Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Ryan Barkan "This past Saturday night it was a trip to the Apollo Theater on 125th Street in Harlem. The act was Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. After three albums and 10 years they are an overnight... more info

All About Jazz — SAUCIEST OLD SCHOOL SOUL REVUE CHARMS AGAIN It's hard to get over HOW much better the soul music being offered by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is than the vast majority of contemporary soul out there. One can easily imagine this tune playing on th... more info

All About Jazz — SHARON JONES is, as the saying goes, the real deal. A 5-foot-1 vocal powerhouse who has been nicknamed the Queen of Funk, Ms. Jones, 53, grew up singing at home in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in church and in local bands. But professional succes... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — It’s hard to know what will work and what won’t, commercially, when it comes to influences. Critics are quick to call out a band for too closely appropriating a certain sound without adding much of its own originality, and when it comes to what S... more info

MTV.com News — Solo album from former Guns 'N Roses guitarist Slash debuts at #3.By Gil Kaufman Justin Bieber's My World 2.0 Photo: Island The pupil has quickly become the teacher. Just one week after Justin Bieber's mentor, Usher, topped the charts, the ... more info

All About Jazz — I've had the opportunity to catch Sharon Jones twice in concert--at Skipper's Smokehouse in Tampa, and last year at Jazz Fest in New Orleans--and both times she blew down the doors. Below is my review of her latest CD, published recently in Las Vega... more info

Rollo & Grady — Hacienda Recommended New Releases – April 5, 2010 Dr. Dog Album: Shame, Shame (Buy) Label: Anti Dr. Dog – Shadow People Hacienda Big Red and Barbacoa (Buy) Label: Alive Records Hacienda – I Keep Waiting Harlem Album: Hippies (Buy) Lab... more info

Soul Sides — Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: I Learned the Hard Way Give It Back From I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone, 2010) If you know anything about me or this site, you know I’m inclined to like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings for various reasons. Thatâ€... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Heavy @ 92YTribeca in Jan (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) UK soul group The Heavy will be touring North America starting this May - some of those dates will be opening for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (though not Sharon's... more info

My Old Kentucky — Tune in now for My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. The program started at 12pm ET, last two hours, and is replayed again at Midnight ET!Totally Michael - Cheerleaders vs. DrillteamWeed Diamond - Snowmel... more info