Sharon Jones & friend @ The Apollo - Oct 6, 2007 ( CRED ) Saturday night was a big night for music in NYC. A few lucky people got to see Sigur Ros play a few songs , Arcade Fire headlined their biggest NYC show at (what must be) the biggest venue in NYC - their ninth NYC show this year ( where they covered the Violent Femmes ), and Miss Sharon Jones and her Dap [...]
VS OK, folks. We have a show conflict. On November 10, there'll be two quality shows rolling into the area and it won't be geographically possible to hit both shows. Something has to give. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will be playing at Higher Ground while Yo La Tengo will be playing in North Adams at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Arts . Here's how I see the Pros & Cons stacking [...]
Sharon Jones (the undisputed current queen of soul, at least around here) and the Dap-Kings are going out on tour, but are coming nowhere near our fair city.. TEARDROPS. I missed her last time she was here, too. Anyway, BrooklynVegan has a bit of info on Daptone records, as well as a download from SJ's new album. Highly recommended, obviously. Some YouTube: SJ singing Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In): [...]