Sharon Jones Interviewed At Minnesota State Fair

Enjoy the hilarious Q&A session below. Download a Sharon Jones track at bottom.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Chats With Diesel At Lollapalooza

Enjoy the full Q&A session below. Read my review of Sharon Jones in NYC here.


MP3: Sharon Jones - Nobody's Baby [alt link]

Sharon Jones Visits Conan

Watch last night's performance of 'Let Them Knock' below. MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Daptone Records Readies 2nd Compilation LP

The collection is available on 6/3.

Track listing is as follows:

1. Matador - Mighty Imperials
2. Now That... - Charles Bradley
3. Can't Stop... - Charles Bradley
4. Could Have Been - Lee Fields
5. You Don't Know... - Lee Fields
6. How Long Do... - Sharon Jones
7. This Love Ain't... - Charles Bradley
8. Twilight Eyes - Charles Bradley
9. I Just Dropped In... - Sharon Jones
10. Stand Up - Lee Fields
11. Stand Up Pt. II - Lee Fields
12. Nervous... - The Dap-Kings
13. Che... - Antibalas Afrobeat Orch

Learn more about Daptone here.

MP3: S. Jones - 100 Days...

Sharon Jones Finalizes Summer Festival Plans

Catch her & The Dap-Kings at:

4/25 Coachella
5/31 Mountain Jam Festival
6/7 The Roots Picnic
6/14 Bonnaroo Music Festival
6/21 Jazz Aspen Festival
8/2 Lollapalooza
8/3 Osheaga Festival
8/17 Central Park Summerstage
8/21 Minnesota State Fair
8/22 Minnesota State Fair
8/24 Outside Lands Festival
9/27 Austin City Limits

Visit Sharon on MySpace.

MP3: S. Jones - 100 Days...

The Dap-Kings Give 'Time Out' A Guide To NYC Record Shops

The backing band for Sharon Jones selected:

Big City Records
Academy Annex
Permanent Records
Sound Fix

Read their explanations behind each pick here.

MP3: Sharon Jones - Keep On Looking [alt link]

Sharon Jones & Beastie Boys Nominated For Jammy Award

The nominees for album of the year are:

Beastie Boys - The Mix Up
Sharon Jones - 100 Days...
Keller Williams - Dream
Galactic - From The Corner...
Page McConnell - Page McConnell
Moe - The Conch

View all other categories here.

MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Covers Woody Guthrie At Amoeba Music

Enjoy her tremendous take on 'This Land Is Your Land' below. Visit Sharon on MySpace.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Retro Clip: Sharon Jones Visits French TV, Circa '07

Watch a brilliant performance of 'Let Them Knock' below. Visit Sharon on MySpace.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Visits Amoeba Music

Enjoy a snippet from her recent performance plus a hilarious story in the clip below.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Visits Fox NY

Watch a brief interview plus '100 Days, 100 Nights' in the clip below. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Visits Letterman

Enjoy Monday night's performance of '100 Days, 100 Nights' in the clip below.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Duets With The Sweet Divines

Music Snobbery captured the following clip from her surprise performance on Saturday evening at Brooklyn's Union Hall. Read my review of Sharon's spectacular headlining gig at Manhattan's Beacon Theater here. Download a fabulous remixed MP3 at bottom of post.


MP3: Sharon Jones - Keep On Looking (DK Remix)

Sharon Jones @ Beacon Theater: Sweet Jesus!

Last night's Sharon Jones show was as close to a religious experience as anything I've witnessed in a very long time. Backed by The Dap-Kings (whom double as Amy Winehouse's backing troupe as well), Sharon performed a 2-hour set that was damn near perfect. Equal parts early '70s Aretha, late '70s Tina, mid '80s George Clinton plus a sound entirely her own, Sharon Jones melds funk & soul into a modern & explosive whirlpool.

Cheers were at a fever pitch all evening long but they surely reached their peak during the set-closing, '100 Days, 100 Nights'. Of which, Sharon simply introduced as 'a song about myself'. For an encore, she tore through James Brown's classic track, 'It's A Man's World', and even spent some time at the piano for a tender and passionate version of 'Answer Me'.

As someone who has only recently discovered Sharon's brilliance (shame on me), I left the gig aching for another opportunity to live it all over again. Europeans, mark this one down with a big gold star on your calendars - view all of her upcoming UK dates (in April) here.





Learn more about Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings at their (extensive) official site.

MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights [alt link]

Sharon Jones Interviewed By France's Canal Plus

Watch the latest Q&A with Brooklyn's soulstress below. Visit Sharon at her official site.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights

Sharon Jones Lights Up Jam Cruise 2008

Watch her & The Dap-Kings tackle 'I'm Not Gonna Cry' below. MP3 at bottom.


MP3: Sharon Jones - Nobody's Baby

Sharon Jones Divulges Euro Tour Dates

All forthcoming gigs below:

Thursday, April 10
Button Factory
Dublin, Ireland

Friday, April 11
Mint Lounge
Manchester, England

Saturday, April 12
Madeira Shelter Hall
Brighton, England

Sunday, April 13
Yardbird
Birmingham, England

Tuesday, April 15
The Sage
Gateshead, England

Wednesday, April 16 thru Friday April 18
Jazz Cafe
London, England

Saturday, April 19
Fiddlers
Bristol, England

Watch Sharon's performance on Dutch TV here.

MP3: Sharon Jones - Nobody's Baby

Sharon Jones Stops By The Spinner's 'Interface'

Here's the official selist:

I'm Not Gonna Cry
How Long Do I Have To Wait?
100 Days, 100 Nights
Keep On Looking

Watch the entire performance here.

MP3: Sharon Jones - Live On 'The Interface'

Sharon Jones Performs On Dutch TV

Enjoy '100 Days, 100 Nights' in the clip below. Download an MP3 of the tune at bottom.


MP3: Sharon Jones - 100 Days, 100 Nights [alt link]

Sharon Jones Interviewed By Current TV

Topics discussed include:

-The soundtrack to The Great Debaters
-The craziest wedding gig she ever played
-A failed collaboration with Lou Reed

Enjoy the full Q&A here.

Visit Sharon at her MySpace page.

MP3: Sharon Jones - Nobody's Baby