoogaMooga on May 19 . All tour dates are listed below. [...]

Sharon Jones , over ten years deep into her career, has been around the block enough times to know what the people want. So, with her latest full-length, along with the trusty Dap-Kings, Sharon Jones presents Give The People What They Want . Set to tour extensively this summer, it makes sense that this soulful record will captivate audiences around the world. For the first taste of the album, Jones unveils "Retreat", a powerful jam filled with funky retro rhythms. Stream "Retreat" below. Give The People What They Want drops August 6 via Daptone Records. [...]

In a lot of ways, the recent populist soul-revival movement of the last few years - the one that turned Amy Winehouse into a martyr and Adele into the world's biggest-selling pop star - started with a middle-aged woman with an unearthly sense of showmanship, one who led an 11-piece band of besuited goofs to festival stages across the world. Well, Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings are still at it, and they'll release a new album called Give The People What They Want later this summer. Its first single is the fiery, driven "Retreat!," and you can stream [...]

In a lot of ways, the recent populist soul-revival movement of the last few years - the one that turned Amy Winehouse into a martyr and Adele into the world's biggest-selling pop star - started with a middle-aged woman with an unearthly sense of showmanship, one who led an 11-piece band of besuited goofs to festival stages across the world. Well, Sharon Jones and her Dap-Kings are still at it, and they'll release a new album called Give The People What They Want later this summer. Its first single is the fiery, driven "Retreat!," and you can stream [...]

Give The People What They Want is out on 8/6 via Daptone. It features: 1. Retreat! 2. Stranger To My Happiness 3. We Get Along 4. You'll Be Lonely 5. Now I See 6. Making Up & Breaking Up 7. Get Up & Get Out 8. Long Time, Wrong Time 9. People Don't Get What They Deserve 10. Slow Down Love Enjoy 'Retreat!' via SoundCloud. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings recently dropped by Jimmy Kimmel . [...]

Escucha el nuevo sencillo de Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, "Retreat" Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings están de vuelta con un nuevo disco: Give The People What They Want llegará a las tiendas el 6 de agosto a través de Daptone Records . Este es su primer lanzamiento desde el aclamado I Learned the Hard Way del 2010. Este nuevo trabajo está precedido por el sencillo " Retreat ". Escúchalo en NPR . Radioalterno.Com [...]
The golden-throated Sharon Jones returns with a new album with her Dap Kings on August 6. "Retreat," the first of 10 new tracks on Give The People What They Want , is explosive, as NPR deftly puts it. It's as strong as (if not better than) anything the singer and band have put out together – fans of both the singer and the band know this is definitely high praise, but we're willing to bet they'll agree after listening to "Retreat." STREAM: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings – "Retreat" [...]

The mighty Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are back with a new album: Give The People What They Want arrives August 6th through Daptone Records. It's their first release 20102s critical and commercial smash, I Learned the Hard Way . The album's soulful, bombastic first single, "Retreat", is steaming at NPR.org .
The Quebec City Summer Festival has revealed its 2013 lineup. This year marks the festival's 46th anniversary, with over 100 performances scheduled between July 4th and 14th. The lineup includes The Black Keys, Wu-Tang Clan, Rush, Passion Pit, MGMT, Belle & Sebastian, Weezer, Bassnectar, Ellie Goulding, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Father John Misty, Amadou & Mariam, Solange, The Joy Formidable, Mac DeMarco, Diamond Rings, Austra, Lunice, Justin Townes Earle, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Besnard Lakes, and Doldrums. Also playing are Dr. John, Tiësto, Bruno Mars, Def Leppard, Wiz Khalifa, Femi Kuti & The [...]
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Before even reaching Boise’s downtown there was something different in the air for this year’s Treefort Music Festival . Namely, there were construction cranes cutting through the Boise skyline, a sight unseen for at least seven years. Most notable is the skyrise sprouting at the corner of 8th and Main Streets, a site previously referred to as The Boise Hole, for its ambitious plans for large development and subsequent loss of backing — it was literally a giant hole in the ground for more than 10 years, a downtown void for a decade, the mental presence of something larger, but [...]