Daptones Records is releasing a new Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings album called Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Rendition Was In at the end of the month, which collects a bunch of covers that Jones and her band did before she passed away in 2016. A couple weeks ago, we…

Sharon Jones, The Roots and CeeLo Green also performed at New York's Carnegie Hall

No matter his level of recognition, David Byrne is forever a guy about town. I’ve brushed past him in the East Village, seen him ride a bike by the Williamsburg Bridge, and the night before flying to Austin for SXSW, I ended up eating dinner next to him at an unassuming Caribbean restaurant. It’s fitting, […]

Tedeschi Trucks Band have announced the initial leg for their 'Wheels of Soul' tour that will be taking place this summer and will also feature Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, as well as Doyle Bramhall II

Last night on Conan, retro-soul wailer Sharon Jones followed up her Fallon appearance and continued her post-cancer return to the stage. Jones is still bald from chemotherapy treatments, but her onstage energy has not dipped at all, and her Dap-Kings still sound as tight as ever. On the show, the band played “Retreat!,” the l...