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Tribute to Nina Simone at the Beehive on Wednesday, January 25 Features Terri Lynn Washington and Sharon Jones
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
A musical tribute to blues singer Nina Simone, featuring Terri Lynn Washington and Sharon Jones is taking place at the Beehive Jazz Club at 541 Tremont Street in Boston's South End on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. The night of great music is complimented by Beehive Chef Rebecca Newell's award-winning menu of dinner and snack options. There is no cover charge but reservations are suggested. To see a calendar of upcoming events at the Beehive, click ...
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Sharon Jones: Nov/Dec Dates
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JamBase
TOUR ENDS WITH SEVEN SHOWS IN NEW YORK Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings will play string of tour dates over the next couple of months, including two dates with My Morning Jacket on 12/1 and 12/2. The band will hit Portland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, San Diego, and more before wrapping up the tour with a seven dates in New York. Check out their itinerary below. Tour Dates
10/07/11 Fri Westobou Festival Augusta, GA 10/27/11 Thu Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH 10/28/11 ...
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Sharon Jones: Tour Dates
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JamBase
TOUR STARTS MARCH 10 IN KNOXVILLE, TN Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings are pleased to announce additional US tour dates this spring, with Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears as support. The band will kick off their previously announced run of Southeast dates this Thursday, March 10 in Knoxville and will tour Florida, Tennessee, Georgia, and the Carolinas throughout March. After a short break, the band will get back on the road and hit the Midwest with stops in Pontiac ...
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Sharon Jones Vinyl Box Set
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JamBase
INSTRUMENTAL MIXES, 28 PAGE BOOKLET INCLUDED I Learned The Hard Way, the newest album from Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, is now available as a limited edition box set on all 7" vinyl. This set features all twelve of the album cuts from the latest release on eleven 45's, including ten bonus tracks. It also includes sought after instrumental mixes of 8 of the original tracks. Plus, it features “Give Me A Reason," the previously unreleased vocal counterpart to the ...
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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings: Fall Tour Dates
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JamBase
FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED; I LEARNED THE HARD WAY OUT NOW ON DAPTONE RECORDS
Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings Sharon Jones and The Dap- Kings are pleased to announce US tour dates this fall in support of I Learned the Hard Way, their fourth full-length on Daptone Records. The album debuted earlier this year at #15 on the Billboard 200 and is a few weeks away from passing the 100,000 sales mark.
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS TOUR DATES:
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The Tremendous Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings to Perform July 4 at the TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival!
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Michael Ricci
Ottawa - “Tremendous, just tremendous," said David Letterman after Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' performance on his show. The TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival is delighted to add the renowned group to the Festival's star-studded Concert Under the Stars line-up on July 4, 9pm on the Main Stage at Confederation Park. Steeped within the gilded and gritty sounds of gospel, soul and funk, this nine-piece Brooklyn collective continues to electrify fans, disc jockeys, critics, record collectors, and bloggers the world-over ...
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Sharon Jones from Jameson to Fela Kuti, Preshow Rites of a Soul Band
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Michael Ricci
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 success in music eluded her; for a time she worked as a prison guard at Rikers Island, where the inmates would sometimes make requests. Now, as the leader of the Dap-Kings, the house band of the Brooklyn record label ...
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Disc of the Day: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
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Between the Grooves with Philip Booth
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 Vegas City Life.
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings I Learned the Hard Way (Daptone)
Twiddling the knobs on an AM radio time machine--who needs ...
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The Heavy: North American Tour U.K. Band Supports Sharon Jones
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JamBase
THE HEAVY TO RETURN TO NORTH AMERICA SUPPORTING SHARON JONES AND THE DAP KINGS / PLUS HEADLINE SHOWS AND FESTIVAL DATES
The Heavy The Heavy are coming back to North America for tour dates spanning May, June and July for their longest North American tour to date. They will be supporting Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, headlining some of their own shows, and performing at Festivals such as Sasquatch!, Jazz Fests in Victoria/Vancouver and more.
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