Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings announce a new tour to support their upcoming album "I Learned the Hard Way" inc London, Berlin , Paris and Amsterdam.
Plus 45 sale info, 45 and lp release news from Daptone
European Dates
Friday, March 26 - Rutland, VT - Snoe Down Festival TICKETS
Saturday, April 10 - Berlin, Germany - Astra TICKETS
Tuesday, April 13 - Paris, France - Trabendo TICKETS
Wednesday, April 14 - London, UK - Kokos TICKETS
Thursday, April 15 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso TICKETS
USA dates at end
New 45!
3 Titans "College" b/w "The Life of a Scholar"
OUT NOW! Get it on 45 or .mp3 and watch them record "College" at Dunham Studios!
The 3 Titans, Khalil Jackson, Jorden Plaines, and Dallas Ifill, are rhythmically gifted fifth-graders with their sights set on higher education. On their debut for Dunham Records, College b/w Life of a Scholar, the precocious eleven-year-olds trade rhymes about the benefits of going to college and the determination it takes to get there over two sides of old-school, hard-as-nails (and refreshingly sample-free) beats provided by the notorious Menahan Street Band.
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45 SALE! From now through February 28th, 45s are on sale at $3 each! 43 titles total. Time to fill in the holes in your collection!
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Out April 6th...
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
"I Learned the Hard Way"
*Get a sneak preview of the album and download the single "I Learned the Hard Way" for free! Go here, now.
Produced by Bosco Mann and recorded on an Ampex eight-track tape machine by Gabriel Roth in Daptone Records House of Soul studios, this record drips with a warmth and spontaneity rarely found since the golden days of Muscle Shoals and Stax. *
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DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND, A SECOND SHOW AT THE APOLLO HAS BEEN ADDED ON SATURDAY MAY 1st!!
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' NYC Record Release Parties
Friday April 30th @ The Apollo Theatre
253 West 125th Street
TICKETS
Saturday, May 1st @ The Apollo Theatre
253 West 125th Street, New York, NY
TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26th
All Upcoming Shows
Menahan Street Band Featuring Charles Bradley
Along with Lee Fields & the Expressions!
February 19th
Music Hall of Williamsburg
66 North 6th St
Brooklyn, NY
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Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens
Sunday March 14th
Bowery Ballroom
6 Delancey St
New York, NY
Opening for The Carolina Chocolate Drops
TICKETS
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The Mellomatics featuring Binky Griptite
Friday February 19th, 8pm
@ Southpaw
125 5th Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Also Performing: Ikebe Shakedown, The Ex-Caminos
TICKETS
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Antibalas
First Australian Tour!
Sunday, 28 February 2010
WOMUBU World Music Weekend BUSSELTON WA
Old Broadwater Farm Busselton 3-10pm
TICKETS
Monday, 1 March 2010
RAILWAY HOTEL Fremantle 6-11pm
GLOBAL WARMING event with Tijuana Cartel + Sunshine Brothers + Grace Barbe
TICKETS
Thursday, 4 March 2010
MANNING BAR Sydney
w/ Gilles Peterson + DJ Somatik
TICKETS: www. manningbar.com & Moshtix.com & All moshtix outlets
Friday, 5 March 2010
PRINCE OF WALES Melbourne
+ Dead Dog + Dj Chris Gill
TICKETS
Saturday, 6 March 2010
GOLDEN PLAINS FESTIVAL Melbourne
TICKETS
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
FESTIVAL OF NEW ZEALAND
Pacific Blue Festival Club, Wellington NZ
TICKETS
Sharon Jones Dates USA
Saturday, April 17 - Live Oak, FL - Wanee Music Festival TICKETS
Thursday, April 22 - Lafayette, LA - Festival International de Louisiane TICKETS
Friday, April 23 - New Orleans, LA - The Howlin' Wolf
Saturday, April 24 - Oxford, MS - Double Decker Festival
Friday, April 30 - NYC RELEASE PARTY @ The Apollo Theater TICKETS
Saturday May 1st - New York, NY - The Apollo Theatre
Thursday, May 6 - Richmond, VA - Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden INFO
Friday, May 7 - Annapolis, MD - Ram's Head Onstage TICKETS
Saturday, May 8 - Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theater
Sunday, May 9 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa TICKETS
Tuesday, May 11 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle TICKETS - on sale Friday!
Wednesday, May 12 - Asheville, NC - Orange Peel TICKETS - on sale Friday!
Thursday, May 13 - Atlanta, GA - Center Stage Atlanta TICKETS
Friday, May 14 - Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom TICKETS - on sale Friday!
Saturday, May 15 - Nelsonville, OH - Nelsonville Music Festival TICKETS
Monday, May 17 - Newport, KY - The Southgate House
Tuesday, May 18 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
Friday, May 21 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
Saturday, May 22 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater TICKETS
Sunday, May 23 - Indianapolis, IN - The Vogue TICKETS - on sale Friday!
Tuesday, May 25 - Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy
Wednesday, May 26 - Montreal, QC - Le National
Thursday, May 27 - Boston, MA - House of Blues TICKETS - on sale Saturday!
Friday, May 28 - Hartfod, CT - New England Dodge Music Center TICKETS
Saturday, May 29 - Hartford, CT - New England Dodge Music Center TICKETS
Sunday, June 20 - Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
Monday, June 21 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
Tuesday, June 22 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
Friday, June 25 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
Saturday, June 26 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
Sunday, June 27 - Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern
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