A periodic list of some of the most exciting, newly purchased CDs for our circulating collections.
Give the People What They Want by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (2014)
Keeping the soul music tradition very much alive, injected with a little funk as well, is Brooklyn's own Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. The quest for that golden-age-of-soul sound even carries over into their choice of using analog recording equipment instead of modern digital means, to better capture the essence of '60s independent-label soul. Following in the footsteps of truly great, small-label house bands like Booker T. & The M.G.s, the Funk Brothers, and The Swampers, the Dap-Kings are really the house band for their label, Daptone Records. And like those great house bands before them, their influence reaches far beyond just one act, going so far as to define an entire sound and genre. Yet it is with Sharon Jones that they've garnered the most attention as a revivalist funk/soul act. These folks bring to life something that never should have gone away; but it did, and now it's back! (PREVIEW)